Gadhafi makes public appearance outside his compound

CAIRO: Libyan TV broadcast on Tuesday night what it said was a brief live address by ruler Moammar Gadhafi before supporters at his encampment near Tripoli, the Libyan capital.

Gadhafi was shown standing on a balcony before a crowd of supporters.

Denouncing the coalition bombing attacks on his forces, he told them, "in the short term, we'll beat them, in the long term, we'll beat them."

Gadhafi said it was "a new crusader battle that the crusader nations have launched against Islam" and that "all of the Islamic armies in all places must participate in the battle."

He also denounced what he called "unjustified aggression" and said "we'll be victorious in this historic battle, we won't surrender."

"O great Libyan people, you have to live now, this time of glory, this is a time of glory that we are living," he said during the brief appearance of less than five minutes.

"We are leading the revolution," Gadhafi added. "We are leading the global revolution against imperialism."