Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, said Friday, Feb. 25, in an interview to CNN-Turk that his family would remain in Libya at all costs, and warned that it would not allow a "handful of terrorists to control part of the country. Asked by a reporter from CNN-Turk on a possible "Plan B" flight planned by his family in case of victory of the insurgents, Saif al-Islam said: "Our plan is to live in Libya and die.
The plan B is to live and die in Libya, "according to the Turkish translation of his remarks. Gaddafi's son admitted the loss of control of Eastern Libya, but said that the Libyan authorities will soon resume control of the area (follow the events live in Libya). "There are over two million people in this area, the number of terrorists is 200 or 300 at most.
The people we call (...) We can not allow a handful of terrorists control part of the Libya and its people, "he said. He said that the cities of El Beida and Derna were in the hands of "terrorists" who have established "two emirates Islamic states puppet" while Benghazi was experiencing a "complete chaos".
Saif al-Islam has also raised the cases of two towns in western countries: Musratha, the 3rd largest city, located 150 km east of Tripoli, and Zawiyah, 60 km west of capital. The insurgents, "rare" in these cities have flown tanks belonging to the army, they have weapons, machine guns and ammunition, "he said, confirming Friday that they had attempted to seize Airport Musratha.
"But they were repulsed," he added. "The south and center are under our control. There is no problem, everything is fine (...) Tripoli and its surroundings are quiet, you can walk there," he further assured. Asked about the use of services by Tripoli of mercenaries in Africa, Saif al-Islam has denied reports: "We heard this on one TV channel - Al Jazeera.
Proviennnent All the lies of this channel," he firmly told before inviting international media to come to Libya to see for themselves the situation. The son of Colonel Gaddafi has reported a balance of 242 dead in violence, less than an earlier official toll of 300 dead. He also assured that aviation had conducted any raid against the population, but was shelled three depots of arms to prevent them from falling into rebel hands.
He finally argued that peaceful demonstrations and political demands were "not a problem, they are acceptable," only the action of "armed groups" are illegitimate. He also rejected any plan to destroy oil infrastructure in the country in case of increase in the insurrection. "We will never destroy the oil.
It belongs to the people, "he said. 
The plan B is to live and die in Libya, "according to the Turkish translation of his remarks. Gaddafi's son admitted the loss of control of Eastern Libya, but said that the Libyan authorities will soon resume control of the area (follow the events live in Libya). "There are over two million people in this area, the number of terrorists is 200 or 300 at most.
The people we call (...) We can not allow a handful of terrorists control part of the Libya and its people, "he said. He said that the cities of El Beida and Derna were in the hands of "terrorists" who have established "two emirates Islamic states puppet" while Benghazi was experiencing a "complete chaos".
Saif al-Islam has also raised the cases of two towns in western countries: Musratha, the 3rd largest city, located 150 km east of Tripoli, and Zawiyah, 60 km west of capital. The insurgents, "rare" in these cities have flown tanks belonging to the army, they have weapons, machine guns and ammunition, "he said, confirming Friday that they had attempted to seize Airport Musratha.
"But they were repulsed," he added. "The south and center are under our control. There is no problem, everything is fine (...) Tripoli and its surroundings are quiet, you can walk there," he further assured. Asked about the use of services by Tripoli of mercenaries in Africa, Saif al-Islam has denied reports: "We heard this on one TV channel - Al Jazeera.
Proviennnent All the lies of this channel," he firmly told before inviting international media to come to Libya to see for themselves the situation. The son of Colonel Gaddafi has reported a balance of 242 dead in violence, less than an earlier official toll of 300 dead. He also assured that aviation had conducted any raid against the population, but was shelled three depots of arms to prevent them from falling into rebel hands.
He finally argued that peaceful demonstrations and political demands were "not a problem, they are acceptable," only the action of "armed groups" are illegitimate. He also rejected any plan to destroy oil infrastructure in the country in case of increase in the insurrection. "We will never destroy the oil.
It belongs to the people, "he said.
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