Friday, June 24, 2011

Gaddafi was "seriously studying" the possibility of leaving Tripoli because of NATO air attacks

Gaddafi was thinking of running away from Tripoli


Libyan opposition was open to the idea that Colonel Qaddafi remains in the country if he accepts leaving office, although the U.S. intelligence services believe that the Libyan leader "no longer feels safe" in Tripoli. The insurgents had indirect contacts with Libyan representatives of the authorities in Tripoli and referred to the possibility remains that Qaddafi in Libya if you leave power, said Mahmud Shammam, the spokesman of the National Transitional Council (CNT, political leadership of the rebellion) .
On Friday, the U.S. newspaper Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, said that Gaddafi "seriously studying" the possibility of leaving Tripoli because of NATO air attacks.The intelligence information obtained by the United States show that the Libyan leader "no longer feels safe" in the capital, said a senior U.S. national security was quoted by the newspaper.
Managers do not believe that this shift is imminent and believe that Gaddafi will not leave his country, a fundamental requirement of the rebels. Apparently, Gaddafi has many safe houses and other facilities in the capital, as well as outside Tripoli, where it could be installed.
However, in Benghazi, the rebel stronghold, Vice President of the NLC, Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, when asked about statements Shammam the Figaro, denied that there is "direct or indirect contact with the regime of Gaddafi." The Libyan regime had recognized the existence of such contacts.
In Libya, following clashes between the regime forces and insurgents between Zliten Misrata and on the route from Tripoli and Al Jabal Al Gharbi (west), according to daily announce insurgents "martyrs."