LIBYA: Gaddafi After the message, the White House calls for "action, not words"

AFP - The White House insisted Wednesday Muammar Gaddafi deeds and not words after receiving a message from the leader following the withdrawal of U.S. fighter planes to Libya.

"We can confirm that there was a letter, obviously not the first" the Libyan leader, told reporters the spokesman of President Barack Obama, Jay Carney, aboard Air Force One carrying President Philadelphia (Pennsylvania East) for a meeting focused on the economy.

But without disclosing the content of the message, Mr.Carney said that Obama had been saying for weeks that a cease-fire in Libya would depend "acts and not words (and) an end to violence."

"The words, this is not the same as action," insisted the spokesman.

Earlier Wednesday, state news agency Jana announced that Colonel Gaddafi had "Wednesday sent a message to President Barack Obama after the withdrawal of U.S. coalition aggressive colonialist cross against Libya," the agency said without give details on the contents of the message.

The U.S. military had withdrawn Monday that fighter jets were involved in the international campaign in Libya. It should now provide more than had intended to conduct air refueling missions as well as jamming and surveillance.