Libya's Gaddafi defiant despite foreign pressure
2 March 2011 Last updated at 19:45 GMT
Col Muammar Gaddafi has said he would "fight until the last man and woman" and warned that thousands of Libyans would die if Western forces intervened.
At a noisy rally in Tripoli, he said there was a conspiracy to control Libya and its oil.
Jeremy Bowen reports from Tripoli.