I'm writing this diary mainly as a response to the comments of the rec list one also on this topic. In my opinion, people are jumping to conclusions too quickly and accepting Gaddafi's comments at face value.
In case you have not heard yet, the big news story tonight is that at a press conference, Saif al-Arab was claimed to be killed (along with 3 of Gaddafi's grandchildren) in a NATO air strike. As people seem to be jumping to conclusions regarding this, I'm writing this to attempt to clear up some facts (or my perception of them, at least)