Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil applauded a call by G8 countries for Moamer Gaddafi to go, saying the strongman’s departure is the only way out of Libya’s crisis

Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil applauded a call by G8 countries for Moamer Gaddafi to go, saying the strongman's departure is the only way out of Libya's crisis.
  
"The entire world has reached a consensus that Colonel Gaddafi and his regime have not only lost their legitimacy but also their credibility," Jalil said in a statement from the rebels' Benghazi bastion late on Saturday. "I would like to welcome the position taken ... by the G8 where members emphasized the necessity of Colonel Gaddafi's departure," the statement said.
  
"The position taken by the G8 is reflective of the will of the international community as well as the demands and aspirations of the Libyan people."
  
On Friday, G8 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US called for Gaddafi to step down after more than 40 years in the face of pro-democracy protests turned full-fledged armed revolt. Russia at the same time finally join explicit calls for Gaddafi to go.
  

The Libyan regime responded saying any initiative to resolve the crisis would have to go through the African Union.

NATO carried out fresh bombing raids on the heart of Tripoli's regime on Saturday, the military alliance said, for the fourth successive day targeting Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound.

Elsewhere, rebels fought Gaddafi loyalists near an oil facility in the eastern crossroads town of Ajdabiya, in a clash which left two insurgents dead, rebel commander Jamal Mansur told AFP. Sporadic clashes were also reported around the rebel-held southern oasis town of Jalo.
  
The port city of Misrata, meanwhile, was crawling back to normal life, said Fadl Moukadem from Mercy Corps, a non-government organization.