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The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa said on Thursday that a peace plan proposed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez that would end the crisis in Libya was being considered by Col. Muammar Gadhafi.
The plan, according to Reuters news agency, will send international peace keepers from Latin America, Brazil and the Arab world to Libya. The peace keepers will help to negotiate a peace between Gadhafi and the rebels.
Al Jazeera news network reported late Thursday that Col. Gadhafi had agreed to the plan. Chavez is a friend of Gadhafi.
Moussa denied the report that he and Gadhafi had agreed to the plan. He told Reuters that the League was consulting several leaders.
The move comes as rebel soldiers squashed an attempt by Gadhafi’s army to retake the strategic city of Brega. Gadhafi’s fighter jets dropped bombs at several cities in the Eastern stronghold of the rebels.
Mr. Chavez, who survived massive protests and a coup in 2002, argues that the international community should find a non-military solution to the crisis. He accused the United States of exaggerating the Libyan situation to justify an invasion.
Meanwhile, Col. Gadhafi appeared on Libyan state television on Thursday. He warned foreign powers to stay away from the conflict or risk “another Vietnam.
“The battle will be very, very long," Gadhafi warned. "If the Americans or the West want to enter Libya they must know it will be hell and a bloodbath - worse than Iraq."
Opposition request for UN-backed air strikes has been rejected by the United States and its allies. Even the long proposed no-fly zone is considered too risky to enforce. Hillary Clinton said Thursday that a decision on whether to intervene in any form “is a long way off.’
Western observers believe that any external intervention would be controversial. They prefer to see the opposition remove Gadhafi on their own.
The news of a possible peace plan led to a drop in the price of crude oil. The Dow Jones industrial index also closed at a positive territory.
