gaddafi flees libya? military sympathises with protesters. ( Archived) (199)

it will be interesting to see if the UN go in

i put up this thread to share info for those interested. thanks toxi honey for helping me

do you have a link to the iranian cleric story rob?

would like to have a look at it. thanks

Maybe they will then they can move the UN headquarters there since Gaddafi said they could relocate there and he can foot the bill also.

i always thought the headquarters should be at the hague personally.

hope your well this fine evening my ol sparring pardner

There are reports he is on his way to venizuala.

Doing fine. Hope the same for you.

yep. some are saying yay, some are saying nay. it is still up in the air, but the reports are getting stronger and from more credible sources

Leaving talks in Brussels after agreeing an EU statement demanding restraint and an end to violence by the Libyan regime, Mr Hague said he had no firm knowledge but went on: "I have seen some information that suggests he is on his way there at the moment."
British officials indicated the Foreign Secretary was not referring to any media speculation but other sources.
The Foreign Secretary spoke to reporters after a meeting of EU foreign ministers focused on the revolts sweeping across Libya and other countries in North African and the Middle East.
During a day of talks on an EU response to the Libyan crisis, all EU foreign ministers were being kept updated, but only Mr Hague seemed confident enough to volunteer a likely bolthole for the Libyan leader.
Several media had also reported rumors that Gaddafi was headed to Venezuela. Chavez and Gaddafi have visited each other and enjoy warm political relations.

But a senior source in the Venezuelan government denied the reports.
A source told Reuters that the Caracas government "denies such information".
Protesters have taken control of several Libyan cities, sacking symbols of Muammar Gaddafi's hardline ruler and forcing pro-regime figures to leave the country.
Gunfire crackled on the streets of Tripoli, while protesters set government buildings ablaze, overran police stations and attacked the offices of the state broadcaster.
The eastern city of Benghazi fell to demonstrators after military units deserted their posts on Monday, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights said. Sirte, Tobruk Misrata, Khoms, Tarhounah, Zenten, Al-Zawiya and Zouara, were also reported to have fallen to protesters.
More than 400 people have been killed so far, the IFHR said.
Two Libyan fighter jets with four military personnel on board landed in Malta, saying they had fled Benghazi after it was taken over by protesters. Two civilian helicopters also landed on the Mediterranean island around the same time, carrying seven people who said they were French nationals working on oil rigs near near the city.
In Cairo, Libya's Arab League envoy said he had resigned to "join the revolution." Tripoli's ambassador to Delhi also quit, as did a lower-level diplomat in Beijing who said Gaddafi may have left the country, Al-Jazeera television reported.
Libya's justice minister, Mustapha Abdeljalil, resigned in objection to "the excessive use of force" against demonstrators, the Quryna newspaper website reported.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said that he had information that Colonel Kadhafi had left for Venzuela, though it was unclear if he had fled the country.
Kadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, appeared on television to warn that the north African country faces civil war.
"Libya is at a crossroads. If we do not agree today on reforms... rivers of blood will run through Libya," he said in a fiery but rambling televised speech that betrayed a note of desperation within his father's regime.
Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, 38, who holds no formal government post but wields vast influence as heir apparent, suggested that Benghazi was out of government control.
"At this moment there are tanks being driven by civilians in Benghazi," he said, insisting that the uprising was aimed at installing Islamist rule and that it would be ruthlessly crushed.
Government television also carried a broadcast by a prominent religious leader, saying the protests were being instigated by foreign forces.
The United States said on Monday that it was analysing Seif al-Islam's speech, and that President Barack Obama was "considering all appropriate actions" on Libya.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for "the non-use of force and respect for basic freedoms."

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