Qaddafi Son Says Family Controls Most of Libya, Won't Leave

[maddezmom]

Source: Bloomberg

Qaddafi Son Says Family Controls Most of Libya, Won't Leave
By Benjamin Harvey - Feb 25, 2011 1:05 PM GMT

Muammar Qaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Qaddafi denied that his family was losing control of vast swathes of Libya, blaming Al Jazeera television for spreading “lies” that make the rebellion look larger than it is.

Most of the country is calm and under the regime’s control, with the exception of the cities of Misrata and al-Zawiyaa in the west and Beyda and Derna near Benghazi in the east, Saif al- Islam said in an interview taped early today in Tripoli with CNN-Turk television.

Armed groups of “terrorists” in those cities have stolen tanks from the army, declared their independence, set up “Mickey Mouse governments” and are broadcasting false news from radio stations there, he said.

Muammar Qaddafi has bolstered defenses in the capital, Tripoli, and launched counter-strikes against opponents who have seized much of the rest of the country. France and the U.K. will submit a proposal to the United Nations Security Council today for an arms embargo and other measures against Libya.



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[Blacksheep214]

1. Did he just ask to die?

That level of self-delusion can't end well for this family.

Live by the sword.......

[maddezmom]

2. It's Baghdad Bob all over again

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. +1

:hi:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. Qaddafi can maintain control

this is just a flesh wound.

[Blacksheep214]

5. Now That's Funny!

:applause:

[rbixby]

6. That's as believable as

Al Qaeda giving hallucinogenic drugs to the youth to start this whole insurrection.

[pinboy3niner]

7. But Gaddafi has now documented it!1!!~~

:rofl:

[saras]

9. Hey, it worked just fine for us - where'd you think the Sixties came from?

"That's as believable as Al Qaeda giving hallucinogenic drugs to the youth to start this whole insurrection."
It worked just fine for us. The CIA did a grand job of it.

If all the developing nations imitate this part of America's growth, things could get REALLY interesting.

[Warpy]

8. It's like Republicans claiming they control most of the US

because most of the low population, low education rural areas are theirs and that means most of the land area.