We didn’t commit any crime - Kadhafi’s son
Refutes false allegations:
US: Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of the Libyan leader who is
battling a rebellion, claimed “we didn’t commit any crime against our
people,” in an interview with The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The 38-year-old Saif Kadhafi told the Post in an hour-long interview
in Tripoli that evidence of Libyan forces firing on anti-government
demonstrators is false, likening it to reports of pre-war Iraq hiding
weapons of mass destruction.
“It’s exactly like the WMD,” he said. “WMD, WMD, WMD, go and attack
Iraq. Civilians, civilians, civilians, go and attack Libya. It’s the
same thing.”
NATO is currently enforcing a United Nations-approved no-fly zone
designed to protect Libyan civilians.
Western allies have called for the end of Kadhafi’s four-decade rule.
Saif Kadhafi, speaking in fluent English, said he had brought many
reformers into the Libyan government.
But several of them have defected to the rebellion and have leading
roles with the Transitional National Council.
He said the rebellion is besieged by Al-Qaeda, and dismissed claims
by the United Nations, doctors, foreign journalists and others that
civilians were targeted and killed in Misrata.
“I am not going to accept it, that the Libyan army killed civilians.
“This didn’t happen. It will never happen.”
He said the the United States should help Libya fight Al-Qaeda and
that after “terrorists” are removed from Misrata and the rebel
stronghold of Benghazi that his father’s role would be reduced under a
new constitution. “The biggest issue is the terrorists and the armed
militia,” he said.
“Once we get rid of them, everything will be solved.”
Washington, Monday, AFP |