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June 27, 2011

International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants For Muammar Gaddafi and Accomplices 
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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Libyan
leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi and two of his confidants for crimes against
humanity. Gaddafi is wanted for orchestrating the killing, injuring,
arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during the first 12
days of a popular uprising to topple him from power after more than four
decades, and for trying to cover up the alleged crimes. Gaddafi becomes
only the second sitting head of state indicted by the ICC in the court's
nine-year history. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was indicted in
2009. In addition to Gaddafi, arrest warrants were issued for his
second-eldest son, Saif al-Islam, and his intelligence chief, Abdullah
Senussi.



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