Following are excerpts
from an address delivered by Abdessalam
Jalloud, former Libyan prime minister and Libyan Leader
Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi's former comrade, who recently defected and joined
the rebels. The address was broadcast by Al-Jazeera Network on August
21, 2011.
Abdessalam
Jalloud: Allah be praised, Allah be praised, Allah be praised, Allah
be praised. Oh Libyan people, the Libyans were dead, and they've been
resurrected by the youth of February 17. The Indian philosopher Tagore
used to say the enemy of the peoples is not hunger, poverty, disease,
or ignorance. The enemy of the peoples is fear. The youth of February
17, and the Libyan people behind them, have overcome fear. They have
trampled fear underfoot.
[...]
Describing this sick
individual [Qadhafi] as a tyrant and a Pharaoh does not begin to describe
his true character – his bloodthirsty character and Machiavellian
nature, his deceitfulness and the heinous nature of his crimes.
This tyrant is the last
one who has the right to talk about patriotism or religion. Patriotism
and religion have nothing whatsoever to do with him. He is the last
one who has the right to talk about treason, because he has betrayed
the people, the revolution, Islam, and pan-Arabism.
The revolutionaries of
Libya are not revolutionaries of NATO, as this tyrant, this modern-day
false prophet, has said. They are revolutionaries of Allah, revolutionaries
of Allah.
This tyrant is the last
one who has the right to talk about Crusades, since on various occasions,
he invited America and the West to come to Libya and do as they please
with its oil and its people, so that he could secure his throne. He
is throne-sick. Without his throne he is nothing.
[...]
I am telling you that
the tyrant's forces have been destroyed. All he has left is a bunch
of volunteers, whom he buys with a car and 5,000 dinars each. This tyrant
talks about Al-Qaeda and about gangs. You know me. Is it conceivable
that I would join Al-Qaeda or gangs?!
[...]
I see the remnants of
[Qadhafi's] army fighting on behalf of a regime that has come to an
end, collapsed. This regime has met a cot death.
You must take advantage
of the last hours and minutes to jump from the ship of betrayal and
tyranny to the ship of the people. You have only moments or hours left.
The decisive moment has arrived, Allah willing.
[...]
I ask the remnants of
the army to turn in their weapons and go home, or to join the revolution,
the mujahideen. This is your only choice.
[...]
