Libyan government spokesman told reporters in a news conference in Tripoli on Sunday that Western governments were responsible for innocent deaths in his country, naming US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
made his statements as Libyan rebels battled their way towards Tripoli to help fighters inside the city who rose up overnight declaring a final showdown with Muammar Gaddafi.
Mr. Moussa said, "What is important now for NATO is for the Libyan government to fall. The human price is irrelevant,"
"Every blood -- every drop of Libyan blood -- shed by these rebels is the responsibility of the western world and especially NATO's countries. So we hold Mr. Obama, Mr. Cameron and Mr. Sarkozy morally responsible for every single unnecessary death that takes place in this country," he added,
"They have families, they have houses, they have their lives and they wholeheartedly believe that if this city is captured then the blood will run everywhere, so they may as well fight until the end."
In a co-ordinated revolt that rebel cells had been secretly preparing for months, shooting started on Saturday night across Tripoli moments after Muslim clerics, using the loudspeakers on mosque minarets, calling people on to the streets to gather.
The fighting inside Tripoli, combined with rebel advances to the outskirts of the city, appeared to signal the decisive phase in a six month conflict that has become the bloodiest of the "Arab Spring" uprisings that involves NATO powers.
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