Berlusconi called Gaddafi "Stop the violence"

ROME - After the pressure and criticism from many European allies for its liabilities facing the Libyan Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is preparing today to call the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Berlusconi will try to ask the colonel to stop as soon as the violence against his people and to initiate a political dialogue with those who took to the streets in recent days against the regime.

According to diplomatic sources, the colonel has already said the Italian government "is ready to stand and fight against the insurgency: the initial reaction of the Prime Minister last Saturday (" do not call as not to disturb ") was unanimously interpreted in Europe as an attempt to cover the Italian Libyan repressive action, while according to sources at Palazzo Chigi was a knee-jerk reaction when Mr Berlusconi had not yet understand the seriousness of the Libyan revolt

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