Post date: Feb 28, 2011 2:16:9 PM
A video posted to a social media website shows the Libyan leader's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi addressing supporters and clutching an assault rifle.
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UNKNOWN LOCATION, LIBYA (DATE UNCONFIRMED - BELIEVED TO BE FEBRUARY 27, 2011) SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - A video of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi appeared on a social media website on Monday (February
28) in which the son of the Libyan leader is seen standing on top of a vehicle, holding an assault rifle while addressing supporters.The grainy mobile phone footage is believed to have been shot on Sunday (February 27), but this is unconfirmed.
Earlier on Sunday, Saif Gaddafi denied in a US television interview that turmoil was sweeping the country and said the military did not use force against the people, despite reports to the contrary.
There was a "big, big gap between reality and the media reports," Gaddafi, told ABC News' "This Week" television programme. "The whole south is calm. The west is calm. The middle is calm. Even part of the east."
His assessment came despite media reports of more gains by anti-Gaddafi forces with the latest coming from the city of Zawiyah, only 30 miles (50 km) west of the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
Saif Gaddafi also denied allegations that the military was targeting Libyan citizens.
"Show me a single attack, show me a single bomb," he said in the interview. "The Libyan air force destroyed just the ammunition sites. That's it."
International pressure on the embattled Libyan leader is growing. European Union governments approved a package of sanctions against Muammar Gaddafi and his government on Monday, including an arms embargo and bans on travel to the bloc. EU states also said they would freeze the assets of Gaddafi, his family and government, and ban the sale of goods such as tear gas and anti-riot equipment that can be used against demonstrators, diplomats said.
The decision, approved at a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels, was brought forward to ensure the measures are enforced as soon as possible, the diplomats said.
The measures are expected to come into effect in the coming days, once the regulation is published in the EU's official journal.