Rasmussen dismissed the possibilityofCiolonelGadhafi stepping down in favor of hisson, Seif al-Islam, pointing to a new InternationalCriminalCourtarrest warrant againstboth men.
Seif al Islam, Colonel Qaddafi's 26-year-old son who keeps Bengal tigers as pets, staged a press conference in which he reiterated Libya's support for the Muslim struggle for autonomy in the southern Philippines.