The comments were made in a telephonecall to Syrian TV.Gaddafi promised his forces would defeat the NATO and the rebel National Transitional Council.Niger has said it was considering how to deal with Gaddafi if he decided to enter the country to seek refuge.The country's foreignminister told the BBC that Niger would "decide later" whether to accept Gaddafi or hand him over to the International Criminal Court.The ICC is seeking the arrest of Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and former intelligencechief Abdullah Sanussi.Libyan rebels have also asked Niger not to grant refuge to the ousted leader.Groups of Gaddafi loyalists have fled to Niger in recent days.Niger's Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum admitted that Gaddafi regime officials had recently crossed into Niger.But he dismissedreports that said Gaddafi or any of his sons were currently in his country."There is nonews about Gaddafi in Niger, we have nonews about him, it is not true that he has tried to come into Niger or he came into Niger," he was quoted as saying.Though Niger has recognised Libya's rebel-led National Transitional Council, governmentofficials say that country cannot just abandon Gaddafi completely as it has had a long relationship with him.Gaddafi's wife and their three children earlier crossed into its western neighbouring country of Algeria, which granted them refuge on humnitarian grounds. [More]Tags:new ground zeroseptember 11