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Dubai:
Saadi Gaddafi, one of the sons of Libya's former leader Moammar Gaddafi, has promised return to his country where he said that a nationwide rebellion is brewing against the new rulers.
"I will return to Libya at any time," Saadi Gaddafi told Al-Arabiya television by telephone from Niger where he took refuge after the fall of Tripoli which ended his father's 42-year iron-fisted rule.
"Seventy percent of Libyans are not satisfied with the current situation," he said in an interview Friday, adding that "the Libyan people are ruled by gangs."
Gaddafi said that "there is a rebellion that is growing day after day and there will be a rebellion in the entire country."
Asked about the ruling National Transitional Council, which took over the country after the fall of the regime last year, Gaddafi said: "A day will come when the Libyan people will be capable of wiping out these gangs."
"I will try to make sure that there are no reprisals or revenge operations," he promised
The uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi erupted on February 17, 2011 in the eastern city of Benghazi and later spread across the entire country.
The bloody conflict ended with the capturing and killing of the former Libyan leader in a fierce battle in his hometown of Sirte on October 20.
Saadi, 38, took refuge in Niger last August. The African country has refused to extradite him despite repeated requests from the new Libyan authorities.
They have accused him of having "taken goods by force and intimidation when he led the Libyan football federation" according to international police federation Interpol, which issued a "red notice" for his arrest.
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said on November 11 that his country had granted political asylum to Saadi Gaddafi on "humanitarian grounds."
"I will return to Libya at any time," Saadi Gaddafi told Al-Arabiya television by telephone from Niger where he took refuge after the fall of Tripoli which ended his father's 42-year iron-fisted rule.
"Seventy percent of Libyans are not satisfied with the current situation," he said in an interview Friday, adding that "the Libyan people are ruled by gangs."
Gaddafi said that "there is a rebellion that is growing day after day and there will be a rebellion in the entire country."
Asked about the ruling National Transitional Council, which took over the country after the fall of the regime last year, Gaddafi said: "A day will come when the Libyan people will be capable of wiping out these gangs."
"I will try to make sure that there are no reprisals or revenge operations," he promised
The uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi erupted on February 17, 2011 in the eastern city of Benghazi and later spread across the entire country.
The bloody conflict ended with the capturing and killing of the former Libyan leader in a fierce battle in his hometown of Sirte on October 20.
Saadi, 38, took refuge in Niger last August. The African country has refused to extradite him despite repeated requests from the new Libyan authorities.
They have accused him of having "taken goods by force and intimidation when he led the Libyan football federation" according to international police federation Interpol, which issued a "red notice" for his arrest.
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said on November 11 that his country had granted political asylum to Saadi Gaddafi on "humanitarian grounds."
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