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Libyan opposition lays out conditions for cease-fire
By the CNN Wire Staff
April 1, 2011 -- Updated 1625 GMT (0025 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* NEW: Fighting rages in the oil town of al-Brega, the opposition says
* The ultimate goal is still regime change, opposition says
* Sources tell CNN Gadhafi could relinquish power to someone in his inner
circle
* Report: A senior adviser to one of Gadhafi's sons is in London for talks
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Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Battles raged in Libya Friday as mixed messages of
peace put forth from several corners brought no guarantees of an end to the
bloody conflict.
In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libyan opposition leader Mustafa Abdul
Jalil laid out conditions for a cease-fire with Moammar Gadhafi's forces.
Among them were the removal of snipers, mercenaries and militias from western
cities, an end to the sieges laid on cities such as Misrata and freedom of
expression for the Libyan people.
But ultimately, he said, the opposition's goal remains regime change in Libya.
Jalil spoke at a podium with the United Nations special envoy to Libya,
Abdelilah al-Khatib, who had carried the opposition's message to Tripoli the
day before.
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Al-Khatib reiterated that the U.N. objective is to achieve a cease-fire and end
the loss of civilian lives but he did not mention regime change, highlighting
the discrepancy between the stated objectives of the Libyan opposition and the
international community.
Sources close to Gadhafi told CNN that political solutions are still possible
but that the Libyan leader would relinquish power only to others within his
inner circle.
They said there is still time for dialogue but expressed doubts about who would
represent the opposition.
Any transition, they said, would involve Gadhafi's second son, Saif al-Islam
Gadhafi, and for such a transition to take place there would first have to be
an end to the fighting.
The sources added that there is an emerging consensus within the regime that
the old guard must prepare to give way to a younger generation of leaders.
Citing unnamed British government sources, the Guardian newspaper reported
Friday that a senior adviser to Saif Gadhafi was in London for secret talks
with British officials.
That adviser, Mohammed Ismael, told CNN earlier this week that he would be
traveling to London for family reasons. Calls placed to his mobile phone by CNN
on Friday were not answered.
Asked about the Guardian report, a British Foreign Office spokesman neither
confirmed nor denied it.
"We are not going to provide running commentary on our contacts with Libyan
officials," the spokesman said. "In any contact that we do have, we make it
clear that Gadhafi has to go."
The Libyan sources told CNN that for now, Gadhafi remains confident the regime
can withstand any challenge from the rebels.
Bad weather for the last two days forced a hiatus in international airstrikes,
and in that time, rebel forces retreated from areas they had gained.
But in a fresh offensive Friday, Libyan opposition forces led by army units
that have defected from Gadhafi's forces were able to pushed back Gadhafi's
troops, rebel spokesman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah said.
Rebels were fighting with newly refurbished rocket launchers and artillery
delivered to the frontlines Thursday night by the army units that switched
sides, Abdulmolah said.
Fighting raged at the western gates of the oil town of al-Brega, which has
changed hands six times in as many weeks under the dramatically shifting
circumstances of Libya's civil war.
In the west, witnesses reported more explosions and fierce urban warfare in the
besiged city of Misrata, once the final rebel stronghold in the western part of
the country.
Gadhafi's heavily armed forces continued their pounding Friday amid a series of
political setbacks. Observers said the surge in firepower reaffirmed the
regime's message: Gadhafi is determined to prevail, and the defections of some
of his high-profile allies are making him nervous.
"You're certainly getting evidence that there are a lot of tensions," said
Anne-Marie Slaughter, a professor of international affairs at Princeton
University.
"Each person that leaves, that makes it a little scarier for the people that
are still remaining," she said. "And you may, at some point, get a tipping
effect."
On Thursday, word emerged that Gadhafi's pick for U.N. ambassador, former
Foreign Minister Ali Abdussalam Treki, had defected to Egypt. The day before,
the latest foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, fled to London and told the
government there that he had resigned.
U.S. officials claim Gadhafi's military capabilities have been steadily eroded
since the onset of U.N.-sanctioned airstrikes.
But the dictator's forces still outnumber rebels by about 10-to-1 in terms of
armor and other ground forces, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Navy Adm. Mike
Mullen told the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, also speaking before the House committee,
warned that the Libyan rebels still need significant training and assistance.
"It's pretty much a pickup ballgame" right now, he said.
U.S. and British officials say no decision has been made about whether to arm
the opposition.
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