Qadaffy's...a reminder that a single man with an idea can screw up an entire nation...
loyalists appear to be committing suicide if they follow the runaway leader's stubbornness. Moussa Ibrahim, whose role has now been relegated to just acting as front man for the former leader, has dismissed the ultimatum issued by the NTC that expires at the end of the Eid holiday on Saturday.
The decision of refusing to down arms and surrender by the Al Qadaffy loyalists in Sirte particularly, raises the prospect of new fighting in Libya this week's Eid holiday.
Acting as 'his master's voice' Moussa Ibrahim said Wednesday that the ultimatum would be rejected. In an overnight phone call to News Agency that Dare Not be Named headquarters in New York, he said: "No dignified honourable nation would accept an ultimatum from armed gangs."
At the same time, Ibrahim reiterated Al Qadaffy's offer to send his son to negotiate with rebels and form a transitional government.
Ahmed Bani, a military front man for the council, again ruled out any negotiation with Al Qadaffy or his supporters and called on those holding out to give up quietly: "We will not negotiate with his murderers and the likes of him," he said. "We are still hopeful there will be a peaceful proposal put forward before Saturday ... Zero hour is quickly approaching."
What it all boils down to, is for the former leader's supporters in Sirte to express their readiness to die for a man now being described as a "coward hiding in a rat hole, wanting Libyans to fight for his survival while he cowers in a hiding place away from imminent danger."
Mustafa who has formed part of the rebels fighting to oust Al Qadaffy an end his 42 years' rule since the start of the conflict way back in February, said: "This is the same person (Al Qadaffy) who has been saying that he would march in front of his supporters in the fight against us, whom he calls rats and thugs.
"Now the coward sends his family to safety and tells the loyalists to die for him. How could his so-called supporters (the few fanatical ones if they still exist) believe there's still a future for the men who tortured and killed thousands of Libyans, his own people, for just expressing an opinion?"
Mustafa said he feels so sorry for those who still believe in Al Qadaffy. "He is certainly not a man worth dying for," he said, while appealing for the dictator's supporters in Sirte to abandon him while they still can, think of their families and also form part of the new Libya.