Qadafi Appears On State TV - "I'm Not In Venezuela"

Colonel Muammar Qadafi appeared briefly on Libyan state television this morning. "I'm not in Venezuela," he said. "Don't believe those dog stations."

Some earlier televised reports had speculated that the 68-year-old Colonel had fled for asylum in that nation.

Worldwide repercussions have opened deep rifts in the Libyan regime, which has been in power for 40-plus years. Libyan UN mission diplomats have resigned in protest over the killing of hundreds of protesters in the streets of Benghazi and Tripoli.

Air Force officers have resigned their commissions and are urging fellow officers to "Join with the people."