Hague court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi

THE HAGUE, June 27 | Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:34am EDT

THE HAGUE, June 27 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Monday for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and the country's spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, on charges of crimes against humanity.

ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had in May asked the court to issue arrest warrants for the "pre-determined" killing of protesters in Libya after the U.N. Security Council referred the issue to the court. (Reporting by Aaron Gray-Block; editing by Mark Heinrich)

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NEWSTIME2010 wrote:
It did take almost a life time for Moreno-Ocampo to construct the charges against Gaddafi. How comes?
If he dig deeper he may find other similar charges against a whole bunch of people in charge for a number of nations involved in this oily matter.

Jun 27, 2011 8:27am EDT  --  Report as abuse
Petecambell wrote:
Arrest warrants? That’s what they need “cooperation” on? Is that what the “international community” should be doing?

What we should be doing is pressing for a resolution … a “NO MORE WARS FOR MONEY” resolution. That’s the bill they should pass right now. This bill should imply that the warring nations … this is the nations that are bombing the country should not in any way get involved in any kind of direct or indirect financial transactions with the victim country. That’s what we should fight for now.

Starting from Tibby itself … this resolution should be implemented. Show us your honesty … show us that you are only about “protecting” people … prove your intentions to be fair. For the next 50 years … no major “business” transactions between Tibby and the countries that are bombing it.

The most heinous and atrocious crimes that we are witnessing right now is … bombing of cities being used as a tool for financial gain. And these crimes need to be stopped.

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http://godinthejungle.com/index.php/story-notes/395-saturday-june-25-2011.html

Jun 28, 2011 8:21am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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