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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Foreign forces leading an assault against his government will lose and end up in the dustbin of history, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday as he vowed to continue fighting. "We will not surrender ... We will defeat them by any means," Gaddafi said in brief remarks in the capital Tripoli broadcast live on television. "We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one."
"We will be victorious in the end."
Foreign reporters in Tripoli were told the Libyan leader spoke at his Tripoli compound and was addressing supporters forming a human shield to protect him.
"I am staying here, my home is here, I am staying in my tent," he told his supporters who waved green flags. "I am here, I am here, I am here."
The speech was followed by fireworks in the Libyan capital. Crowds could be heard cheering and shooting into the air in the city center.
"There are demonstrations everywhere against this unjustified assault, which breaches the United Nations' charter," Gaddafi said of the international attacks. "This assault ... is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110322/...gaddafi_speech

BERLIN - Germany is withdrawing ships and air crews in the Mediterranean Sea from various long-running NATO operations following the military alliance's decision to enforce a U.N. arms embargo on Libya. Berlin isn't participating in the operation to impose a no-fly zone in Libya and abstained on the U.N. resolution authorizing it.
Because of the risk of getting drawn in, the Defence Ministry said Tuesday Germany was putting two ships and two smaller boats with a total of some 550 sailors in the Mediterranean back under national command.
It also is pulling out between 60 and 70 German airmen from NATO AWACS surveillance aircraft involved in Operation Active Endeavor, in which the alliance monitors and escorts shipping across the Mediterranean to deter terrorist activity.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/germany-wit...44253-183.html

I guess the Germans don't want to be accused in fascism this time...