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Qadhafi defeat "only a matter of time"

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said it is "only a matter of time" before Colonel Muammar Qadhafi is defeated.

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After chairing a meeting of the National Security Council, the Deputy Prime Minister said the reappearance in Tripoli of Saif Al-Islam was 鈥渘ot the sign of some great comeback for the Qadhafi regime鈥�.

However, he did acknowledged there would be 鈥渇rustrations and setbacks鈥� before the regime fell.

鈥淥ur assessment is that Free Libya forces now control much, but not all, of Tripoli.

鈥淵es, there will be frustrations and setbacks but the remaining remnants of the Qadhafi regime are now cornered. It鈥檚 only a matter of time before they are finally defeated and Libya is completely free.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister spoke outside Downing Street and stressed the and that their was no room for complacency.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister also said the transition to a free and democratic Libya should be a 鈥淟ibyan-led and Libyan-owned process鈥�.

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Published 23 August 2011