Libya: The battle not over, Gaddafi’s son insists

Exultant rebel fighters packed in trucks and cars have since Sunday streamed across the capital of the oil-rich North African state, seizing control of Moamer Kadhafi’s state television network and Tripoli’s seaside Green Square.
US President Barack Obama called for “an inclusive transition” in Libya, demanding that Kadhafi “explicitly” give up power and warning the rebels that their struggles were “not over yet”.
But after so long in power, Gaddafi is resisting calls from Obama and other world leaders to step down and gunfire is still crackling around Tripoli, at the climax of a revolt that sprang up in February during the “Arab Spring”.
Gaddafi’s whereabouts are unknown but the White House said there was no indication that the 69-year-old leader, who has ruled Libya with an iron fist since 1969, had left Tripoli.
His son Seif al-Islam, after being said by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to be under arrest, appeared before cheering armed loyalists outside the family’s residential compound in the early hours of Tuesday.
“Tripoli is under our control. Everyone should rest assured. All is well in Tripoli,” he told journalists outside the compound at Bab al-Azizya, smiling broadly and flashing the V for victory sign despite the rebels’ encroachment.
“I am here to refute the lies,” the 39-year-old said about reports of his arrest, and accused the West of waging a “technological and media war to cause chaos and terror in Libya”.