Gadhafi questions NTC legitimacy

A message purportedly from deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi yesterday slammed the legitimacy of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC).



The audio message which was aired on a Syrian-based television station urged Libyans to take to the streets to protest.



It also questioned who elected the transitional council.



Gadhafi has not been seen in public in months and his whereabouts remain unknown.



Meanwhile, revolutionary fighters still battling to remove the last bastions of Gadhafi's forces were able to wrest control of strategic posts in the hills of Bani Walid.



The council's fighters were also able to confiscate much of the heavy weaponry used by the Gadhafi loyalists.