Gadhafi WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE, or at least that's what the posters should read. Libyan dictator, Moammar Gadhafi now has a price on his head. Anyone who kills or captures him will receive amnesty from the new government of Libya, and a large cash award.

TRIPOLI, LIBYA (Catholic Online) - The deal is especially sweet for those closest to Gadhaffi who may be worried about being punished as part of his regime. The new governing council has announced amnesty and pardon for any crime committed by a member of his inner circle. Of course, the threat is obvious--members of Gadhafi's inner circle can expect punishment if they don't hand over Gadhafi.

While the government is offering amnesty, it also announced that an anonymous  businessman has offered $2 billion Libyan dinars for Gadhafi's death or capture. 

On Tuesday, as rebels stormed Gadhafi's fortified residence in Tripoli, Gadhafi issued a statement that he was alive and well, and that his withdraw from the residence was a tactical move. His new whereabouts are unknown.

In his statement, Gadhafi vowed to fight, "until victory or martyrdom." He called the rebels, "devils and traitors" and asked the people of the Libya to retake the city.

Despite the fallen regime's insistence that forces friendly to Gadhafi are mustering in preparation to assault the city, no such threat has actually materialized. 

Trying to negotiate

One of Gadhafi's sons, Saadi Gadhafi, has told western reporters that he is trying to negotiate a cease fire. There is no word yet on if the negotiations have any promise. If true, then it is the first admission on part of the dictator and his supporters that the cause is probably lost. Still, scud missiles were indiscriminately fired into Misurata yesterday, a continuing show of defiance from the deposed dictator.

Tripoli hasn't entirely fallen, yet. Loyalist pockets of resistance remain and as of Wednesday, rebel fighters were still trying to mop up the remaining pockets of resistance. Fighter jets were reported over the city as rebels attacked the strongholds, but it's unclear if any bombs were dropped. Officials indicate that NATO may be holding fire for fear of inflicting needless civilian casualties.

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