Gddafi vowed to defeat NATO, as his forces wagged a deadly rocket attack on opposition-held town of Misrata, killing at least 10 people.

Libya’s embattled President Muammar Gddafi vowed to defeat NATO, as his forces wagged a deadly rocket attack on opposition-held town of Misrata, killing at least 10 people.

"NATO is bound to be defeated”, state television quoted Gaddafi in what it said the speech was "a telephone call from the brother leader on June 17".
"We are determined to change nothing in our country other than by our own free will... We are resisting, we are fighting”, Gaddafi said in the speech broadcast on loudspeakers in Tripoli's Green Square as thousands of regime supporters staged their biggest rally in weeks.

"We are in our country and we are determined to stay and defend it ... We are staying, we are staying. Let them even use nuclear bombs”, Gaddafi added before referring to opposition fighters, describing them as "traitors" and "cowards".

Hours before, loud blasts shook the capital, Tripoli, with NATO planes raid the area around Gaddafi’s compound in Bab al-Aziziya.

At least five further explosions were heard early Saturday in and around the capital.

In other incident on Friday, at least ten civilians were killed, and 40 wounded in the western town of Misrata, when Gaddafi loyalists fired a volley of Grad rockets at the lifeline port city.

"Gaddafi forces bombarded Misrata today from the eastern and western sides," opposition spokesman Ahmed Hassan told the Reuters news agency on Friday.
"At least 10 civilians were killed and more than 40 wounded."

NEGOTIAIONS
On the other hand, Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi said the Gaddafi's regime was in contact with opposition for negotiations -- something the fighters have repeatedly denied.

"Our doors are open to all and we are in contact with all the parties," Mahmudi told reporters. "We are sure meetings have taken place" in Egypt, France, Norway and Tunisia, and we "can name the persons," who attended from the rebels' side.
"Ask the Egyptians, French, Norwegians and Tunisians for information. They will tell you the truth," he said. "We are sure of our meetings and everything has been recorded."

Mahmud Jibril of the opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) earlier denied suggestions by a Russian envoy that the oppositionl leadership had been negotiating with the Gaddafi regime.
"I can assure you there is and there was no negotiation between the NTC and the regime," said Jibril, who is in the Italian city of Naples where NATO's Libya operation is headquartered.