Muammar Qaddafi defiant in the face of International Pressure.

Libyan strongman Col. Muammar Qaddafi is resisting calls from his
countrymen to resign as leader.

He has ruled the nation of 6 million for the past 41 years. Together
with his family, wealth generated from oil revenue has been invested
in diverse endeavors, yet the average Libyan feels left out of the
economic prosperity the country should have been enjoying.

People also want more freedoms, the kind of freedom the Colonel's son
Saif Al Islam enjoyed when he was a student in the London School of
economics, or when any of his other children are in Europe or the USA.

But the aging leader is refusing to give up his stranglehold on the
political and economic life of his people.

A ragtag rebellion has been organized in the East of the country and
seems headed to the capital city of Tripoli. Desertions are being
recorded daily amongst the senior ranks of the Qaddafi inner circle.

In the last few hours, violence has escalated between African
mercenaries and Libyan civilians trying to remove Qaddafi from power.

There have been calls for the establishment of a "No Fly" zone to
protect civilians from bombardment by Qaddafi's elite security force.

As the mounting death toll causes concern worldwide, the African
Union, the European Union and some world powers like the USA are
working to have the United Nations pass a resolution calling for a "No
Fly" Zone.

With every passing day, lives are unnecessarily lost as Qaddafi tries
against all odds to prolong his 41 year rule over the Libyan people.

As of this writing, it is being reported that the despot is in a hotel
granting interviews in camera to some Western journalists. We will
know what the outcome of this trip to meet the press is, especially as
news that Qaddafi had been shot spread over the last few hours.

More on this in another post soon...