“We aspire for freedom, democracy and rule of law,” Libyan political activist Saud Al-Wahidi, who lives in France, told Arab News from Paris on Monday.

She said Libyan women are part of the revolution and are out every day with their men as they rise against Col. Muammar Qaddafi.

Al-Wahidi said Libyan women were more concerned with the immediate stoppage of the bloodbath and the protection of their sons from African mercenaries hired by Qaddafi to kill his own people.

“Have you ever seen a leader bringing in mercenaries to slaughter his own people? Is there any bigger treason than this?” she questioned.

She said this very fact refuted Qaddafi's allegations that his opponents were calling for foreign intervention. “It is him (Qaddafi) who called for foreign intervention by hiring African mercenaries to kill the Libyan people,” she said.

Al-Wahidi said the young Libyan protesters were facing Qaddafi's war machine unarmed and added that they were blessed by Allah and supported by angels as they were able to liberate large areas of the country.

“The Libyan people want an honorable and dignified life away from the dictator who made their lives meaningless.”

Al-Wahidi lauded the protesters who, unlike other revolutionaries in Tunisia and Egypt, were not calling for the downfall of the system, but instead for the establishment of a system which Libya did not have under Qaddafi's rule.

She asked Saudi people who lived close to the two holy mosques to help the Libyan revolution by praying for those involved.

She also asked them to provide the Libyan people with medicines and vaccinations.

“Diabetic and high-blood pressure patients are in need of medicines. The children need vaccinations, especially in the eastern region of Libya that is currently under siege by Qaddafi's forces. Food is also decreasing,” she said.

“I hope the Saudi people will send to Libya truckloads of flour. This is of course in addition to moral and media support.”

She added that Saudi women have shown great concern for what is happening in Libya.

“Many of them are glued to TV channels to see if Qaddafi will be more merciful to his people and quit, or whether he will insist on remaining in his position with his sheer military power,” she added.

“We are proud to see Saudi women concerned for our revolution. This is not something strange or new to Saudi women, who consider a wound in the Arab body politic as personal wound.”

Meanwhile, Fawziyah Ahmad, a 48-year-old Saudi mother of eight, said she was always sitting in front of the TV to follow news coverage of Libya and hoping that the protesters would finally win.

“I am anxiously waiting to see Qaddafi's reaction and what he will say in his funny speeches,” she said.

Ayesha, a 25-year-old Saudi woman, said she has never missed any news bulletin since the outbreak of the revolution.

She said she had some sympathy for Qaddafi because he seemed confused and did not know what to do. “Sometimes he will threaten to use force, but other times he will seem tolerant and forgiving,” she said.