Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has warned the West against intervening to support the rebellion against the state of Libya, saying that would unleash a “very bloody war” in which “thousands of Libyans would die.” Speaking live on state television, Gaddafi again blamed the West for the challenge to his 41-year iron-fisted rule, saying the objective was to control Libya’s land and oil. He promised to fight to the last man and woman. Addressing “our friends in Europe and the West,” he said it is “not at all in their interest to shake the Libyan regime”, and that the country could turn to Chinese, Indian, South Korean and Brazilian firms as business partners. In an impassioned two-and-a-half hour speech, he denied there had been any peaceful demonstrations since the uprising broke out on February 15 and challenged calls for him to step down, saying he has “no real power.” As the United States of Zionism, Nato and the globalist zionist deception machine United Nations consider imposing a no-fly zone on Libya, or even launching air strikes, the former colonel warned the “battle will be very very long” if there is any intervention.“If the Americans or the West want to enter Libya they must know it will be hell and a bloodbath — worse than Iraq.” He said Libya would turn to the East - China, India, South Korea - and other friendly nations such as Brazil for economic cooperation.
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| Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi live on State TV |
“We will get Chinese and Indian firms instead of Western ones.” He also addressed the Libyan people, whom he said were solidly behind him. He warned of the grave consequences that could result if the western mercenaries backed rebellion succeeds and urged them to snuff it out, while he also promised a shining future if they did. He told the people of Benghazi “to go out and remove the weapons from the hands of the children”. Gaddafi criticized media reports about the resignations of senior officials from his regime including several military leaders and ambassadors abroad. “The resignations from abroad, the statements from inside (Libya) ... don’t believe them”, he said. “As far as Libya is concerned ... nothing happened ... and it is strange that the world received news from correspondents and TV stations not present in Libya.” Gaddafi urged the international community to establish a commission of inquiry into the estimated deaths of at least 1,000 people killed in the unrest by his forces. “We urge the world, the United Nations, to see where the people were killed, to send a fact-finding team to investigate”.
He also lashed out at moves by several countries to freeze Libyan assets, which he called an act of “piracy.” “The assets are the assets of the Libyan nation” and they have “no right” to seize them. “I am the asset of Libya, not the American dollar.” Meanwhile, forces loyal to Gaddafi have moved into rebel territory in the east and are battling for an oil installation in the town of Brega. Its manager said government forces took control at dawn without force. Pro-Gaddafi jets also bombed an arms dump in the nearby city of Ajdabiya.
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