Libyan leader picks intel. chief to talk to east

CAIRO - Muammar Gaddafi has appointed the

head of Libya's foreign intelligence service to speak to the

leadership of the eastern region, which is no longer under the

Libyan leader's control, Al-Jazeera television reported.

Monday's television report, which quoted one of Al Jazeera's

correspondents, named the head of the foreign intelligence

service as Bouzaid Dordah.

A spokesman for the newly formed National Libyan Council,

based in the eastern city of Benghazi and which has described

itself as the face of the revolution, said on Sunday he saw no

room for negotiation with Gaddafi.