Fugitive Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi said Wednesday in a reported message to the United Nations that his hometown of Sirte was facing "unprecedented destruction and terrorism" from NATO, dpa reported.
"Although Sirte is isolated from the world and being the scene of atrocities, the world should not be isolated from it," Gaddafi said in the alleged message to the United Nations, which was read out on his behalf on Syria-based Al-Rai television.
Sirte is one of the few Libyan towns still controlled by fighters loyal to Gaddafi.
"We cannot surrender Libya to colonialism again as agents want," the loyalist broadcaster quoted Gaddafi as saying.
"The Libyan people have no option but to fight until they score victory and defeat colonialism."
Gaddafi's exact location remains unknown since he disappeared in late August when rebels captured the capital Tripoli.