Gaddafi seeks UN probe into unrest

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has called for an international investigation into the unrest rocking his country, as forces loyal to him fight hard to hold on to their territory.
In an interview released on Sunday with the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, Gaddafi said he wants the United Nations or the African Union to investigate the violence.

"First of all I would like that an investigatory commission of the United  Nations or the African Union comes here to Libya," he said. "We will let this panel work unhampered."
Gaddafi said he would be in favour of France "co-ordinating and leading" the investigation.

He also used the interview to lash out at Western nations for turning their backs on him, saying that he was embroiled in a fight against terrorism.
"I am surprised that nobody understands that this is a fight against terrorism.
"Our security services co-operate. We have helped you a lot these past few years. So why is it that when we are in a fight against terrorism here in Libya no one helps us in return?"