Libya: Government says Libya needs Gaddafi in power

The Libyan government said it was open to "any" political reform, but must remain Muammar Gaddafi to power to prevent another Iraq or Somalia.

A spokesman told Reuters that Colonel Qaddafi was a "unifying factor" and insisted that its forces targeted insurgents, not civilians.

Libyan leader has reportedly appeared in public in Tripoli.

Meanwhile, evacuated from the besieged city of Misrata accused of pro-Gaddafi atrocities against civilians.

Fighting continued in the east where rebels have been trying to regain lost ground in recent days, coalition aircraft attacked military vehicles suspected of belonging to the forces of Gaddafi.

Country's vital oil-rich coastal belt is actually divided into the rebel forces and government loyalists in the east and west of Tripoli, nearly two months the rebellion broke out in rule of Col Gaddafi.

The son of Colonel Gaddafi said that he and his father would feel betrayed by the defection of the Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa, who arrived in London last week.

Saif al-Islam told the BBC that Mr Kusa had traveled to Britain for medical reasons because treatment was old and sick and needed the man.

"The elections, referenda, anything"

A Libyan government envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, is currently on a tour of European capitals to resolve the conflict.

Speaking in Tripoli, a government spokesman Ibrahim Moussa, said Col Gaddafi had "the safety valve to be together in March."

"The head provides the Libyan tribes and the Libyan people a unifying figure, as a unifying figure," he said.

"Many Libyans, many Libyans want to move the process forward because they fear that is not there for some reason, we have what happened in Iraq, let what happened in Somalia, we have what happened in Afghanistan."

Libya, the spokesman said the government was open to political reform - "The elections, referendums, nothing" - but "the leader to carry this forward."

Ibrahim said he does not say the West, Libya is "you're losing the operator or the system or their system."

Denying the government's attacks against civilians, he challenged the world to investigate alleged crimes.

"We are fighting by armed groups," he said. "I do not take up arms if the calendar."

Libyan state television showed what appeared to be live footage of fans greet Col Gaddafi in a jeep outside its tight connection to the Bab al-Aziziyah in Tripoli on Monday night.

'Dead bodies on the street "

Sunday, Turkey humanitarian transported more than 250 people were injured in Misurata, the only major city in the western part of Libya to the rebels still control, the rebels arrived in the capital city of Benghazi.

Speaking from Tunisia, other forces evacuated Reuters Gaddafi had been "massacred" civilians.

"You have to visit the massacre Misrata see Gaddafi," said Omar Boubaker, an engineer of 40 years with a bullet in the leg and taken to the Tunisian port of Sfax a group of French aid.

"The corpses in the streets. Hospitals are overwhelmed."

In the east, the rebels tried again on Monday to advance to the oil city of Brega.

BBC's Wyre Davies on the road near Brega, said the rebels appeared to be more sustained and organized recently.

U.S. jets attacked military vehicles near the Libyan cities of Sirte and Brega on Monday, U.S. officials have said.