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25 August 2011 |
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SAS troops dressed in Arab clothes join hunt for Gaddafi as £1m reward is offered for dictator's head
* Troops are carrying same AK47s and Kalashnikovs as the rebels The crack squad of elite soldiers are dressed in Arab clothes and carrying the same AK47s and Kalashnikovs that the rebels have used in the conflict. The SAS will be searching Gaddafi's wrecked apartments and trying to gain entrance to the network of underground tunnels where he is believed to be hiding. Soldier from 22 SAS Regiment were first sent into the north African country several weeks ago by David Cameron and they have remained there to find Gaddafi, according to the Daily Telegraph. Nato has carried out a string of airstrikes on key targets in Libya since the conflict began on February 17 but up until now the use of ground troops has been ruled out. 'I can confirm that Nato is providing intelligence and reconnaissance assets to the NTC (National Transitional Council) to help them track down Col Gaddafi and other remnants of the regime,' the Defence Secretary said today. 'There are areas of resistance by the regime which has had considerable levels of military expertise, still has stockpiles of weapons and still has the ability for command and control. 'They may take some time to completely eliminate and it is likely there will be some frustrating days ahead before the Libyan people are completely free of the Gaddafi legacy.' The military leaders are believed to be trying to find the blueprints for the underground tunnels that Gaddafi used to escape from his Tripoli mansion. One suggestion is that Nato are searching for the architect who designed the Rixos Hotel which is connected by a secret vault to Gaddafi's compound a couple of miles away. Dr Fox refused to comment on a report that the SAS is leading the hunt for the dictator and his sons. Reports that Britain's special forces have entered Libya comes as the hunt for the dictator intensified with a £1m reward being offered yesterday for anybody who catches him. Fighting continued around Tripoli today with rockets fired in the Abu Salem district of Tripoli. With still no sign of where the ousted tyrant is hiding, an unnamed businessman posted the reward to anyone handing him over ‘dead or alive’. It was supported by rebel chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the National Transitional Council (NTC), in a clear indication that the insurgents have no idea where the 69-year-old dictator is. Meanwhile, Libya's former central bank governor Farhat Bengdara said that Gaddafi will try to sell part of the country's gold reserves to pay for his protection and sow chaos among tribes in the north African country. Bengdara, who has allied himself with the Libyan rebels saidthat an ally of Gaddafi had offered 25 tonnes of gold to his friend 'a little time ago'. 'My friend referred it to me and I suggested that he refuse and my friend immediately rejected the approach. But it is a clear indication(of Gaddafi's intentions),' Bengdara told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. There are gold reserves worth $10 billion in Tripoli and Gaddafi could have taken some of that amount, he said. Bengdara said he believed that Gaddafi had fled Tripoli and could be heading towards the Algerian border. 'Now he is looking to pay and corrupt some tribes and some militia to have protection and to create further chaos,' he said. Another senior figure in the rebel council, Mahmoud Jibril, will travel to Italy today for a meeting with Silvio Berlusconi on a European diplomatic tour aimed at security the release of billions of dollars in frozen Libyan assets. Jibril meets Berlusconi in Milan a day after laying out plans for governing Libya after the fall of Gaddafi's 42-year autocratic regime. Italy is Libya's largest economic partner, with trade worth (euro) 11 billion ($16 billion) in 2010, before civil war halted business in February. Italy's Eni has dispatched technicians to Benghazi to prepare to restart oil and natural gas production. Eni says it can take up to a year for oil production to begin. French president Nicolas Sarkozy has also called a conference in Paris next Thursday to discuss plans to rebuild Libya. The 'friends of Libya' meeting will include representatives from the nations which took part in the offensive against Gaddafi’s regime, as well as China, Russia, India and Brazil. In a statement, Downing Street said the conference was a joint Franco-British initiative. A No 10 spokesman said: 'We have stood firmly by the Libyan people since their uprisings began six months ago and we will continue to lead international efforts to help them achieve their aspirations in the weeks and months ahead.'
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