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Gadhafi Urges Libyans to Demonstrate Against New Rulers
[An Nahar] Deposed strongman Moammar  Qadaffy...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland... called on Libyans to turn out in their millions to demonstrate against the country's new rulers, in an audio message broadcast Thursday on Syria-based Arrai television. "I call on the Libyan people, men and women, to go out into the squares and the streets and in all the cities in their millions" to reject the National Transitional Council, he said in the poor quality broadcast. "I say to them, do not fear anyone. You are the people, you belong to this land," said Qadaffy, whose whereabouts are unknown but is widely thought to still be in Libya. "Make your voice heard against NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... 's collaborators," he said, in reference to the new regime of the National Transitional Council. "Some people speak of the NTC as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people," he said, using a term applied by many of the various foreign governments that recognized the body after it was formed. "But from where does that legitimacy come from -- their election by the Libyan people? Are they interested in the Libyan people?" he asked rhetorically. Posted by: Fred 2011-10-07 |
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