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Rebels set demands for Gaddafi exit

Head of Libyan opposition says Gaddafi 'will not be pursued' if he quits within 
72 hours and stops bombing countrymen.
Last Modified: 08 Mar 2011 15:04 GMT

Rebels will not pursue Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over crimes they say he 
has committed if he steps down from his post in the next 72 hours, the head of 
the rebel National Libyan Council has told Al Jazeera.

"If he leaves Libya immediately, during 72 hours, and stops the bombardment, we 
as Libyans will step back from pursuing him for crimes," Mustafa Abdel Jalil, 
head of the opposition National Council, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.

He said the deadline would not be extended beyond 72 hours.

"Based on our love for our country we have proposed to the [Gaddafi's] indirect 
negotiators that a solution can be reached," Jalil told Al Jazeera.

"Conditions are that firstly he stops all combat in the fields, secondly that 
his departure is within 72 hours; thirdly we may waive our right of domestic 
prosecution ... for the crimes of oppression, persecution, starvation and 
massacres.

"We will have to wait and see what the regime's response is."

Libyan state television on Tuesday denied reports that the Libyan leader tried 
to strike a deal with opposition forces seeking his removal. An official from 
the Libyan foreign ministry described the reports as "absolute nonsense".

However, a spokesman for the opposition National Council in the eastern rebel 
stronghold of Benghazi confirmed that a representative had sought to negotiate 
Gaddafi's exit.

Gaddafi was reported to have sent a representative to Benghazi on Sunday night 
to discuss a conditional plan to step down, Al Jazeera learned. The offer was 
provided on the condition that Gaddafi would be able to keep his assets and 
avoid prosecution.
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The Libyan leader is said to be willing to step down in return for dropping war 
crimes charges against him and guaranteeing a safe exit for him and his family. 
He also reportedly wants guarantees from the UN that he will be allowed to keep 
his money.

Appeal for dialogue

On Monday evening, a leading member of the government appealed to rebel leaders 
for dialogue, another sign that Gaddafi may be ready to compromise with 
opponents challenging his rule.

Jadallah Azous Al-Talhi, a Libyan prime minister in the 1980s, appeared on 
state television on Monday reading an address to elders in Benghazi, asking 
them to "give a chance to national dialogue to resolve this crisis, to help 
stop the bloodshed, and not give a chance to foreigners to come and capture our 
country again".

The appeal did not detail any concessions that Gaddafi's administration would 
be prepared to make. The rebels said they will settle for nothing less than an 
end to Gaddafi's four decades in power.

The fact that Al-Talhi's appeal was broadcast on tightly-controlled state 
television indicated that it was officially endorsed.

Until now Gaddafi and his entourage have shown little public appetite for 
dialogue, describing the rebels as armed youths under the influence of drugs 
who have been manipulated by al-Qaeda and foreign powers.

Tripoli last week appointed an envoy to take humanitarian aid to Benghazi but 
it was not clear if the envoy had a mandate to negotiate with the rebels.

Strengthening military positions

Security forces loyal to Gaddafi have strengthened their military position in 
the last few days, squeezing rebel-held towns in the west and checking the 
advance of rebel militias westwards towards the capital, Tripoli.

There has also been fierce fighting in the eastern city of Misurata, located 
between Tripoli and Gaddafi's hometown Sirte, with reports of at least 18 
people killed.

Families residing in Ras Lanuf began heading eastward in an apparent attempt to 
flee the fighting in that strategic port town, our correspondent there said. 
Several people were reported to have been killed in battles a day earlier, 
including a family trying to flee the fighting.

Gaddafi supporters moved eastward on Tuesday in an effort to push the rebels 
back and recapture fallen towns, with reports emerging that they have taken the 
central Libyan town of Bin Jawad.

Valerie Amos, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency 
relief co-ordinator, said in a statement that the Benghazi Red Crescent 
reported that Misurata was also under attack by government forces again.

"Humanitarian organisations need urgent access now,'' she said. "People are 
injured and dying and need help immediately."

Witnesses also told Al Jazeera that Az-Zawiyah, west of Tripoli, was under 
heavy attack by government forces.

For now, the Gaddafi government has managed to halt the rebel advance that 
began last week when fighters ventured beyond the opposition-controlled eastern 
half of the country.

Rebels plead for help

The rebel forces say they will be outgunned if the government continues to 
unleash its air attacks on them and are pleading for the international 
community to impose a no-fly zone to prevent this.

"We don't want a foreign military intervention, but we do want a no-fly zone," 
rebel fighter Ali Suleiman told AP.

"We are all waiting for one,'' he said. The rebels can take on "the rockets and 
the tanks, but not Gaddafi's air force''.

The US president said on Monday that the US and its NATO allies were still 
considering a military response to the violence even as Britain and France were 
drafting a UN resolution that would establish a no-fly zone.

Barack Obama said the US will stand with the Libyan people as they face 
"unacceptable'' violence. He also sent a strong message to Gaddafi, saying he 
and his supporters will be held responsible for the violence there.
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William Hague, the UK foreign minister, said Britain is "working closely with 
partners on a contingency basis on elements of a resolution on a no-fly zone".

However, a British diplomat at the UN clarified that the draft resolution is 
being prepared in case it is needed but no decision has been made to introduce 
it at the Security Council.

The six US-allied Gulf Arab nations on Monday said they back a UN-enforced 
no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians. The Gulf states also condemned the 
killings by pro-government forces in Libya as "massacres".

Arab foreign ministers are to hold crisis talks on Friday to discuss imposing a 
no-fly zone over Libya, Arab League
officials said.

Hundreds if not thousands of people have died since Libya's uprising began on 
February 14 in an effort to end Gaddafi's more than 41-year rule, although 
tight restrictions on media make it near impossible to get an accurate number.

The number of people who have fled the violence in Libya since last month has 
passed 215,000 according to the International Organisation for Migration, most 
of them foreign workers. The exodus is creating a humanitarian crisis across 
the border with Tunisia.

The UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday that there was a critical shortage of 
long haul flights to evacuate foreign migrants who have fled Libya to their 
home countries in Asia and Africa.



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