TRIPOLI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Gaddafi made his first public appearance in a week near Tripoli late Tuesday, vowing to fight on, while France and other West countries were busy creating a new body to take over the lead in the current intervention in Libya.

Libya's state TV showed that Gaddafi appeared on a balcony before a crowd of supporters at his residence compound near the Libyan capital of Tripoli.

The compound, located in Bab Al-Aziziya, was struck by a cruise missile in Sunday night's bombing by Western forces.

The TV footage showed Gadhafi making a short live address to his supporters. "Be it long or short, we're ready for battle," he said.

Hours earlier, heavy explosions and intensive anti-aircraft fire resounded over Tripoli. The distant explosions, whose exact locations remained unknown, started at around 8:30 p.m. local time (1830 GMT), and shortly shells trailing orange flames were seen fired into the dark air.

The blasts appeared to be a new round of U.S. and European-led military strikes hitting Tripoli after nightfall, following similar operations starting Saturday that aimed to create a no-fly zone over Libya.

But when Gaddafi maintained confident in grabbing the final victory in the confrontation, the Western forces seemed also determined in their aligned mission.

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新華網(wǎng)的黎波里3月22日電 利比亞領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人卡扎菲22日晚在首都的黎波里說(shuō),利比亞絕不屈服于西方軍事打擊,將最終取得勝利。

據(jù)利比亞電視臺(tái)報(bào)道,卡扎菲當(dāng)天晚間在其住所阿齊齊亞兵營(yíng)接見(jiàn)示威群眾時(shí)發(fā)表簡(jiǎn)短講話時(shí)說(shuō):“我們將取得這場(chǎng)歷史性戰(zhàn)役的勝利。我們絕不屈服,無(wú)論時(shí)間長(zhǎng)短,我們都將戰(zhàn)勝他們。我們已經(jīng)做好打短期戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)或是長(zhǎng)期戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的準(zhǔn)備?!?/p>

卡扎菲表示,他將堅(jiān)守在自己的住所。

自19日起,每天都有大批的黎波里民眾聚集在阿齊齊亞兵營(yíng)內(nèi)的廣場(chǎng),表示要抵抗西方國(guó)家的軍事打擊。1986年,阿齊齊亞兵營(yíng)曾遭美國(guó)軍機(jī)轟炸,造成卡扎菲1名養(yǎng)女死亡,2個(gè)兒子受重傷,卡扎菲幸免于難。

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