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Gaddafi urges West

 Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi urged world powers meeting Tuesday in London to end their "barbaric" offensive against his oil-rich country, as rebels in the east set their sights on the key city of Sirte.

The Libyan strongman likened the NATO-led air strikes targeting his artillery and ground forces to military campaigns launched by Adolf Hitler during World War II.

"Stop your barbaric, unjust offensive on Libya," Gaddafi said in the letter published by the state news agency Jana.

"Leave Libya for the Libyans. You are committing genocide against a peaceful people and a developing nation," he said in the letter addressed to the London meeting of more than 35 countries to map out a post-Gaddafi future for the north African country.

"It seems that you in Europe and America don't realise the hellish, barbaric (military) offensive which compares... to Hitler's campaigns when he invaded Europe and bombed Britain," Gaddafi said.

The air offensive was launched on March 19 by Britain, France and the United States to enforce a UN no-fly zone over Libya and to protect civilians under attack by Gaddafi's forces.

Britain, France, Germany and the United States have agreed that the London talks, due to start at 1400 GMT, should aid "the political transition in Libya," said a French presidency statement.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said ahead of the meeting that the current regime had lost all legitimacy.

"Gaddafi must therefore go immediately. We call on all his followers to leave him before it is too late," a joint statement said.

In a pre-meeting video conference with his fellow leaders Monday, Cameron said he hoped the summit would "strengthen and broaden the coalition of countries committed to implementing the UN resolutions".

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