Wednesday, March 2, 2011

. - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said that "my people love me and die to protect" in an interview with journalist Christiane Amanpour U.S. network ABC. Dressed in a brown robe, of which usually wear, and sunglasses to prevent eye directly assures him: "I love it. All my people (is) me, I want." "My people would die to protect." The interview, which also involved a reporter from the BBC and one from the Times newspaper, was in the restaurant of a hotel on the Libyan coast.

The journalist noted that Gaddafi wanted to talk to the press for people to know "the truth" and spent more than an hour with the three reporters to explain his version of events. Amanpour Gaddafi announced that "refused to acknowledge that there have been demonstrations in the streets of Tripoli" and denied air strikes to end the protests.

The Libyan leader laughs when asked if he would be willing to relinquish power in response to requests from the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, President, Barack Obama, and the rest of the international community. "Anybody leave their homeland? Why should I leave Libya? "says Colonel quiet.

During the meeting blamed the uprising Gaddafi in Libya for the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, which it accuses of encouraging young people to steal weapons from military facilities. "I'm surprised that we have an alliance with the West in combating Al Qaeda, and now we're fighting terrorists leave us," Gaddafi said in a preview of the interview on the ABC website.

"Maybe they want to occupy Libya" , said the Libyan leader, who has over 41 years in power. He described the U.S. president. States, Barack Obama, as "a good person" but that may have been given "wrong information." "The statements I've heard of it must come from another person," Gadhafi said, "The United States is the world's international policeman." Gaddafi also said he felt "betrayed" by the United Nations and called on the international body to organize a field mission to verify what is happening.

The Libyan leader was asked how they may have agreed to impose sanctions against his country by relying on media reports, without visiting the country. Libya agreed to stop its program of weapons of mass destruction in 2003 after the invasion of Iraq and United Nations lifted sanctions against the country.

Amanpour and secured an interview last February of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after the popular revolt that ended the country overthrown. 30,000 million U.S. dollars frozen in accounts of the Libyan government authorities have frozen 30,000 million U.S. dollars in Libyan assets under U.S.

jurisdiction. UU. as part of sanctions on Tripoli. "This is the largest block of funds under a program of sanctions by the United States," said David Cohen, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. Cohen said in a meeting with reporters that an undetermined number of U.S.

banks had written off access to several accounts linked to the Government of Libya and Qadhafi's family during the weekend. According to Treasury officials, most of the frozen funds belong to the Central Bank of Libya and the Sovereign Investment Fund, Libyan Investment Authority, the U.S.

believes are controlled by Gaddafi and his family. Yesterday, Gadhafi has instructed the responsible for foreign intelligence services, Buzid Durda, that dialogue with rebel leaders in eastern DRC, according to the Qatari television network Al Jazeera. According to a correspondent of the chain, Gadhafi has tried to open channels of contact with the heads of the tribes, but they have refused to negotiate with him.

For the moment, forces loyal to the Libyan regime hold positions around Misrata, to try to regain control of that city, the third of the country, while the international community provides aid to the rebels and prepares for a country without a dictator. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has told the Human Rights Council of the United Nations that it is time that Gaddafi leaves, while EU countries have agreed to impose an arms embargo and riot control agents to Libya and banned from entering EU territory and frozen the accounts of the Libyan leader and his environment.

On the other hand, a plane of the Libyan air force bombed Qaddafi faithful to an arms dump near the headquarters of Hania, in Edjibiya region, about 200 km west of Benghazi, the second city of the country under rebel control , reported a correspondent of the Qatari Al-Jazeera network.

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