PARIS: Muammar Gaddafi has said it wants the United Nations or the African Union to investigate the unrest rocking Libya and promised free access to interrogators, in an interview published on Sunday.
Strong, making it the first such demand since the beginning of the protests against his rule and the subsequent bloody retaliation, also warned that the turmoil would be a disaster for Europe.
"First of all I would like that the investigative committee of the United Nations or African Union came here in Libya," he told French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche.
"We'll give this panel to work freely," he said, adding that he would be in favor of France, "Coordination and host of" The probe body.
Shortly after the riots broke out, the son of Gaddafi Saif al-Islam, long regarded as a possible successor, said he wants an independent internal investigation into riots.
February 22, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Pillay also called for an independent international investigation and an immediate cessation of serious violations committed by the Libyan authorities.
Gaddafi said that violence poses a major obstacle to its more than four decades of rule can lead to serious consequences for Europe, which faces a hard fight to stop illegal immigration, especially from North Africa and Asia.
"Thousands of people from Libya, will invade Europe," he said, "and will not be unique, to stop them."
Gaddafi is repeated often repeated charge that the rebellion against his regime, now heads the al-Qaeda. (AFP)
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