The Libyan government has unveiled its latest weapon to defend Colonel Moammar Gaddafi's regime from rebel fighters women.

As the NATO bombing campaign in the country entered its 100th day on Monday, loyalists to Gaddafi paraded their new female fighters in front of the world's media.

The 500 women loyal to the embattled leader had just completed a programme to teach them how to fire weapons, at a base near Tripoli.

Many of the women appeared to be elderly, whilst some were barely teenagers but all were united in their love for the Libyan leader.

It is not clear where the women will be deployed, if at all.

Moussa Ibrahim, a government spokesman said, "Libyan women are now joining the armed forces against NATO. We are training them. Their main role is defending homes.
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We have no plan to send them to the front line. They are not trained for that, and our army is very effective."

He pledged to make every mother 'a bomb, a killing machine'. He insisted the regime was strong and there was no possibility of surrender.

100
Number of days Nato has been bombing Libya