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Insurgents reject Kadhafi's offer of talks

An offer by Libya’s Colonel Moamer Kadhafi for talks with the leadership of the insurgents fighting his regime has been turned down, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Meanwhile a fighter jet launched an attack near the insurgent-held town of Ras Lanuf, according to reports.

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It was not formal. If Mr Kadhafi wants to negotiate he knows where the airport is.

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Q&A - National Libyan Council's media officer Mustafa Gheriani

Alexandra Brangeon

"At a low level we have been approached by Mr Kadhafi, not in a direct way. Basically the council position is not to negotiate with Mr Kadhafi. We cannot negotiate with someone who has committed genocide against our own population, against our people," Mustafa Gheriani, the National Libyan Council's media officer, told RFI.

"We’re not so much concerned with what they’re offering. We don’t even have the time to listen to them. We are in a position to say there’s no negotiation possible," said Gheriani.

"Even when he leaves when he leaves this country, we’re going to go after him, we’re going to bring him to justice," he added, speaking from Benghazi.

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In Ras Lanuf a fighter jet launched an air strike near houses on the edge of the strategic town early on Tuesday. A missile exploded about 100 metres from some houses on the outskirts of the eastern town, the AFP news agency reported.

Medical sources in the town reported no casualties while apart from a big crater in the ground there was no damage. It’s thought there was another air strike an hour earlier in the same location.

The chief of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Tuesday called for the United Nations to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, during a meeting in Saudi Arabia.

OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu urged the UN Security Council to do “its duty in this regard”, although he rejected “any military interference (on the ground) in Libya”.

Britain and France are working on a resolution demanding a no-fly zone over Libya which could go before the Security Council this week.

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