the Egyptian regime tried this trick too, and it didn’t work

1719: Col Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, has ordered the formation of an investigation committee, headed by a Libyan judge with the participation of Libyan and foreign rights groups, to investigate the circumstances of the deaths in the recent protests, Libyan TV has said.

Oh goody, an investigation. That ought to stop the righteously angry mobs who fear being massacred the moment they go home.