{"id":368951,"date":"2011-04-05T08:36:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T08:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/05\/libyan-rebels-scoff-at-gadhafi-deal\/"},"modified":"2011-04-05T08:36:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T08:36:32","slug":"libyan-rebels-scoff-at-gadhafi-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/05\/libyan-rebels-scoff-at-gadhafi-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Libyan rebels scoff at Gadhafi deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"113.28567937439\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!-- PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/africa\/04\/05\/libya.war\/t1larg.rebel.gi.afp.jpg --><!-- KEEP --><!-- \/PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/africa\/04\/05\/libya.war\/t1larg.rebel.gi.afp.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Former Libyan ambassador to U.S.: Gadhafi&#8217;s sons are &#8220;killers &#8230; just like their father&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>One of Moammar Gadhafi&#8217;s sons could take over from his father, a source says<\/li>\n<li>Clashes in Misrata leave 5 people dead and 24 injured<\/li>\n<li>Rebel official complains of lack of NATO air support<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Tripoli, Libya (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; With no end to Libya&#8217;s bloody war in sight, a source close to the country&#8217;s leadership said a Libyan envoy is floating the idea of ruler Moammar Gadhafi passing his power to a son &#8212; a notion rebel leaders deem merely cosmetic.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposal, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, 38, would help to usher in swift reform, the source said. But Saif Gadhafi has become one of his father&#8217;s most outspoken defenders since the start of the unrest, despite once being perceived as a leading reformer in the Libyan government.<\/p>\n<p>But a proposal to shift power from Gadhafi to his second-oldest son is &#8220;a ridiculous offer,&#8221; said Ali Aujali, a former Libyan ambassador to the United States who now represents the Libyan opposition in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Libyan people, they decided, and they will not go back at all (to) Gadhafi or any member of his family,&#8221; Aujali said. &#8220;His sons, they are killers &#8212; they&#8217;re just like their father.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aujali said the rebels are willing to offer Moammar Gadhafi and his family safe passage out of Libya in an exchange for an end to the fighting &#8212; but that&#8217;s as far as their offer goes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, more carnage spread in the besieged city of Misrata on Monday, and a rebel spokesman said a NATO-led effort to help protect civilians seemed nonexistent in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>Five people were killed and 24 wounded in Monday clashes between pro-Gadhafi forces and rebels in Misrata, two sources told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Residents have said the city has been choked off by Gadhafi troops, with electricity and access to food cut off. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day, life is getting more and more difficult,&#8221; said one resident, who is not being identified for safety reasons. &#8220;There are long queues of people for bread and fuel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added some are not leaving their homes for days at a time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are snipers shooting at anything that moves,&#8221; the resident said. &#8220;They are controlling the main road leading to outside the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the oil town of al-Brega, an opposition officer said Monday that rebel forces had the town surrounded from the north, east and west and had been bombarding the area with rockets for much of the afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>Maj. Miftah Omar Hamzah told CNN that 50 carloads of loyalist forces remained in al-Brega, but he insisted that the Gadhafi troops were on the defensive.<\/p>\n<p>New al-Brega, a suburban area of the homes of workers at a nearby oil refinery, was partially under rebel control. Opposition officers said they were still clearing the area of Gadhafi forces, and a resident fleeing the area told CNN that it is still unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>There have been no NATO airstrikes in the area for at least 24 hours, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The perceived lack of airstrikes enforcing a U.N. resolution to protect civilian lives and enforce an arms embargo brought criticism from rebel spokesman Mustafa Gheriani.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are supposed to be implementing this resolution and clearly it&#8217;s not implemented in Misrata, it&#8217;s not implemented in Zintan or Zahwiya <a href=\"file:\/\/and\/\">and<\/a> we&#8217;re wondering, where are they?&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Though Gadhafi has shown no signs of appeasing the opposition and relinquishing his power to outside his family, cracks in his armor have surfaced.<\/p>\n<p>His longtime confidant and foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, recently fled to London and announced his resignation from the Libyan government. On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department unfroze Koussa&#8217;s assets following his split from Gadhafi.<\/p>\n<p>Gheriani said while the conflict persists, he remains hopeful for a revolution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the Gadhafi regime is crumbling from within,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think if you look at history, people will always win, and I think victory will be ours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>CNN&#8217;s Nic Robertson, Reza Sayah, Ben Wedeman, Brian Todd and Yousuf Basil<\/b><b> contributed to this report<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|Read the original here|Read more from the original source|Continued here|Read more|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original here|Originally posted here|Here is the original post|See the original post|The rest is here|Read the rest here|See the rest here|Go here to read the rest|Go here to see the original|See the original post here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|See the article here|Read this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS Former Libyan ambassador to U.S.: Gadhafi&#8217;s sons are &#8220;killers &#8230; just like their father&#8221; One of Moammar Gadhafi&#8217;s sons could take over from his father, a source says Clashes in Misrata leave 5 people dead and 24 injured Rebel official complains of lack of NATO air support Tripoli, Libya (CNN) &#8212; With no end to Libya&#8217;s bloody war in sight, a source close to the country&#8217;s leadership said a Libyan envoy is floating the idea of ruler Moammar Gadhafi passing his power to a son &#8212; a notion rebel leaders deem merely cosmetic. Under the proposal, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, 38, would help to usher in swift reform, the source said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libyan rebels scoff at Gadhafi deal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/05\/libyan-rebels-scoff-at-gadhafi-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Libyan rebels scoff at Gadhafi deal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"STORY HIGHLIGHTS Former Libyan ambassador to U.S.: Gadhafi&#039;s sons are &quot;killers ... just like their father&quot; One of Moammar Gadhafi&#039;s sons could take over from his father, a source says Clashes in Misrata leave 5 people dead and 24 injured Rebel official complains of lack of NATO air support Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- With no end to Libya&#039;s bloody war in sight, a source close to the country&#039;s leadership said a Libyan envoy is floating the idea of ruler Moammar Gadhafi passing his power to a son -- a notion rebel leaders deem merely cosmetic. 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