Tripoli, April 07: Embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi has sent a letter to US President Barack Obama, asking him to end the “unjust war” against the North African country.
“To serving world peace … friendship between our peoples … and for the sake of economic and security cooperation against terror, you are in a position to keep NATO off the Libyan affair[s] for good,” the Associated Press quoted the letter as saying on Wednesday.
Gaddafi also called on Obama to stop his “mistaken action,” stating that “Libya should be left to Libyans within the African Union frame.”
The Libyan dictator said the military action by NATO has hurt the Libyans “morally.” However, he wished success for Obama in the next presidential elections.
White House press secretary, Jay Carney, confirmed they received the letter and said a ceasefire in Libya would take place when Gaddafi stopped killing his people.
NATO has come under severe criticism from Libyan revolutionary forces for not doing enough to stop the killing of people in Misratah and other cities at the hands of Gaddafi loyalists.
Abdel Fattah Younes, the defecting interior minister and the head of Libyan opposition forces, has slammed NATO measures as too slow, saying the military alliance itself “has become a problem.”
He also rebuked NATO for killing civilians in the its airstrikes.
On Wednesday, heavy fighting and clashes were reported between revolutionaries and forces loyal to Gaddafi near strategic town of Brega.
Libyan troops have also killed thousands of civilians since the revolution against Gaddafi began in mid-February.
——–Agencies