Muammar Gaddafi speech TRANSLATED (2011 Feb 22)

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TRIPOLI (Agencies)

A defiant Muammar Gaddafi vowed on Tuesday to remain in Libya as head of its revolution, saying he would die as a martyr in the land of his ancestors and fight to the "last drop" of his blood.

Saying the people were behind him, Gaddafi ordered the army and police to crush the popular uprising against his iron-fisted four-decade rule that has already left hundreds dead in the past eight days.

In a live, apparently unscripted speech on national television, the 68-year-old Gaddafi said, "Muammar Gaddafi is the leader of a revolution; Muammar Gaddafi has no official position in order for him to resign. He is the leader of the revolution forever."

"This is my country, my country," he shouted, in a speech consisting of short, angry bursts of words, which he punctuated by shaking his fist or pointing his finger.

"Those killed were from the police and the army; they were not youths"
--Muammar Gaddafi

"The Libyan people are with me," he said, calling on them to demonstrate from Wednesday. "Capture the rats," he said of anti-regime demonstrators. "Go out of your homes and storm them" wherever they are.

Dressed in a matching light-brown robe, scarf and turban, and wearing glasses, Gaddafi denied that the victims of fighting that has swept the country were young people.

"Those killed were from the police and the army; they were not youths," he said, adding that there was a "small sick group" that "gives drugs to these youths."

Reading from the country's penal code, he said "any Libyan who carries arms against Libyans will be punished by death."

Gaddafi's forces have been accused by various sources of killing demonstrators indiscriminately, even using heavy caliber weapons.

He said he would call the people to "cleanse Libya house by house" unless protesters on the streets surrendered.

"The only thing we can do now is not give up, no surrender, no going back. We will die anyways, whether we like it or not. It is clear that they don't care whether we live or not. This is genocide."
--Marai Al Mahry

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[TheGvandenbroucke]

I love that little "you hate us because you fear us" you throwed in there. Typical American mentality. No one fears you when you leave ur stupid island u get ur ass beat everywhere because the entire world hates you, even your so called allies in europe. ur right i dont have any idea what the libyans were living through but i did grow up in the ex-soviet union. according to western media the ussr was "horrible, disastrous, no freedom". well my childhood couldnt of been better...

[TheDellLatitudeD600]

Then go live there. And come back and tell me how much you loved it.

[Irish Republican]

Your seriously retarded if you think i believe the lies of my government. READ SOMEONE'S COMMENTS FULLY BEFORE JUDGING THEM YOU MORON.

[Irish Republican]

I think you mis read my first comment. I was being sarcastic with the freedom shit. That is what USA uses to pretend its helping others, aww we are bringing freedom & democracy, while USA warplanes bomb the shit out of them and return them to the stone age.

[Irish Republican]

My government never told me libya was free or prosperous nation lol The exact opposite actually. You my government (The north of Ireland) a capitalist oligarchy, told me Gaddafi killed his own civilians & sent soldiers out to rape woman. What a load of shit. And all because Gaddafi was returning bk to gold standard. Do you know what that means ?? He was a threat to the illusion of western power. Our paper money doesn't mean NOTHING, not since we started printing it without backing with gold.

[H3adHunt3r]

Excuse me, I will speak whenever I damn well please

and there's nothing you can do about It.

Gadafi was the supporter of Al Qaeda, he was an

anti-American Dictator after all.

[collins dion]

irish boy, u very stupid, ur goverment made u to belive what u are writing, u have never been there before, u are never in their shoes, ur goverment lied to u, they kill other human to get u food, arent u ashame, blood sucker, they robb other nations, how would u feel if someone robbed u?? but dont worry, time shall come u will learn the truth

[collins dion]

shut up, shut up and shut up, he sent his military force to hunt the al qualda men the u.s.a sponsored,. but u thives used media to turn it arround, besides what dose u americans want with countries that has nothing to do with u,?

[awsome7user]

Well retard yo do not live in lybia aren't you?

Then how can you say he's one of the finest leaders do you even what he done You only watch media then see the good Gaddafi aren't you?

[MrEdip88]

Gaddafi was the only leader the arabs will have in a long time my friend he was the only one brave enough to stand up, his better than your saudi pig kings and your dog of a leaders today and the dog of leaders before back stabing the ottoman empire you arabs all yous do is spit on your own leaders get sick of them and betray them and kill them like their dogs may Allah mercy apon you thats why yous are geting bombed everyday u know why because yous have earnt the anger of ALLAH!!!

[MrEdip88]

now imagine a force in the country attacks the goverment the own people turn into rebels or terrorist forces and attack the countries police civilians and the army, what would you do my friend bomb these people or let them destroy what youv built for years??? is it wrong to defend the goverment you represent, the country you lead, the safety of people?

[GhostGrind]

Gaddafi would never militarily crush his own people. Don't believe everything you watch on tv. It is believed Nato could have killed as many as 30,000 civilians after months of merciless months of bombing. Of course we may never find out the exact figures because the west did it.