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Libya's Qaddafi offers $400 per family as rebels close in on Tripoli - CSMonitor.com

Libya's Qaddafi offers $400 per family as rebels close in on Tripoli - CSMonitor.com: "In an attempt to appease the masses – possibly inspired by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, who promised his subject $36 billion in benefits to stave off any potential revolutionaries – Libya's besieged leader on Friday pledged a 150 percent increase in some government workers' wages and promised to give every family $400.

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