Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has declared the air strikes against his regime to be the act of a "colonial aggression."

Several Western countries, most notably the USA, the UK, and France started a so called Operation Odyssey Dawn, air and missile strikes against the Gaddafi regime on Saturday in order to enforce Resolution 1973 of the UN Security Council providing for a no-fly zone in Libya where Gaddafi is fighting a popular uprising.

In addition to declaring his country to be under a colonial aggression, in a brief radio speech late Saturday night, Gaddafi declared that his regime is opening up all arms depots in order to arm all Libyans willing to fight against the "foreign invaders."

Gaddafi further declared North Africa and the Mediterranean to be a war zone, vowing to arm the entire Libyan nation.

Earlier on Saturday, Gadhafi wrote a letter to President Obama and other world leaders saying they would regret what he called "intervention in the internal affairs of Libya."

US, French and British forces struck air defense targets in Western Libya as fighter jets entered Libyan airspace in the east to begin enforcing a no-fly zone that was backed Thursday by the UN Security Council.

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