Poster Libyan revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi speaking on television in the North African oil-rich state. Libya has fought off an imperialist onslaught for the last six months., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
UK riots: Cameron must go, says Libya
2011-08-10 12:40
Tripoli - The regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday called for British Prime Minister David Cameron to step down, saying he had "lost all legitimacy" because of the riots shaking Britain.
"Cameron and his government must leave after the popular uprising against them and the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations by police," official news agency Jana quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim as saying.
"Cameron and his government have lost all legitimacy," he said.
"These demonstrations show that the British people reject this government which is trying to impose itself through force."
Kaaim called on the UN "Security Council and the international community to not stay with its arms crossed in the face of the flagrant violation of the rights of the British people".
Nightly riots which began in London and quickly spread to other major cities have gripped Britain since Saturday when an angry crowd marched to demand justice after 29-year-old Marc Duggan was shot dead by police in London.
Britain and France are spearheading Nato's aerial bombing campaign against the Gaddafi regime since March, when the United Nations approved action to protect Libyan civilians.
- AFP
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