2011年11月6日星期日

Mahmoud el-Mansouri, a farmer, saidpeople were angry

We will never ever surrender to these people," said Saif al-Islam, wearing a Rosetta Stone sport jacket and jeans.Despite Saif al-Islam's tough line on the rebels, he seemed more flexible on the political front."We are more convinced and more determined to go toward democracy and freedom. I said this 10 years ago, myself, two years ago, last year, today and tomorrow," he said."The target is the constitution so everything is legalized. My father said in public, that I don't want to be the president of all of the country. We want to have a new structure, a new system, new parliament, new government, we have a draft ready."His push for reforms may face resistance from Libya's top military brass which may not want to give up any ground during the biggest challenge to Gaddafi's rule.Asked about his father's mood, Saif al-Islam said: "Everybody is angry. We are all willing to die righthere to protect Libya and the leader Gaddafi," said BasmaAmoume, 27, a retirement fund employee, holding her 6-month olddaughter in her arms. The gates of the compound, the heart of Gaddafi's powerfulsecurity apparatus which is usually off-limits to the generalpublic, were wide open, and people continued to stream into itthroughout the evening. "We are here. We are ready to die for our leader," said OmAbdel Qadir, an Arabic language teacher. She said her six sonshad all volunteered to fight for Gaddafi. "Even if we do Rosetta Stone languages not have weapons, people will do everythingthey can to fight. You will see people on every street, pouringhot oil on the enemy." Mahmoud el-Mansouri, a farmer, saidpeople were angry. "There are 5,000 tribesmen who are preparing to come here tofight with our leader. They had better not try to attack ourcountry," he said. "We will open up Libya's deserts and allow Africans to floodto Europe to blow themselves up as suicide bombers. ... We areready to attack embassies abroad." Mustafa Abdelgadir, a27-year-old man, added: "Everyone has weapons training and weare all prepared to fight." But not in the context of the meeting of the council of ministers," Youssef said. "Nothing has been scheduled as of yet," he said.The League has established contact with the rebel National Libyan Council in Benghazi, Youssef added."We are discussing the humanitarian situation with them and the situation in general -- their evaluation of how things are evolving and so on," he said. The rebel council would not be attending the Arab League meeting either, he added.On Thursday, France became the first Western nation to give its full backing to the rebel National Libyan Council. The European Union said it may also recognize the council if the Arab League were to do so.Germany said on Friday it also wanted to hear the Arab Rosetta Stone Korean view.Youssef said he hoped Saturday's meeting would be "a step forward in addressing issues pertaining to the protection of the Libyan people and putting an end to the bloodshed.

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