Gaddafi says withdraws from Tripoli compound

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Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi looks on during a news conference at the Quirinale palace in Rome in this June 10, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi looks on during a news conference at the Quirinale palace in Rome in this June 10, 2009 file photo.

Credit: Reuters/Max Rossi/Files

TRIPOLI | Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:44pm EDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday that his withdrawal from his Bab al-Aziziya headquarters was a "tactical move" after the compound was leveled by 64 NATO air strikes.

Speaking in an address on a local Tripoli radio station, which was reported by Al-Orouba TV, broadcasting in conjunction with Al-Rai TV, Gaddafi also vowed "martyrdom" or victory in his fight against NATO.

(Reporting by Ali Abdelatti, Writing by Sami Aboudi)
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RAMFAITORI wrote:
Freedom fighters will check in which hole Gaddafi is.

Aug 23, 2011 8:00pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
investeast wrote:
As one who travelled on Pan AM 102 (NY to Frankfurt) a few days before Mr Gaddafi blew Pan Am 103 out of the sky over Lockerbie.

I say to him – “Do us a favour – Please become a Martyr. It will save us all a lot of time, effort and money spent hauling you before international courts.”

Aug 23, 2011 8:59pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
emanon63026 wrote:
“He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day” — Robin Hood…. Don’t know as I’d call that a “tactical maneuver”, but OK….

Aug 23, 2011 9:45pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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