THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said that Col Gaddafi may be exploring options for leaving Libya.
Mrs Clinton told ABC News that it was unclear if the Libyan leader would seriously contemplate stepping aside, but that US officials were aware of people reaching out "allegedly on Gaddafi's behalf" to assess exile options.
"Some of it is theatre," she said. "A lot of it is just the way he behaves. It's somewhat unpredictable. But some of it, we think, is exploring. You know, what are my options, where could I go, what could I do. And we would encourage that."
The secretary of state also said that the US government had received unconfirmed reports that at least one of Col Gaddafi's sons may have been killed in air strikes.
It was reported earlier this week that Khamis Gaddafi, 27, had been killed by an air force pilot who undertook a "kamikaze" mission on the Libyan leader's compound.
The reports said that head of the Khamis Brigade had died of burns in hospital following the attack, but were derided as a "nonsensical piece of news'" by the regime. » | Wednesday, March 23, 2011
