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Gadhafi: Libyans Will Fight Against No-Fly Zone

10 March 2011 02:46 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says Libyans will take up arms against Western nations if they move to impose a no-fly zone over the country, APA reports quoting â€œThe Voice of Americaâ€.

In an interview that aired on Turkey’s state-run TRT television Wednesday, Gadhafi said such a move would lead Libyans to see that Western nations’ real intention is to seize Libya’s oil.

The Libyan leader repeated his claim that foreign operatives are responsible for the uprising against his government.

"The world is now in an awkward position because it has discovered that what is happening in Libya, is like what happened in Algeria, Boug Haram, Fatah al-Islam, Afghanistan, it’s all Bin Laden’s gangs and al Qaeda, the world is now convinced with this, it’s convinced, but now the world has to retreat [from its position], but also save face," said Gadhafi. "This is difficult for the world, and I understand this awkward position that the world, [the UN] Security Council and even Libyan ambassadors find themselves in. They believed these reports and did not accept it occurring in their country and some left their embassies, and I would have done the same and resigned if I had heard the same reports.’’