Colonel Qaddafi waded into a large group of reporters, again without security.

That is the name Colonel Qaddafi uses for his country.

Colonel Qaddafi should urge them to stop trying to extort big money.

Colonel Qaddafi himself, he said, should extend "an apology to the families."

Colonel Qaddafi had also provided money to pay the militiamen for more than 10 years.

Colonel Qaddafi refused to take questions, and the two leaders left the tent together.

"Colonel Qaddafi's campaign of violence against his own people must stop."

Colonel Qaddafi would have to find a way to qualify on that score.

"I am a personal friend of Colonel Qaddafi," he said.

Colonel Qaddafi did not name the groups he spoke of.