Gaddafi taunts Western countries

In a televised speech, Gaddafi taunted Western countries that have backed the imposition of a no-fly zone to come and get him. "France now raises its head and says that it will strike Libya," he told a gathering of supporters at his Bab al-Azizia fortified compound in central Tripoli.
"Strike Libya?" he asked. "We'll be the one who strikes you! We struck you in Algeria, in Vietnam. You want to strike us? Come and give it a try."
In an interview with the Italian daily Il Giornale published on Tuesday, Gaddafi said that if western forces attacked Libya, he would ally with al-Qaeda "and declare holy war".