In a telephone address televised on Libyan state TV, leader Moammar Gadhafi criticized residents of opposition-held Benghazi on Thursday, calling them "traitors" for seeking help from outsiders.
Gadhafi said his forces will enter Benghazi to rid the city of those "traitors" and that his forces
will search everyone for weapons. He added that his forces gave amnesty to those who gave up their weapons in Ajdabiya.
Gadhafi's ground forces have been fighting their way toward Benghazi, in eastern Libya, for several days.
State TV claimed Thursday that Gadhafi's forces were in control of the city of Ajdabiya, on the road to Benghazi. But opposition leaders said they maintained control. Gadhafi's forces have taken control of the eastern and western gates to the city and are trying to get inside, while the opposition controls the southern entrance, opposition leaders said.
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Oh, dear Lord, he's going to commit genocide on his own people! This man *must* be stopped, and then held accountable for his crimes....
They aren't traitors, but soldiers that have sold out their freedom for democracy. Gadaffi should be ashamed.
I don't really blame Mohammar Qadaffi for being angry but I think that he should grant a general amnesrty anyway to the people of Benghazi and get to the bottom of the uprising to find out whether it was foreign instigated or not.
I can tell you right now who's behind the Libyan uprising. It's the C.I.A. and the British M-6 who are fomenting this uprising in order to topple Qadaffi,replace him with some pro-Western stooge and gain control of Libya's oil. It's as simple as that!!!
I wonder why all those western countries are so keen on Libya. In my country the DRCongo, Foreign troops[Rwanda] are massacring people by the millions but I've Neva heard anything from the UK or USA. I think there are after Libyan oil
U R right Congo doesn't have any oil or anything at all. But you as people need to step up and fight for your right before the western can stand with you. Talking about oil? We help a lot of Arab countries that have oil. Did we get any? execpted wasting our taxes money and our lives for the cost of your freedom. Are you blinde or something? If we have so much oil? why are we paying $3.75/gal.? or in some state $4.00/gal.?
@Paul: If you are from Congo, why is your name Paul instead of something like Owanga or Mongoa, or something like that?
@cesar... Where r you from??? Because I think you're really short minded...Being African doesn't mean having an African name....
@Cesar of 3:37: NO
Why the hell isn't the national community. Doing anything? They r murderers as well
The procrastination of the UN security council reminds me of that old adage."Rome burns while Nero fiddles". Also of some of the treatment dealt out to some satellite states of the once USSR. We (The World) screamed and shouted and talked but sat on our hands. I suspect this will end the same way unfortunately for the people of Libya.
RDC is one of the richest country in the world. I worked in the Bas Congo area. I also worked in Burundi. According to my little experience, the real problem there is this criminal called Kagame (Rwanda president). But he is a good friend of UK and US govt so ....
Damn those people want to be free but its going to be a struggle and maybe we should send them weapons to fight.
@Paul: Some of you are bad people. You kill rhinos and elephants for their ivory. You better stop it, or the UN will do something.
@Paul: We eat a lot at Pizza Hut, McDonalds, and Olive Garden. We shop at Wal-Mart, that's a big store. And you Paul, where do you eat?
Obama is chicken hearted, bankrupt and indecisive, unable to do anyuhting except blow toxic steam.
And kill people,too. That's why were in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Barack Obama now has more blood on his hands than all the members of the Chicago Mafia put together,past and present!!!
ceasar, do you even know what your talking about, ive been reading your stuff here, and you dont make any sense , are you dumb?
@Sam: Let me pull down my pants; you can read my tatoo, then you can say you've read my " stuff." And no I am knot dumm.