(BBC) Muammar Gaddafi subject to ICC arrest warrant

Posted by Kendall Harmon

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity.

The court had grounds to believe he had ordered attacks on civilians during Libya's four-month uprising, it said.

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8 Comments
Posted June 27, 2011 at 11:01 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote:

Wow, maybe the International Criminal Court will actually issue a conviction on something.

June 27, 1:02 pm | [comment link]
2. Pageantmaster [KJS to Coventry] wrote:

Good - well done.

June 27, 2:52 pm | [comment link]
3. Bill C wrote:

... And Roger Mugabe ... and the Dictator of North Korea ...and Assad of Syria, ... and Putin for his treatment of the Chechnia, to name but a few others.

Very selective, the World Court is!

June 27, 4:56 pm | [comment link]
4. MichaelA wrote:

#3, I agree - they should indict BOTH the Mugabe brothers - Roger and Robert!

June 27, 6:34 pm | [comment link]
5. libraryjim wrote:

As much as I dislike Qaddafi, anytime the UN can come in and demand the arrest of a leader of a country, it makes me wonder: who is safe? and Who is next?

There is already talk of an international treaty restricting guns in the hands of private citizens. If the US signs it, it becomes the law of the land. Will the Blue Helmets then start going door to door in America confiscating all guns and arresting those who resist?

Beware giving too much power to one organization over individual states—it won’t lead to good in the end.

Jim Elliott
Florida

June 27, 8:33 pm | [comment link]
6. Cennydd13 wrote:

That’s why so many of us in this country have said “Get U.S. out of the UN!”

June 27, 8:52 pm | [comment link]
7. Cennydd13 wrote:

And I do hope they bust Qaddafi.

June 27, 8:53 pm | [comment link]
8. Bookworm(God keep Snarkster) wrote:

The fat lady must have sung…Thank God.

June 27, 10:46 pm | [comment link]
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