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On 19 February, several days after the conflict began, Saif al-Islam announced the creation of a commission of inquiry into the violence, chaired by a Libyan judge, as reported on [[state television]]. He stated that the commission was intended to be "for members of Libyan and foreign organizations of human rights" and that it would "investigate the circumstances and events that have caused many victims."<ref>{{cite news|title=Libye: de nouveaux morts lors d'une opération des forces libyennes|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/02/19/1019008-libye-de-nouveaux-morts-lors-d-une-operation-des-forces-libyennes.html|accessdate=30 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Dépêche du Midi]]|date=19 February 2011|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ladepeche.fr%2Farticle%2F2011%2F02%2F19%2F1019008-libye-de-nouveaux-morts-lors-d-une-operation-des-forces-libyennes.html&act=url Translation])</ref> Later in the month, he went on state television to deny allegations that the government had launched airstrikes against Libyan cities and stated that the number of protesters killed had been exaggerated.{{cn|date=April 2020}}
On 20 February 2011, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi delivered an address to the nation on Libyan state television stating that if no agreement could be found between protesters and the government "thousands of deaths, and rivers of blood will run through Libya". He also insisted that his father remained in charge with the army's backing and would "fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL6I5hktEs0 | title = Al Jazeera English - Saif El Islam Gadaffi addresses the nation - Part 1 of 3 }}</ref>
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