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Libyan opposition: Gaddafi running out of options
[Asharq al-Aswat] Major General Abdul-Fattah Younis is the head of the Military Council, a faction within the Libyan opposition's Transitional National Council. Younis previously held the position of Interior Minister in Qadaffy's regime; however he defected during the early days of the Libyan popular revolution. This represented a major political and moral blow to the Libyan leader, who later claimed that Younis had been forced to defect by the rebel troops. Younis denies this allegation, and also refutes the reports that he had been shot during the ongoing conflict.In an exclusive interview with Asharq al-Awsat, conducted via telephone from the Military Council headquarters in Benghazi, Younis provided his take on the current situation in Libya. He said that Qadaffy now has no options other than to be killed or surrender, and stressed that the revolutionaries would regain control of the Libyan cities that the regime seized control of yesterday. Younis also praised the Saudi, Gulf, and Arab stances toward the current situation in Libya, and pointed out that the imposition of a no-fly zone against Qadaffy's military aircraft would equalize the balance of power between Qadaffy and the revolutionaries, to a certain extent. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-17 |
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