Libyan diplomats leave embassies to distance Gadaffi

Big News Network.com
Tuesday 22nd February, 2011

Al Jazeera has reported that diplomats belonging to Libyan embassies in the US, the United Nations, the Arab League, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Bangladesh have defected from the Gaddafi regime.

Ali Aujali, Ambassador to the United States said:
"I think Gaddafi should step down. There's no other solution. How can I support a government killing our people? What I have seen in front of my eyes is not acceptable at all."

Many of the diplomats have said they will stand with the Libyan protesters and have called for international intervention into what at least one deputy ambassador termed a "genocide".

Ibrahim Dabbashi, Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations referred to Gadaffi as a tyrant, saying he had asserted clearly his level of ignorance and "how much he despises Libya and the Libyan people."

Dabbashi told reporters: "This is in fact a declaration of war against the Libyan people. The regime of Gaddafi has already started the genocide against the Libyan people."

He called on officers and soldiers of the Libyan army to organise themselves and "move towards Tripoli and cut the snake's head."

He urged countries to prevent Gaddafi from fleeing there and called on The Hague-based International Criminal Court to start an immediate inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Gaddafi and his sons.