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Kremlin envoy to Libya reportedly says Gadhafi threatens to blow up Tripoli if

it falls

By The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – 39 minutes ago

MOSCOW - A Russian newspaper is quoting the Kremlin's special envoy to Libya as

saying Moammar Gadhafi has threatened to blow up Tripoli if it falls into rebel

hands.

Mikhail Margelov is quoted in Thursday's edition of the Izvestia newspaper as

saying Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi recently told him, " If the

rebels seize the city, we will deluge it with missiles and blow it up. "

Margelov also is cited as saying: " I presume that the Gadhafi regime has a

suicidal plan of this kind. "

The civil war in Libya appears to have hit a stalemate, despite a protracted

NATO bombing campaign against Gadhafi-loyal forces under a U.N. mandate on

protecting civilians. Margelov has been a mediator in the standoff.

Russia abstained in the U.N. vote on military intervention and has voiced

concern about civilian casualties.