Libyan leader Mouammar Gaddafi vowed  to fight on, while Western countries were trying to work out who was going to take over the lead role in the current military operation in Libya, Xinhua reported.

The TV footage showed Gadhafi is making a short live address to his supporters late Tuesday in a week at a balcony near the Libyan capital of Tripolibefore a crowd of supporters at his residence compound.

Gaddafi made his first public appearance late Tuesday in a week at a balcony near the Libyan capital of Tripolibefore a crowd of supporters at his residence compound, according to Xinhua.  

The TV footage showed Gadhafi was making a short live address to his supporters. "Be it long or short, we're ready for battle," he said."We will be victorious in the end."  

Gaddafi vowed not to surrender, saying "We will defeat them by any means,"  according to the live broadcast. 

Gaddafi also condemned the air raids carried out by the western powers against his country, claiming that the attacks breached the charter of the United Nations.  

He also warned that those attackers were fascists who "will end up in the dustbin of history," according to Reuter reports.   

U.S. and European-led military strikes bombed Tripoli again several hours earlier. The explosions started at around 8:30 p.m. local time (1830 GMT) and the targeted sites remained unknown,  Xinhua reported.