Washington, April 07: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has appealed directly to President Barack Obama today to halt what the Libyan leader called “an unjust war” and wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.
In a rambling, three-page letter to Obama obtained by The Associated Press, Gaddafi implored Obama to stop the NATO-led air campaign, which he called an “unjust war against a small people of a developing country.”
White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed that the White House received a letter from Gaddafi.
As for Gaddafi’s appeal for a cease-fire, Carney appeared to dismiss it for now.
“The conditions the president laid out are clear,” Carney told reporters traveling with Obama to New York.
In the letter, sent today, addressing Obama as “our son” and “excellency,” Gaddafi says his country had been hurt more morally than physically by the NATO campaign and that a democratic society could not be built through missiles and aircraft.
He also repeated his claim that his foes, particularly those now in control of the city of Benghazi, are members of al-Qaida.
The letter, in stilted and formal English, includes numerous spelling and grammatical errors:
Our son, Excellency,
President Obama
U.S.A
We have been hurt more morally that physically because of what had happened against us in both deeds and words by you. Despite all this you will always remain our son whatever happened. We still pray that you continue to be president of the U.S.A. We Endeavour and hope that you will gain victory in the new election campaigne. You are a man who has enough courage to annul a wrong and mistaken action. I am sure that you are able to shoulder the responsibility for that. Enough evidence is available, Bearing in mind that you are the president of the strongest power in the world nowadays, and since Nato is waging an unjust war against a small people of a developing country. This country had already been subjected to embargo and sanctions, furthermore it also suffered a direct military armed aggression during Reagan’s time. This country is Libya. Hence, 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 for good.
As you know too well democracy and building of civil society cannot be achieved by means of missiles and aircraft, or by backing armed member of AlQuaeda in Benghazi
You — yourself — said on many occasions, one of them in the UN General Assembly, I was witness to that personally, that America is not responsible for the security of other peoples. That America helps only. This is the right logic.
Our dear son, Excellency, Baraka Hussein Abu oumama, your intervention is the name of the U.S.A. is a must, so that Nato would withdraw finally from the Libyan affair. Libya should be left to Libyans within the African union frame. The problem now stands as follows:-
1. There is Nato intervention politically as well as military.
2. Terror conducted by AlQaueda gangs that have been armed in some cities, and by force refused to allow people to go back to their normal life, and carry on with exercising their social people’s power as usual.
Mu’aumer Qaddaffi
Leader of the Revolution
Tripoli 5.4.2011
–Outlookindia