Benghazi says talks are underway between Gaddafi

Benghazi says there seems to be a division within the rebel Libyan National Council. Some members saying talks are underway between Gaddafi and rebels to secure his departure of the country, others say no talks

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi 

It seems rumors that Gaddafi is seeking an exit plan through negotiations with the transitional council have something behind them. #Libya

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1. 1448: Reuters has the following quote from Abdel Salem Mohamed, 21, returning to Ras\rLanuf from the front: "People are dying out there. Gaddafi's forces have rockets\rand tanks."
2. 1447: And AFP is reporting heavy shelling on the front line, west of Ras Lanuf.
3. 1446: Pro-Gaddafi forces are using tanks and rockets to bombard rebels on the front line, Reuters reports. Rebels are said to be using heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and anti-tank and aircraft weapons.
4. 1439: More from the BBC's Paul Danahar: "The speculation is largely based on a long red carpet, all the cars being towed out of the car park, and a warning from the media centre that journalists trying to shoot pictures from the upper floors run a risk of being shot themselves!"
5. 1437: The BBC's Paul Danahar in Tripoli says: "There is much speculation that Col Gaddafi is about to turn up at the Rixos Hotel in the capital, where the foreign media are based. Whether it will be for a press conference or something else, we do not yet know."
6. 1436: Al-Jazeera, which is based in Doha, has been credited by many with a playing a key role in spreading information about recent unrest in Arab countries.
7. 1434: Libyan TV has mocked Al-Jazeera, saying the channel has switched from news to "comedy". It calls the broadcaster it Al-Jarirah, which in Arabic means "guilt" and "transgression", and accuses it of spreading "despicable rumours".
8. 1426: Mustafa Menhshawi, the BBC Arabic correspondent in Benghazi says there seems to be a division within the rebel Libyan National Council. Some members saying talks are underway between Gaddafi and rebels to secure his departure of the country, others say no talks. The council does not appear to be fully linked to the opposition forces on the ground, our correspondent says.