Libya's fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi said that the country's system of rule was based on the people's will and could not be removed, Al-Arabiya TV reported Tuesday, quoting the Syrian-based al-Rai channel.

In an audio message, Gaddafi said NATO's planes would not be able to continue operations in Libya.

In recent weeks, al-Rai channel has taken over for Libyan state media in fulfilling a role as Gaddafi's mouthpiece.

Gaddafi is still on the run, though the NTC forces have controlled most of the North African country and are working on setting up a new government to replace the former regime.

Al-Rai portrays itself as a channel of resistance. Its owner, Mishan al-Jaburi, was a Saddam Hussein loyalist.

Al-Jaburi defected to Syria before the Iraq war in 2003. He returned to Iraq after Hussein fell and joined a reconciliation council but was implicated in a corruption case involving millions of dollars, and he was suspected of funding the Iraqi insurgency.