Protesters in the US join calls for Gaddafi to quit as Libyan leader

Protesters in the US join calls for Gaddafi to quit as Libyan leader

The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has gone on state television to proclaim that his father remained in charge with the army's backing and would "fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet".

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's comments came after anti-government unrest spread to the capital Tripoli and protesters seized military bases and weapons.

In the regime's first comments on the six days of demonstrations, the younger Gaddafi warned the protesters on Sunday night that they risked igniting a civil war in which Libya's oil wealth "will be burned".