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‘I live in the hearts of millions’, says Gaddafi
After speculations that Libyan Col Muammar Gaddafi has been injured by NATO bombings, the dictator declared in an audio message that he was beyond the reach of NATO bombs.
On their news, the Italians said Gaddafi has been wounded and is on the run. However, the Libyan government immediately issued a denial.
“I want to say to the Crusader cowards that I live in a place where I cannot be reached or killed; I live in the hearts of millions," Gaddafi said in the message broadcast on state television.
Doubts about whether Gaddafi was alive or not were raised when Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini claimed Gaddafi was “probably outside of Tripoli and probably also injured.” Frattini said the information was credible since it came from Roman Catholic bishop of Tripoli, Giovanni Martinelli.
However Martinelli denied of having ever said Gaddafi had been injured.
Whilst a series of six loud explosions rocked Tripoli last night, the Libyan rebel movement’s second-in-command, Mahmud Jibril, met with US President Barack Obama's national security advisor.
The White House said the rebels' National Transitional Council was a "legitimate and credible" voice of the Libyan people. But it stopped short of offering the full diplomatic recognition that Jibril was seeking, news media report.
