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The son of Libya's leader said he is surprised by U.S. and international strikes on his country and that his father has no intention on giving up control.

"Step aside why?" Saif Gadhafi asked on ABC's "This Week." "Again, there is a big misunderstanding. The whole country is united against the armed militia and the terrorists. Simply the Americans and the other western countries, you are supporting the terrorists and the armed militia. That's it."

Gadhafi said the international coalition's military action was unexpected, despite President Obama's warning after the U.N. Security Council passed its resolution.

"Yesterday we were surprised that you know the Americans and the British and the French attacked Libya, attacked five cities. Terrorized people, and especially children, women, were so afraid yesterday," he said. "So it was big surprise that finally President Obama, we thought he was a good man and friend of Arab world, is bombing Libya.! "

Gadhafi told Christiane Amanpour that the rest of the world was mistaken about what is happening in Libya. The rebels in Benghazi are "the armed militia and the terrorists."

"Our people went to Benghazi to liberate Benghazi from the gangsters and the armed militia," Gadhafi said. "So if you, if the Americans want to help the Libyan people in Benghazi ... so go to Benghazi and liberate Benghazi from the militia and the terrorists. So go do it."