Gaddafi vows to 'get crazy' in face of foreign attack

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Tripoli, Mar. 18 : Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to 'get crazy' in the event of a foreign attack on his country.
In a defiant radio address, The Guardian quoted Gaddafi as threatening to endanger air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean if Libya is attacked.
He also pledged to retake the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
"No more fear, no more hesitation, the moment of truth has come. There will be no mercy. Our troops will be coming to Benghazi tonight," he menacingly warned.
The defence ministry in Tripoli issued its threat of retaliation in the Mediterranean in the apparent hope of influencing deliberations in New York that approved an assault on Libya's air defences and ground forces.
Any action by foreign forces would inevitably be portrayed by Libya as an aggressive intervention in the country's internal affairs and linked to the US bombing in 1986, a key element of the national narrative of resistance to imperialism.
Gaddafi told Portuguese TV: "If the world gets crazy with us, we will get crazy too. We will respond. We will make their lives hell because they are making our lives hell. They will never have peace."
The mood in Tripoli has been one of studied defiance tempered by continuing attempts to defuse the gathering crisis.
The biggest banner in the capital's central Green Square proclaimed "No to foreign intervention in Libya's internal affairs" as giant loudspeakers blared out songs and slogans praising Gaddafi.