Libyan opposition: We want international political support more than weapons
Members of the Libyan opposition's Interim National Council appealed for support at the London meeting of world leaders.
Guma El-Gamaty, British co-ordinator for the rebel Interim National Council of Libya, speaks during a news conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London on March 29.
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Members of the Libyan opposition's Interim National Council appeared today at the London meeting on the international action in Libya and called for broader political support.
“We have been fighting with machine guns” against a superior army, said media chief Mahmoud Shammam, "but we are asking for political support more than we are asking for arms.”
In sharp contrast to what Muammar Qaddafi has called drug addicts and Al Qaeda members, he described the rebel movement as being made up of "well-educated" young people. What's more, said Shammam, a Libyan exile and native of Benghazi, where the rebel government is based, rebels want to implement secular and democratic reforms.
