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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gunfire-hits-protesters-in-libya.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Image taken from Libyan State TV showing Muammar Gaddafi addressing followers in Green Square, Tripoli (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-gunfire-hits-protesters-in-libya.jpg" alt="Image taken from Libyan State TV showing Muammar Gaddafi addressing followers in Green Square, Tripoli (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Militias loyal to Muammar Gaddafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques and marching across the Libyan capital to demand an end to Col Gaddafi&#8217;s regime, witnesses said, reporting multiple deaths.</p>
<p>In rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days.</p>
<p>Protesters described coming under a hail of bullets as they tried to march from several districts around the city toward Tripoli&#8217;s central Green Square. One man among a crowd of thousands said gunmen on rooftops and in the streets opened fire with automatic weapons and even an anti-aircraft gun.</p>
<p>&#8220;In the first wave of fire, seven people within 10 metres of me were killed. Many people were shot in the head,&#8221; the man, who was marching from Tripoli&#8217;s eastern Tajoura district, said. &#8220;It was really like we are dogs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Militiamen opened fire on other marches in the nearby Souq al-Jomaa and Fashloum districts, where witnesses reported four killed. The reports could not be immediately confirmed.</p>
<p>In the evening, Col Gaddafi appeared before a crowd over more than 1,000 supporters massed in Green Square and called on them to fight back against protesters and &#8220;defend the nation&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Retaliate against them, retaliate against them,&#8221; Col Gaddafi said, speaking by microphone from the ramparts of the Red Castle, a Crusader fort overlooking the square. Wearing a fur cap and sunglasses, he shook his fist in the air, telling the crowd: &#8220;Dance, sing and prepare. Prepare to defend Libya, to defend the oil, dignity and independence.&#8221;</p>
<p>He warned, &#8220;At the suitable time we will open the arms depot so all Libyans and tribes become armed, so that Libya becomes red with fire.&#8221; The crowd waved pictures of the leader and green flags as he said: &#8220;I am in the middle of the people in the Green Square. This is the people that loves Muammar Gaddafi. If the people of Libya and the Arabs and Africans don&#8217;t love Muammar Gaddafi then Muammar Gaddafi does not deserve to live.&#8221;</p>
<p>The White House later said the US is moving forward with plans to impose sanctions on Libya in response to violence there. Spokesman Jay Carney said the US is working with European partners on sanctions and other multilateral actions that could be taken.</p>
<p>Mr Carney said President Barack Obama will meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Washington on Monday to discuss the situation.</p>
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