Muammar Qaddafi: Everything is a target now

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March 19, 2011 6:38 PM

Muammar Qaddafi: Everything is a target now

Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi released a statement Saturday, warning

that international air and missile strikes inside his country have turned North

Africa and the Mediterranean Sea into a " real war zone. "

Qaddafi said: " The interests of the involved countries will be subjected to

threats as of now in the Mediterranean Sea because of this aggressive, foolish

act that's completely unjustifiable, other than it is a mere crusader colonial

aggression that aims to launch a second wide ranging crusader campaign. "

In the statement, Qaddafi did not blame al Qaeda, as he has frequently to date,

on the uprising, but instead called on other nations and people to stand by

Libya in order to fight off " colonial aggression. "

Qaddafi said that the aggressive actions in Libya are " only making this people

stronger, tougher, more united within an internal and united national front.

Right now, weapons depots are being opened in order to arm the people with all

sorts of weapons, in order to enable them to defend Libya's independence its

unity and its Honor. "

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Effectively what has happened is Qaddafi no longer has an disincentive NOT to go all out. The international community has all but put a price on his head, so why not do as much damage as possible before they get him? I won't be surprised if he doesn't blow up the oil facilities, power plants, water plants, etc. in a scorched earth policy. That would harm those who take over the country after him. Furthermore it would leave great chaos and require foreign workers to make repairs, not to mention foreign money. Foreigners would mean troops to keep them safe. Foreign troops mean trouble since the first time one of them kills a local they will be the enemy and those mobs so many in the West are going googoo over will turn on the foreigners.

In a message dated 3/19/2011 6:54:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

Muammar Qaddafi: Everything is a target now