Qaddafi releases defiant message as he is hunted in Sabha
Anti-Qaddafi fighters entered his stronghold of Sabha Tuesday.
Anti-Qaddafi fighters fire 130mm howitzers at pro-Qaddafi forces near east of Sirte, on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
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鈥� The latest updates on Muammar Qaddafi and developments in Libya's war
A Syrian television station broadcast a new message from Muammar Qaddafi Tuesday in which he said that the Qaddafi government was impossible to topple , The Associated Press reports.
"What is happening in Libya is a charade gaining its legitimacy through airstrikes that will not last forever," he said in the statement broadcast on the Syrian-based Al-Rai TV, which has become his mouthpiece. "It's hard to bring down this regime because it represents millions of Libyans."
Today, anti-Qaddafi fighters entered the southern city of Sabha, one of the last Qaddafi strongholds, , CNN reports. They are searching the city for Qaddafi and his former head of military intelligence, Abdullah Al-Senussi, both of whom are wanted by the International Criminal Court and have been periodically suspected of hiding out in Sabha.