The rebels initially insisted that Gadhafi leave the country, and one of those who met Wednesday with Sarkozy maintained that view _ while others are not ruling out the possibility that he could stay in Libya if he gives up power.
"I don't think there is a place for him (in Libya). He is a criminal now," Souleiman Fortia, the National Transitional Council's Misrata representative, told reporters after the meeting with the French president.
Misrata rebel military leaders Ramadan Zarmouh and Ahmed Hachem also met with Sarkozy.
Rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces have been locked in a stalemate,,cheap Chargers Jerseys, with the rebels unable to advance beyond pockets in the west despite a NATO air campaign against Gadhafi's forces.
Rebels hold most of the east, but have proven unable over the last week to wrest the strategic oil town of Brega from Gadhafi's forces.
Mohammed Idris, a doctor at the hospital in the nearby town of Ajdabiya, said 27 rebels were killed and 83 others were wounded Tuesday in fighting for Brega. That raised the six-day death toll to 60, according to Idris.
Rebel military spokesman Ahmed Zleitini said Wednesday that rebel forces had pulled back from Brega but still had the city surrounded in hopes that Gadhafi's forces in the city would surrender "to avoid bloodshed."
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