REUTERS AFRICA: WASHINGTON - Members of Muammar Gaddafi's entourage are putting out feelers to seek a cease-fire or safe passage from Libya, according to U.S. and European officials and a businessman close to the Libyan leadership.Messages seeking some kind of peaceful end to U.N.-backed military action or a safe exit for members of Gaddafi's entourage have been sent via intermediaries in Austria, Britain and France, said Roger Tamraz, a Middle Eastern businessman with long experience conducting deals with the Libyan regime.
Tamraz said Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Muammar's eldest son, and Abdullah Senoussi, the Libyan leader's brother-in-law, were the most prominent Gaddafi entourage members involved in seeking ways to end the fighting.
A U.S. national security official, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information, said that U.S. government agencies were aware that Saif al-Islam and Senoussi had been involved in making peace overtures. » | Mark Hosenball | Thursday, March 24, 2011
