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Libya's
envoy to India resigns in protest
Monday February 21, 2011 07:51:01 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Libya's
ambassador to India Ali al-Essawi has resigned to protest his
government's crackdown on demonstrators calling for the ouster of
long-time Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the BBC reported.
The BBC, on its Arabic service website, said the Libyan envoy also
accused his government of deploying foreign mercenaries against
the protesters.
When contacted, the Libyan embassy in New Delhi declined to
comment.
Meanwhile, a senior Libyan diplomat in China resigned Monday and
called on his country's army to intervene in the political unrest,
Al-Jazeera said.
The diplomat, Hussein Sadiq al Musrati, resigned on air while
talking to Al-Jazeera Arabic.
Musrati called on the Libyan army to intervene, and called all
diplomatic staff to resign, Al-Jazeera said in a posting on its
blog.
He claimed that a gunfight had taken place between Gaddafi's sons
and also claimed that Gaddafi may have left Libya. Al-Jazeera said
it had no confirmation of these claims.
Intense protests are taking place against Gaddafi, who has ruled
Libya uninterruptedly for the past 41 years.
Benghazi city has witnessed bloodshed.
Over 200 people had been killed over the past two days, a doctor
in Benghazi city told Al-Jazeera television, after protests turned
violent Friday.
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