Dubai: The Libya Revolution Council in Benghazi on Monday warned the US against interfering in the political future of the country and said young revolutionaries will consider hostile any act or attempt to dictate to them who the future leader of the country should be.
"There are indications about US efforts to find a new leadership for Libya that is close to the west or accepted by them. Libyans inside the country and abroad will consider such attempts hostile acts against Libyans and attempts to shape the political system in the future will not be tolerated," Ahmad Al Bara'asi, head of media at the newly formed revolutionary council, told Gulf News.
Al Bara'asi said the US has every right to worry about its future relations with Libya because of the support it had offered to Gaddafi in the last four years.
"We are ready to forgive the US and the EU for their ethical and moral blunders in Libya, but the interference to dictate a new leadership will not be tolerated and will call for adverse actions from the people of Libya."
Assistance
The comment came in reaction to Hillary Clinton's statement about the Obama administration's readiness to offer "any type of assistance" to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi.
The Secretary of State did not specify the form of the assistance the US was ready to offer Libyans at this stage and in the future.
Clinton was speaking to reporters before flying to Geneva where she met with EU and Russian diplomats and discussed the situation in Libya.
Khalid Saleh, a Geneva-based Libyan dissident told Gulf News that any interference by the US will complicate the situation in Libya and will make the task of ousting Gaddafi more difficult and costlier.
Saleh said Libyans need no military assistance from the US or elsewhere.
