" [Gadaffi] earlier said he would open arms depots to the people to defend Libya" BBC
Really, Gadaffi? I think the rebels have been doing a pretty good job of taking the weaponry off of the army already. You might want to think twice before handing over more firepower to the opposition.
But being a little more charitable Gadaffi probably means he just wants to arm 'the right sort' of Libyans. The upstanding supporters of the dictatorship rather than those crazy, 'al Qaeda', drug smoking young Libyans who seem to have got it into their heads that they might want some sort of democratic rights. Whether or not this will help his supporters against modern military jets is another matter.
So basically Gadaffi is again feebly attempting to score propaganda points as his situation worsens. 'Look, I'm so sure that the people love me that I would arm them!', he blusters, as the UN forces him to at least pay lip service to a cease fire. 'This is crusador aggression against the sovereignty of Libya!', he whines, as his air defences are destroyed by the French and Americans (fully backed by international law and solidly humanitarian principles).
Pathetic. Just another ailing dictator who thinks 'L'État, c'est moi' despite all evidence to the contrary.
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