Former rebels say Muammar Gaddafi surrounded
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From: Herald Sun
September 07, 2011 10:00PM
Muammar Gaddafi is close to capture, according to former rebels. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
A SPOKESMAN for Tripoli's new military council says the former rebels know where ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is hiding, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed.
Anis Sharif says Gaddafi is still in Libya, and has been tracked using human intelligence and technology.
Sharif refused to say where he is, but said he is trapped in a 60-kilometre radius area surrounded by rebels.
"He can't get out," Sharif said.
He said the former rebels were preparing to either detain him or kill him.
Meanwhile, the owner of Arrai Oruba television said Gaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam were in Libya and in "good spirits".
"I can tell you that I spoke with Gaddafi very recently. He is in Libya, in very good spirits, feels strong, is not afraid, and would be happy to die fighting against the occupiers," Mishan al-Juburi, a former Iraqi MP who owns the Syria-based channel, told Agence France-Presse.
"His son Seif al-Islam is in the same state of mind," said Juburi, 54, who launched the channel in 2006.
Asked how he makes contact with Gaddafi, Juburi said: "When I need to talk to him, I send him a message, or he contacts me when he wants to pass a message."
Washington, meanwhile, said that some senior officials of the ousted regime were in a convoy that fled across Libya's southern border with Niger late Monday, but that Gaddafi was not believed to be among them.
The large convoy of civilian and military vehicles entered Niger and drove through the city of Agadez, raising questions about whether the toppled strongman had fled the country with them.
"We don't have any evidence that Gaddafi is anywhere but in Libya at the moment," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
She called on Niger to co-operate with the NTC in bringing potential Libyan war criminals to justice.
"We have strongly urged the Nigerien officials to detain those members of the regime who may be subject to prosecution, to ensure that they confiscate any weapons that are found, and to ensure that any state property of the government of Libya - money, jewels, etc - also be impounded so that it can be returned to the Libyan people," she said.
Niger's Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum was adamant the ousted Libyan leader was not in the convoy.
"The truth is that several people, of varying importance, arrived in Niger. That's it, there are no high-profile figures, certainly not Gaddafi himself nor any of his sons," Bazoum told AFP.
The Libyan strongman has not been seen since rebels stormed Tripoli on August 20, although as recently as last Thursday he aired audio messages calling on his supporters to prepare for guerrilla war.
Related Coverage
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US says Gaddafi not in Niger convoy - The Australian, 16 hours ago
Gaddafi 'not in convoy that fled' - Herald Sun, 18 hours ago.
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