The daughter of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says that both direct and indirect negotiations are being held between her father’s authorities and Libyan rebels.
Aicha Gadhafi didn’t elaborate during the France-2 network interview that aired on French television Thursday night. But she added that to end the spilling of Libyan blood, “we are ready to ally ourselves with the devil, with the rebel army.”
Meanwhile, rebels in Libya’s western Nafusa Mountain range were less than 50 miles from Tripoli on Thursday and edging closer to their first significant victory outside their mountain stronghold, pounding the small town of Bir Ghanam with artillery and rockets.
Rebels were firing on government positions from a cement factory in the foothills of the mountains as NATO warplanes, including at least one Apache helicopter, aided in the battle by striking government troops at least three times.
Britain said Thursday that it is providing limited assistance to the Libyan rebels. Foreign Secretary William Hague said the British military has furnished 5,000 sets of body armor, 6,650 police uniforms, and 5,000 high visibility vests and T-shirts.
