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Kadhafi blames terrorists, blasts Arab League
[Maghrebia] Speaking to supporters at his fortified compound in Tripoli on Tuesday (March 15th), Libyan leader Moamer Qadaffy
... Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years ...
 denied that his country was witnessing any crises.

He accused backers of a no-fly zone of trying to destabilise the country, saying Libya was "a peaceful country". He added, "They want Qadaffy to leave, well I challenge La Belle France, Britain to give their citizens the freedom, let them allow their people to rule themselves. I challenge them."

Qadaffy also threatened to attack La Belle France if they ever attack Libya, "Are Libyans their slaves?" he asked.

In response to the vaporous Arab League's call for a no-fly zone, Qadaffy decided that the Arab League ceased to exist. "There is no such thing as the Arab league," he said. He then blasted the Gulf Co-operation Council for making a similar suggestion, saying that "it's actually the 'Gulf Unco-operative Council.'"

Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker...
 authorities showed news hounds statements from Salah Ali Abu Auba, a supposed member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG). Abu Auba said he was deceived into joining the group and that he originally wanted to support peaceful demonstrations in Az Zawiyah. He was jugged on charges of belonging to al-Qaeda as Libyan army forces recaptured the city.

In addition to the LIFG accusations, Libyan state television said.
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
a number of rebels, whom it billed as a "horde of traitors", were killed by loyalist forces. State TV also claimed that the Jamahiriya
... An Arabic neologism coined by Muammar al-Qadaffy. The word jamahiriya was derived from jumhuriya, which is the usual Arabic translation of republic. It was coined by changing the component jumhur ‐ public ‐ to its plural form, jamahir — the masses. Thus, it is similar to the term People's Republic, only more denigrating to the actual inhabitants of the country...
 flag was raised over the city of Tobruk near the Egyptian border and that the situation was under the control of popular leadership from al-Salum border crossing.

Moreover, state TV alleged that the people of Benghazi raised the Jamahiriya flag and Qadaffy pictures on Tuesday, adding that a food aid convoy was looted by rebels. However,
The emphatic However...
 when Magharebia spoke to Benghazi resident and journalist Khalid, he said that this was completely untrue. Benghazi was still under revolutionaries' control and what was broadcast by the Libyan television was part of a media and psychological war.

He added that revolutionaries' will was strong and that there were large numbers of volunteers in Benghazi and Ajdabiya willing to fight Qadaffy's battalions and halt their advance.

The Libyan news agency said that a number of rebel leaders, who it described as "gangs of terrorist mercenaries linked to al-Qaeda and collaborators", decamped across the Egyptian border, leaving behind the young people whom they had deceived. Pro-government sources maintained that the Libyan armed forces now controlled the Libyan-Egyptian border.

Authorities claimed later on Tuesday that the city of Ajdabiya had fallen and was "cleansed" of what it labelled as terrorists. Rebel commanders, however, denied that the city was retaken by pro-Qadaffy forces.

Meanwhile in the western city of Zuwara, the Libyan news agency said that residents went out to protest in support of Qadaffy after the city came under artillery fire from pro-Qadaffy forces. Press reports said the Libyan army units entered the town centre in the early morning hours, killing one rebel and injuring seven others.

Also on Tuesday, Qadaffy's foreign ministry warned all Arab and international media outlets that authorities would bear no legal or moral responsibility for dangers they face if they entered Libya without approval. The statement came just days after an Al Jizz cameraman was killed near Benghazi. The Tripoli-based officials added that they were keen to enable all media professionals to know the truth.
Posted by: Fred 2011-03-18
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