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Libyan regime no longer legitimate

US recognises rebels; move insignificant: Gaddafi

AFP, Zliten
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi yesterday said that the recognition by Western and regional powers of the rebel National Transitional Council was of no significance.
"Recognise the so-called National Transitional Council a million times: it means nothing to the Libyan people who will trample on your decisions," he said in a message to thousands of his supporters in Zliten 150 kilometres east ofltipoli.
He was speaking after Western and regional powers meeting in Istanbul boosted the rebels by designating them Libya's legitimate rulers, a move that gives them access to vital funds.
"Nobody can represent the Libyan people, not even Gaddafi. The people will therefore trample on your decisions," he said.
The fourth meeting of the Libya
contact group also saw a fresh call on Gaddafi to go after more than four decades in power.
With the colonel hanging on in Tripoli despite four months of Nato-led bombings, the rebels yesterday stepped up an offensive on the oil town of Brega, hoping to dislodge loyalist troops and win a strategic victory.
"We are making good progress in the north. The fighters there can see Brega. We are within sight of Brega," a rebel leader said. "We expect good news soon."
In Istanbul, the group said Gaddafi "must leave power according to defined steps to be publicly announced," the statement said, calling for "the formation of an interim government to ensure a smooth and peaceful transition of power," at the end of the talks.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her counterparts William
Hague of Britain, Alain Juppe of France and Franco Frattini of Italy as well as Nato secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen were among officials from some 40 countries and international organisations who attended the talks.
Hillary said the TNC had offered "important assurances" to pursue democratic reform, uphold Libya's international obligations and disburse funds transparently.
"The United States is impressed by the progress the TNC has made in laying the groundwork for a successful transition... which reinforce our confidence that it is the appropriate interlocutor for us," she told reporters.
A number of countries have already unilaterally recognised the NTC.
An NTC official urged a mechanism that would allow it access to the assets, frozen under international sanctions targeting the regime.