Protesters Rats News Today

In a rambling and often incoherent address, he repeatedly called the protesters rats, saying theyre young people who take drugs and who have been encouraged by foreigners. im a revolutionary, he said. i will die here. damn those who try to stir unrest across libya, he finished. but its too late. in the east the countrys second biggest city of benghazi is in the hands of the protesters. the bbcs jon leyne is in eastern libya. >> there is still a fear that colonel gadhafis troops could try to moun...

We begin this morning with going down with a fight. after more than a week of upheaval in libya, a defiant muammar gadhafi has vowed to battle to "his last drop of blood." yesterday he also called anti-government protesters rats who deserve the death penalty. although he still has some backing in tripoli, he continues to see support slipping away. one of his closest associates, his interior minister, announced he was defecting, encouraging the armed forces there to join the revolt. meanwhile, th...