Thursday, August 25, 2011

"Gaddafi could seek asylum in Serbia or Croatia"

ZAGREB, TRIPOLI -- Libyan Transitional National Council member Fatima Mahmoud has said that Muammar Gaddafi could seek asylum in Chad, Algeria, Venezuela, Croatia or Serbia.

A file photo of Boris Tadić and Muammar Gaddafi
A file photo of Boris Tadić and Muammar Gaddafi

She told Zagreb-based daily Večernji list that Gaddafi was still in Libya but that he had left Tripoli.

“We have information that he could seek asylum in five countries he has good relations with today, unless he gets caught or killed,” Mahmoud stressed, adding that those countries were Chad, Algeria, Venezuela, Croatia and Serbia.

“It is well known that those countries, their official governments or powerful politicians communicate with him and give him advice even today. It is known that he has very good relations with Serbia and former Croatian President Stjepan Mesić, who offered him help in the name of their great friendship,” she was quoted as saying.

Mahmoud claims that there had been “many mercenaries and military experts from African countries, but also from the former Yugoslavia, especially from Croatia and Serbia” among Gaddafi’s forces.

The rebels said on Wednesday night that they had captured five Serbians suspected of being Gaddafi’s snipers.

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