West repeating 'mistakes' in Libya: Ahmadinejad

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor applied for a warrant for Moamer Kadhafi's arrest for crimes against humanity, a day after the Libyan strongman's regime offered a truce in return for a halt to NATO-led air strikes.In Libya's capital, two explosions were heard overnight Tuesday in the Bab Al-Aziziya area of Tripoli where strongman Moamer Kadhafi's residence is located, an AFP journalist reported.A column of white smoke could be seen rising from the area after two explosions at about 1:30 am (1130 GMT Monday) and ambulance sirens could be heard.

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Switzerland on Thursday ordered an immediate freeze on any assets that may belong to defiant Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi and his entourage, the Swiss foreign ministry said in a statement."The Federal Council (government) condemns the violence used by the Libyan strongman against the people in the strongest terms," the ministry said in a statement."In view of the developments the Federal Council has decided to block with immediate effect any possible assets of Moamer Kadhafi and his entourage in Switzerland," it added.

Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday warned the United States against military intervention in Libya, saying such action would create a graveyard for its soldiers.Ahmadinejad, under whose presidency animosity between Tehran and Washington has heightened, said the current situation was completely different to what it was during the tenure of former US president George W. Bush."(Bush) used a deception named September 11 to prepare the ground to invade Iraq and Afghanistan," Ahmadinejad said at a public speech in the western province of Lorestan.

Eastern Libya is in full revolt as an insurrection against strongman Moamer Kadhafi intensified, and a string of Arab states braced for a fresh wave of anti-regime protests.Swathes of Libya have fallen to opposition control and others into lawlessness, residents and reporters said, as opponents of veteran leader Moamer Kadhafi vowed to march on the capital and topple him from power.

Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi said he was determined to crush the month-old uprising against him, while at the UN, proposals for a no-fly zone to ground his warplanes met stiff resistance.And as Kadhafi's army announced it would soon move against the rebel bastion of Benghazi, anti-aircraft batteries and heavy artillery opened up in the rebel stronghold."If this is a foreign plot, we will crush it; if it is a domestic plot, we will crush it," said Kadhafi, who has repeatedly blamed Al-Qaeda and Western powers for the revolt against his four decades of rule.

Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi on Sunday dismissed UN sanctions as invalid and claimed calm had returned to Libya as the territories held by the opposition were surrounded.In a rare statement to foreign media broadcast on Serbian television, Kadhafi also blamed al-Qaeda extremists for the killings since the anti-regime protests began around February 15."The Security Council adopted a resolution which is invalid in accordance with the UN Charter, it is void," Kadhafi told Serbian Pink Television in a 10-minute statement in Arabic that was dubbed in Serbian.