Monday, August 29, 2011

Gaddafi family members enter Algeria: report

Photo - Libya live - Telegraph     Foreign ministry says Gaddafi and members of his family crossed the Algeria-Libyan border
  • Published: 21:00 August 29, 2011  
    Al Arabiya: The Algerian government on Monday confirmed that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's wife and three of his sons have entered its territory.

    "The wife of Muammar Gaddafi, Sofia, his daughter Aisha, and sons Hannibal and Mohammad, accompanied by their children, entered Algeria at 08:45am (0745 GMT) through the Algeria-Libyan border," the foreign ministry said in a statement published by APS news agency, giving no information on the whereabouts of Gaddafi himself.

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    Meanwhile, one of Gaddafi's sons may be placed on the war crimes court's most wanted list, the prosecutor told Reuters on Monday.
    The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has already approved warrants for the arrest of Gaddafi, his son Saif Al Islam, and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Al Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity.
    Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he may also apply for an arrest warrant for Gaddafi's son Khamis, after Human Rights Watch said members of the Khamis Brigade, a force commanded by him, appeared to have carried out summary executions of detainees whose bodies were found in a warehouse in Tripoli.  
    "We know Khamis should also be prosecuted because Khamis was the commander of the brigade that was more active on some of the crimes," Moreno-Ocampo told Reuters in a telephone interview, adding that he did not rule out the possibility of seeking an arrest warrant for him and for others.
    "We will see because the Libyans are willing to investigate some cases themselves. We will see what happens."
    Moreno-Ocampo said a UN Human Rights Council commission would conduct further investigations on the ground in Libya soon and that he would base his decisions on the results. Read here 

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