Gadhafi urges residents to cleanse Tripoli of ‘rats’

TRIPOLI—Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday urged residents to cleanse Tripoli of “rats”, after rebels overran his compound in the centre of the capital.

In an audio message on Syrian-based Arrai Oruba television station and rebroadcast by satellite channel Al-Arabiya, Gadhafi also said he had walked incognito through the streets of Tripoli.

“I walked incognito, without anyone seeing me, and I saw youths ready to defend their city,” the strongman said, without specifying when he took to the streets.

He also urged residents to “cleanse Tripoli of rats.”