Fiery Gadhafi Delivers Another Speech: Vows to Fight on, Die a Martyr
- Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:39am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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CAIRO (AP) — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi vows to fight on and die a “martyr,” calling on his supporters to take back the streets from protesters demanding his ouster, shouting and pounding his fist in a furious speech Tuesday on state TV.
Gadhafi, swathed in brown robes and turban, spoke from a podium set up in the entrance of a bombed out building that appeared to be his Tripoli residence hit by U.S. airstrikes in the 1980s and left unrepaired as a monument of defiance. The speech, which appeared to have been taped earlier, was aired on a screen to hundreds of supporters massed in Tripoli’s central Green Square.
Shouting in the rambling speech, he declared himself “a warrior” and proclaimed, “Libya wants glory, Libya wants to be at the pinnacle, at the pinnacle of the world.”
At times the camera panned out to show a towering gold-colored monument in front of the building, showing a fist crushing a fighter jet with an American flag on it – a view that also gave the strange image of Gadhafi speaking alone from behind a podium in the building’s crumbling lobby, with no audience in front of him.
“I am a fighter, a revolutionary from tents … I will die as a martyr at the end,” he said. “I have not yet ordered the use of force, not yet ordered one bullet to be fired … when I do, everything will burn.”
Gadhafi depicted the protesters as misguided youths, who had been given drugs and money by a “small, sick group” to attack police and government buildings. He called on supporters to take to the streets immediately to reimpose control and to attack the protest leaders.
“You men and women who love Gadhafi … get out of your homes and fill the streets,” he said. “Leave your homes and attack them in their lairs. They are taking your children and getting them drunk and sending them to death. For what? To destroy Libya, burn Libya.”
“The police cordons will be lifted, go out and fight them,” he said, urging youth to form local committees across the country “for the defense of the revolution and the defense of Gadhafi,” even asking them to wear green armbands.
“Let us show them what the popular revolution is like,” he said. “Go out from your homes starting now.”
Tripoli has been torn by two nights of bloodshed as pro-Gadhafi militiamen cracked down on protesters. Across the country, at least 250 people have been killed in a week of unrest.
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Comments (80)
curtmavi38
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:31pmsurely there is someone over there that can give him his wish.meh
Report Post »Navyveteran
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:26pmHow bold qadafi is only took 30 years after Ronald Reagan took care of him. He knows obama is a wimp just like Jimmy Carter and that has emboldened qadafi
Report Post »Cptnjarhead
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:55pmDid GADHAFI borrow those goggles from Karim Abdul-Jabbar?
Report Post »hahhahahahha! omg.. now thats funny!
michael48
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:42pmit’s Tuesday…a good day to go on STRIKE….and besides , I have a bent eyelash….
Report Post »Randyrocker
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:36pmObama had better take a good look at Gadhafi right about now, because that’s how most dictatorial minded idiots go down these days, in total disgrace as the cowards they are. They will go to any means to destroy whatever they can in their vengeful response to not being able to get their own way.
Report Post »cece959
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:23pmThe whole world is in an uproar. Things are only going to get worse. Get your hearts right with God. To those who do, God bless you. To those who don’t believe, good luck.
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:08pmThe Egyptian Governement backed Capitaism….it must go.
The Libyian Governement backed Capitaism….it must go.
The Yemeni Governement backed Capitaism….it must go.
The Bahrain Governement backed Capitaism….it must go.
The Tunisian Governement backed Capitaism….it must go.
Seeing a pattern here? Its seems Obama, Sunstien, Trumka and their unionized ‘labour’ buddies have succesfully brought down Capialism in the middle east. They know the Muslim Brotherhood will now reign in their caliphate.
Soon they will attack Isreal, and begin World War III.
Report Post »mill
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 4:04pmUnfortunately I fear you are right The domino effect Beck has been telling us about is happening.
Yes, with the Iranian ships going through the Suez…things are bad. People over here demanding that the private sector offer up backing for their public pensions, wages , insurance…when we (private)don’t have it ourselves. So the “havenots” have to support the ‘haves”, no matter our situations…a senerio we are seeing through out the world in various degres
Prepare ourselves is the cry… I wonder how…
Report Post »Rob_M
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:06pmYeah, he’s really going to follow through on this.
Report Post »Charles Hopewell
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:02pmSomeone needs to locate Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, and put him out of his cancerous misery.
Report Post »clockwatcher
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:01pmWhen they panned to the people, I saw the black jimmy carter.
Report Post »wallyworld
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:15pmIf he wants to die a martyr, let’s help him out.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:37pmNo, that only MAKES him the martyr. If he’s a “martyr” by dying at the hands of his own people, well, he’s not really a martyr at all. If we step in though and he will become one, even with people who are against him now.
Sometimes the best thing to do, is to do nothing but sit back and watch.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 3:56pm@GHOSTOFJEFFERSON
Report Post »Exactly right, there is very little to gain by the US sending a dog into this fight. He needs to go by the hands of his own people.
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:11pmWatching him make a long long speech and he looks like he has no blood in his face. He’s a pale green. Green Monster. And it’s not Hollywood, he really looks like that.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:10pm“Fiery Gadhafi Delivers Another Speech: Vows to Fight on, Die a Martyr”
Sounds good, let him.
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:50pmMaybe we can get Obummer and Trumka to join him!!!
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:04pmThe obvious question that follows: what comes next in Libya?
No one knows…
Report Post »cktheman
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:02pmOblige him…..
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:55amThat was about the most incoherent speech I’ve ever seen. Is this guy certifiable or what! Do his followers actually understand him?
Report Post »Smoke Ranch
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:52amThen die a marytr. But please do it soon.
Report Post »Just_Bubba
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:52amHe did well to hide in the shadows for all these years. It didn’t work out so well for his one son did it.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:52amDo enter eternity soon, ya big brute.
Report Post »MAJORMINOR
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:48amFamous last words…like General Custer…and many others from history.
Report Post »Can you sing Good Bye Now?
weeblewacker1
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:50amjust like Custer,ka-daf-y,has it comming!
Report Post »sdranger
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:46amWell I’ll wager an internet hunderd dollar bill his last quote will be right on.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:56amIll meet that wager
my be is his last quote is…
” I think the kettle is boilin……………..”
Report Post »tinydd
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:45amDie a martyr or be prosocuted by an International court. Either way, the dictator is done.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:43amdon’t think he will make tomorrow. did anyone else see that speech? if snl did that, we wouldnt believe it
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:00pmI can just see it…
“Excuse me Mo…I’m getting soaked out here. Can I borrow that towel on your head?”
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:14pmIf they could but that ugly so-and-so in a closed coffin, it would do a lot to “Beautify Libya.”
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:43am“I will die as a martyr at the end.” We don’t care how you do it Moammar, just do it.
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:49amhey arch, we agree again! but i hope like hell he does it in a hurry.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:17pmWhere’s a foreign sniper when you really need one?
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:41amGlenn Beck predicted that Gadhafi would vow to die a martyr months ago. It’s scary how right he always is.
Just_Bubba
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:44amI didn’t imagine you could free up your hands that fast.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:47amThey will have to drag this guy out kicking and screaming. The real question here is what will we get for a replacement? This guy has definitely been no friend to America, but we could end up with someone worse than him.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the unions in Wisconsin video
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:48amIf this guy is a revolutionary freedom fighter I am Santa Claus! Reagan should have leveled Libya when he had he chance. As for Becks prediction he is once again right about as he went over the middle eastern nations that would go into chaos he also called out northern Africa too. Now he question how soon until this virus spreads to Spain?
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:48am“I will die…”
Godspeed!
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:53amMy prediction came TRUE!!!!
I predicted LAST NIGHT
That BROKER would continue his lame
Glenn Predicted ROUTINE
until his CAT
tought him a new one
Im really good at predicting dumb ass behavior
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:56amWHat‘s most scary about this is how similar Gadhafi’s rhetoric is to Beck’s.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:08pmThe Blaze has removed your “First” posts about Glenn Beck. Do you want them to block you? They can, you know. They’ve done it before, and they will do it again.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:10pmSorry Dash.
Report Post »You have my respect fro almost all your opinions.
But it’s just not that HARD predicting Broker is going to continue behaving like a stupid donkey (as you so artfully put it). ;-)
Thing is, sometimes even when Broker is trying to be sarcastic, he’s still got a kernel of truth he has to put out there inside his sarcasm.
The fact is, Beck HAS been predicting that unrest would spread.
Showtime
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:11pm@PubliusPencilman
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:56am
WHat‘s most scary about this is how similar Gadhafi’s rhetoric is to Beck’s.
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You are next.
Report Post »Muslim in Chief
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:12pmBroker is nothing but a Libratroll. he can’t add anythinig of intelligence, or value…so what he does, is what liberals do best. They Lie, make up things to fit their agenda, belittle, or just act like a baboon with his ass on fire.
Report Post »Think4yourself
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:13pm@ Broker101
I predict that you will continue to prove that you are a fool. Wake up and see what happening in the world. If you believe that we are all wrong, go watch Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, and the other mindless sheep.
http://www.unsalvageable.org
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:18pmDon’t we have a SEAL sniper who can put Libya out of her misery?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:37pmI vote for option #2.
Report Post »Dilbert is Real
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:38pmIsn’t this the definition of a megalomaniac?
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:28pmGadhafi is one bad SOB, just like Saddam Hussein. There is no rationale between Christian derived moral judgement and Islamic derived moral judgement. Therefore, Saddam should have stayed where he was to keep Iran in check and Gadhafi should stay where he is to keep the oil flowing. Kadhafi’s replacement will be no better and probably far worse. There is no such thing as democracy under Islam. Under Islam you get to vote just once. After that, you submit your soul to the “man”.
Report Post »proudconservative
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:30pmThe quicker the better. More like he will die a murderer.
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 3:17pm@Showtime. Yes we have many seal snipers. However, they saw KaDaffy’s bulletproof umbrella the other day and retreated. ; ) We missed KaDaffy many years ago with a squadron of “Wart-hogs” we got one of his sons but missed him. A sniper may be more accurate but VERY difficult to get in, and more importantly get out. I believe the line of volunteers to give him his martyrdom is long.
Report Post »mill
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 3:44pmGlenn is usually right…I suppose it has to do with fact checking and looking at reality in the direct sunlight.
Gadhafi is just a pitiful bloated old man…who still believes the world revolves around him. he’s going down, his son too, and those tents….
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 8:57pmHaving to look at that mug in the mirror, I am suprised he hasn’t taken himself out already!
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