Gaddafi vows to fight to the last man
Gaddafi vows to fight to the last man
Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to "fight to the last man and last woman" as his
forces battled poorly armed rebels for control of towns near the capital trying
to create a buffer zone around his seat of power.
The latest fighting came as Colonel Gaddafi addressed supporters and foreign
media in a conference hall in Tripoli. "We will fight until the last man and
woman. We will defend Libya from the north to the south," he said.
The increasingly violent clashes threatened to transform the 15-day popular
rebellion in Libya into a drawn-out civil war. Amid the intensified fighting,
the international community stepped up moves to isolate the longtime Libyan
leader.
Flexing its military muscle, the United States sent warships towards Libya on
Tuesday as it sought to keep pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to relinquish his
four-decade grip on power.
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