Israel Matzav

His former interpreter says only way to end violence is to kill Gadhafi

In an earlier post, I noted that Voice of America had removed an article from its website in which a former adviser to Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi stated that the only way to end the violence in Libya would be to kill Muammar Gadhafi. Reader YYW (who happens to be Mrs. Carl's nephew) found the article through Google cache.

Abubaker Saad, professor of history and non-Western cultures at Western Connecticut State University in the United States, says Gadhafi’s pronouncements, in his words, depict his unwillingness to negotiate with the anti-government protesters to end the crisis.

“After 42 years of his rule, and then you have the popular uprising in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt, you would think that he will learn a lesson from them and he will offer to compromise, or negotiate, or open a dialogue or something like that. But, we know that he is not going to do that and now the rest of the world knows,” said Saad.

“If you are the leader and you do not offer any compromise, or even accept the idea of sitting down and having a dialogue, the only alternative is to get rid of him and, basically, it’s going to take killing him to actually end this whole situation.”

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Saad says Gadhafi’s firm grip on Libya’s oil wealth has been weakened by the takeover of the oil-producing areas by anti-government protesters.

“His force is concentrated in the capital city,Tripoli, which has close to 2 million people and that is where really the (worst) bloodshed is going to happen because the protesters, after 42 years, are not going to go back; they are not going to even negotiate with him anymore because they don’t trust him,” said Saab.

“Gadhafi’s power was basically built on his oil money. Now, most of the oil-producing areas have been liberated from Gadhafi. Tripoli itself as a city really doesn’t have the financial power to sustain him for too long, and that is why he is ordering his supporters to strike now because the areas that have been liberated are going to besiege him.”

Who will kill Gadhafi? I'm sure the Libyans would love to do it themselves.

Labels: Libyan regime change, Muammar Gaddafi, political correctness

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:32 AM