Seif Al-Islam, the son of Libyan tyrant Muammar Gaddafi, slammed foreign media for distorting the gravity of the situation in the country and warned the EU faces an Islamist menace if the regime of his father collapses.

"If the Europeans do not assist us, Libya could become the Somalia of the Mediterranean," he said on the France 2 TV channel. "There will be pirates off the coast of Sicily, Crete, and Lampedusa. There will be millions of migrants, the terror will be at your door."

He noted: "We continue to regard President Sarkozy [of France] as our friend and a friend of Libya. We were received there many times. He welcomed my father in Paris." He added: "When your regime is strong, everybody kowtows to you. But when things collapse, everybody says 'Bye-bye. See you'."

He noted the developments in Libya are not similar to those in Tunisia and Egypt, saying there were peaceful demonstrations in these countries.

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