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What Does Gaddafi’s Ex-Spy Chief Know About Lockerbie?

Now that Abdullah al-Senussi has been extradited back to Libya, Scottish prosecutors are expected to try and question him about the 1988 bombing of PanAm Flight 103, which killed 270 people. By Duncan Gardham The notorious head of Libyan intelligence … read more »

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Mauritania: Ex-Gaddafi spy chief al-Senussi ‘charged’

Former Libyan intelligence chief Abdallah al-Senussi has been charged in Mauritania with illegally entering the country, officials say. Mr Senussi, who fled Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, was held at Nouakchott airport after flying in from Morocco in … read more »

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Sudan arrests opposition politician: party official

Sudanese authorities arrested a prominent member of the opposition Popular Congress Party when he returned from a trip abroad on Monday, a party official said. Sudan is facing multiple armed insurgencies and an economic crisis heightened by the secession of … read more »

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Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son captured

Tripoli – Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son, Seif al-Islam, has been arrested in the south of the country, a senior National Transitional Council official told AFP on Saturday. Seif al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, … read more »

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Saif Gaddafi may try to flee Libya – ICC

New York – The International Criminal Court is still receiving information that Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam may try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court’s chief prosecutor said on Wednesday. Luis Moreno-Ocampo also said he was … read more »

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Talks still on for Gaddafi son’s surrender

New York – The international war crimes court is still negotiating surrender terms with Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, the court’s prosecutor said on Wednesday. The International Criminal Court has “received questions from individuals linked to Saif al-Islam about the … read more »

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Gaddafi son in surrender talks

The Hague -The International Criminal Court said on Friday it was in contact with slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam over his surrender, as Nato decided to end its mission in Libya. Luis Moreno-Ocampo warned however the ICC … read more »

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Saif is in Niger says NTC

Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has crossed the Libyan border into Niger, a senior official in the National Transitional Council said last night (Thur). The official, who declined to be named for safety reasons, said: ‘There is a contact with … read more »

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UN welcomes probe into Libya killings

New York – Killings committed by both sides during the final battle for the Libyan city of Sirte could be considered war crimes, the United Nations said on Wednesday as it welcomed plans by the country’s transitional government to investigate. … read more »

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Gaddafi son wants to surrender to ICC

Tripoli – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who once vowed to die fighting on Libyan soil, now wants to face international justice instead and avoid any chance of meeting the same grisly end as his father, Libyan officials said. An official of … read more »

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Gaddafi son ‘frequently phoned his dad’

Bani Walid – Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam called his father frequently on the telephone and increasingly feared being hit by a mortar bomb as he tried to escape from the town of Bani Walid last week, an officer who … read more »

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Battles erupt as Anti-Gaddafi Fighters ‘Storm Besieged Town’

Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have entered the town of Bani Walid, one of the former Libyan leader’s few remaining strongholds, and street battles are taking place. The heaviest fighting for days broke out following a week of attempts at negotiating … read more »

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Interpol issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi

Paris – Interpol has issued arrest warrants for Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, it said in a statement on Friday. The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor had made the request to the Lyon-based … read more »

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Gaddafi loyalists hold out during Eid holiday

Benghazi – Libyan rebels have given forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi until Saturday to surrender or face the “final battle” of a more than six-month uprising against the fugitive dictator’s crumbling regime. The head of the conflict-wracked country’s National Transitional … read more »

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We have a right to Kill Gaddafi, rebels say

Tripoli – Muammar Gaddafi is almost certainly in Libya, senior officers of the National Transitional Council said on Wednesday, with one of them adding rebels have the right to kill him if he does not surrender. “The information I have … read more »

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Fears Over Libya’s Missiles And Mustard Gas

Among the most pressing concerns about a post-Gaddafi Libya is the risk of the country’s many loose weapons falling into the wrong hands. Television pictures of rebels swarming out of Gaddafi’s Tripoli bunkers heaving with newly-acquired weaponry have not reassured … read more »

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Where Are The Gaddafi Family?

The withdrawal of Colonel Gaddafi from his compound raises fresh questions about the whereabouts of the leader and other regime figures and family members. :: Colonel Gaddafi The dictator has not been seen in public for weeks and has most … read more »

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