WASHINGTON: Libyan leader Moamer Qadhafi’s associates have been reaching out to their contacts worldwide to see how they can “get out of this,” US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ABC News Tuesday.“We’ve heard about people close to him reaching out to people that they know around the world – Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America, beyond – saying what do we do? How do we get out of this? What happens next?” Clinton said.
“I’m not aware that he (Qadhafi) personally has reached out, but I do know that people allegedly on his behalf have been reaching out,” Clinton said according to excerpts of the interview to be broadcast on ABC World News.
“Some of it is theater. Some of it is, you know, kind of, shall we say game playing, to try to do one message to one group, another message to somebody else,” the chief US diplomat said.
“A lot of it is just the way he behaves. It’s somewhat unpredictable. But some of it, we think, is exploring. You know, what are my options, where could I go, what could I do. And we would encourage that,” she said.
The interview came as fighting raged between forces loyal to Qadhafi and insurgents in several towns on Tuesday despite a UN-mandated no-fly zone aimed at stopping the violence.
Clinton said she has heard reports that one of Qadhafi’s sons may have been killed in the coalition air strikes that were launched Saturday in support of the no-fly zone and protect Libyan civilians.
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