Libyan embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi was considering leaving Tripoli, media report said as other report said the rebels may allow Gaddafi to remain in the country if he stands down.

Libyan embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi was considering leaving Tripoli, media report said as other report said the rebels may allow Gaddafi to remain in the country if he stands down.

The Wall Street Journal Friday quoted a senior US national security official as saying American intelligence shows Gaddafi "doesn't feel safe anymore" in the capital where he has ruled for over four decades.

However, officials told the paper they did not see the move as imminent and did not believe Gaddafi would leave the country, a key demand of Libyan rebels who have been battling his forces in a month-old stalemate.

For their part, rebel spokesman Mahmud Shamam told French daily Le Figaro the opposition were in indirect contact with the regime and may be prepared to allow Gaddafi to stay in Libya, but that he and his family must agree to leave power.
"Our conditions remain the same. It is totally excluded that Gaddafi or members of his family take part in a future government. We are discussing with them the mechanism for Gaddafi's departure," he said.

However he National Transitional Council deputy chairman denied the report.
"There is no contact, direct or indirect, with the Gaddafi regime", Abdel Hafiz Ghoga told AFP news agency.

On the other hand, rebel leader, Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani on Thursday made a plea for foreign allies to provide the arms, training and communications systems needed to defeat Kadhafi.
"It is so urgent" he said, "we will fight, just support us, just give us the equipment."