Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in Libya

It is unfortunate that someone like him should be in this mess. He forgot that injustice will be accounted for by any leader sooner or later.
Well his fate lies with his people that he had subjected to torture and destruction.
Will he be forgiven for the heinous crimes against humanity? The whole world is watching and waiting his judgement.
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On Nov 19, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Hetty ter Haar <oldavenue@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in Libya
> Interim Tripoli government says son of Muammar Gaddafi was arrested
> while attempting to flee to neighbouring Niger
>
> David Batty
>
> guardian.co.uk, Saturday 19 November 2011 11.43 GMT
>
>
> Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of Libya's deceased former
> dictator, has been arrested in southern Libya, according to offcials
> from the country's new government.
>
> Muammar Gaddafi's second and highest-profile son was captured along
> with several bodyguards by fighters near the town of Obari in Libya's
> southern desert , said the interim justice minister and other
> officials.
>
> Saif was said to be in good health, the justice minister added. He was
> captured near the southern city of Sabha with two aides trying to
> smuggle him out to neighbouring Niger, militia commander Bashir al-
> Tayeleb said.
>
> Tlayeb, of the Zintan brigades said Saif was taken to the western
> mountain town of Zintan, the home of one of the largest revolutionary
> brigades in Libya.
>
> It would be up to the Libya's transitional ruling National
> Transitional Council to decide on where Said would be tried, he added.
>
> Tlayeb also said that there was still no information about Libya's
> former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussior's location .
>
> Last month, Saif told the international criminal court he is innocent
> of alleged crimes against humanity. The court, based in The Hague, is
> seeking his arrest on charges relating to Libya's civil war.
>
> The ICC charged Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, and Senoussi with
> crimes against humanity for the bombing and shooting of civilian
> protesters in February.
>
> Saif fled Libya after forces loyal to Libya's new rulers captured and
> apparently killed his father outside his hometown of Sirte. But Libyan
> officials are determined to resist attempts to bring Saif before the
> ICC, claiming he should instead face justice at home.
>
> Born in 1972, Saif is the oldest of seven children of Muammar and
> Safiya Gadhafi. He drew Western backing in previous years by touting
> himself as a liberal reformer but then staunchly backed his father in
> the brutal crackdown on rebels in the regime's final days.
>
> Saif had gone underground after Tripoli fell to revolutionary forces.
>
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