A rifle-waving rant from Gaddafi's 'moderate' son

Colonel Gaddafi's "democrat" son Saif al-Islam has been caught on video brandishing a semi-automatic rifle as he urges paramilitaries to sacrifice themselves until "the last bullet".

The mobile phone footage, shot in Tripoli at the weekend, contradicts claims by the 38-year-old that he is a reformist. The video was leaked by pro-democracy protesters. One said Saif, who was educated at London School of Economics, looked more like a "rabble-rousing gangster" than a moderate.

It shows Saif on the roof of a 4x4, dressed in a black bomber jacket, addressing armed supporters close to Green Square in the centre of Tripoli.

He shouts: "Brothers, God willing, keep the spirits high ... We have the means, the equipment, the weapons. I'm leaving now with a group - we have the resources ... Those against you are nothing - they're bastards ... we will fight to the last minute, until the last bullet."

In a TV interview at the weekend Saif, sitting in an armchair and wearing a knitted zip-up jumper, had said: "Everything is calm. Everything is peaceful. There's a big gap between reality and media reports."