Though many of the recent reports have taken a dim view of the prospects of the rebels ousting Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the regime appears to believe that its time is extremely limited, and it is being reported in a number of outlets that Gadhafi himself had offered to step down if the rebels would meet certain conditions.
Amongst those conditions, according to the officials, was that Gadhafi be guaranteed immunity from any charges and that the rebels allow him an “honorable exit” through turning over the parliament to the rebel faction. He also watned a guarantee of a large sum of money to leave.
The offer, however, was apparently rejected by the rebels both on the basis of the demand for money and because, in the wake of the fighting which killed thousands of protesters, many appear unsupportive of giving him immunity.
The possibility of an ouster for Gadhafi provided some excitement to financial markets which have seen major problems over the past few weeks over concerns of a protracted civil war. Though it appears that a deal is not in the offing the fact that Gadhafi was willing to consider a deal suggests his position isn’t nearly as strong as other reports have led us to believe.
I have always entertained the idea that he was too vain to ever kill himself and in the end if he's not killed he will enjoy the spectacle of playing a martyr before the courts.
He's also a damn fool for making this offer because those whom are fighting for him whether it be for loyalty or money now know that he will walk away unscathed unlike themselves.
Now he has to worry as to whether one of his loyalists will off him.
If you believe this you believe anything , how is it possible that a man who ran his country for 42 yeaqrs and has the support of the army in tripoli will even consider makinking such offer, what happens to his tribe ,what happens to his followers in tripoli.
basically I do not believe that such an offer was made, and now due to the discussion and possibility of no fly zone he will use the airpower to disperse the rebels then use his ground troops .
to counter attack as the rebels now fully armed and if you do not call this a civil war I wonder what is.
The Al Jazeera Blog is reporting that he wanted immunity for prosecution for the crimes committed against his people. Yep. The boy is more demented than anyone gives him credit for. Maybe, we can work out a deal with the Libyans to throw in Bush and Cheney for good measure. Maybe we've got something they want (although I personally can't see what that would be) maybe a bunch of Toyota pick up trucks?
If a deal is ever worked out for his escape, I'd be interesting to see where he lands, whether it's Cuba or Venezuela. Either way, that would also end the charade of either one of those countries (or both perhaps) being the Utopia that the demented Lefties on 'hallucinogen pills' make them out to be.
Gadhafi needs to go out the same way Mussolini did..by the will of the people through their feet!
2- Late this morning March 7, 2011.., there were reports that Muammar Gaddafi was offering to negotiate with opposition leaders and step down but the Libyan National Council representing the opposition rejected that offer.__Today there are also signs that pro-Gaddafi forces are beginning to take back some of the ground captured by opposition groups in the centre and the east of the country.., as pro-Gaddafi forces begin to take back some ground in the centre and east of the country, the rebels are realizing they have to be better organized.., here is where the US and EU will play the roll in organizing and arming the rebels when time comes and if Saudis Kingdome family will cooperate, all other option arming the rebels from US or a British navy ships are illegal but that doesn’t mean that US or EU ever follow the international laws. The Libyan National Council says its supporters did suffer heavy losses in Misurata near Tripoli, but that they are re-organizing and will continue fighting the regime of Muammar Gaddafi._
Both Al Jazeera and the Israeli media are not un-biased in this situation. The Qatari Government would like to see Libya as a united country fail. Some of what is being claimed by such media sources is being criticized by foreign workers(for example those working for Russian Railroads company which were building a new rail line in Libya) leaving the country on different internet forums as being disinformation. Claims of "thousands dead" for example.