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Libya Rebels Reject Prospect of Colonel Gaddafi’s Son Taking Power

HeadlineApr 05, 2011

In news from Libya, rebel fighters have rejected a proposal that would end Muammar Gaddafi’s rule but leave one of his sons in power. Ali Aujali is Libya’s former ambassador to the United Nations.

Ali Aujali, Libyan opposition leader, former Libyan ambassador to the United States: “I believe that this initiative is dead, is born dead from the beginning. We have to keep the pressure on Gaddafi, the political pressure, the military pressure. That’s the only thing that will make Gaddafi move and leave the country. Without this, I think we will not be able to reach our goal, we will not be able to reach our hope. We cannot stop in the middle now.”

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