Defiant Gaddafi son vows to fight

31 August 2011 Last updated at 15:56 ET

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, one of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, has vowed to carry on fighting.

In an audio message broadcast on Al-Ray TV, he said his father was fine and the Libyan leadership was fine.

He said he was speaking from the outskirts of Tripoli.

The message came minutes after a message form another son, Saadi, who said he was authorised to negotiate with the Transitional National Council (NTC) to end the fighting in Libya.

But in his message, Saif al-Islam warned against any attack on the city of Sirte, his father’s birthplace.

Rebel commanders say they are moving to encircle the city of Sirte, one of the few areas of Libya still under the control of Gaddafi loyalists.

“I am talking to from a suburb of Tripoli,” Saif al-Islam told Al-Ray, a Damascus-based station.

“The resistance continues and victory is near.”

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