"All sides in Libyan war face scrutiny; UN to review Khadafy, rebel, and NATO forces" November 03, 2011|By Anita Snow, Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS - The prosecutor of the international war crimes tribunal said yesterday that his office will impartially and independently examine allegations of crimes committed by NATO and opposition forces, as well as by pro-Khadafy troops, during this year’s fighting in Libya.
Uh-huh.
See: World Court Whitewashes Ivory Coast War Crimes
When it is their guys they get let off the hook.
Along with alleged crimes by Moammar Khadafy’s forces, “There are allegations of crimes committed by NATO’’ and opposition forces, Luis Moreno Ocampo said.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Libya’s new leaders to quickly secure chemical weapons, nuclear materials, and shoulder-fired missiles, some of which have been left unguarded during the eight-month civil war that toppled Khadafy’s regime.
Yeah, that's great. The conclusion I have come to is the stuff was stolen or funneled to intelligence agency assets for use wherever.
So this whole invasion thing actually made the region less safe, huh?
Ban said he was encouraged by a pledge from Libya’s interim leader, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, to protect the weapons sites. But unsecured stockpiles of missiles and other munitions were still being discovered as recently as late last month, fueling concerns that weapons could fall into the wrong hands.
I imagine the FALSE FLAGS will be WAVING soon!
Abdul-Jalil said Libya wants the international community to release more of the billions of dollars in Libyan assets frozen during the war to get the job done....
In my mind that was theft.
Moreno Ocampo said that allegations of crimes perpetrated by the opposition National Transitional Council included detention of civilians suspected of being mercenaries and the killing of detained combatants. He did not provide details of possible crimes by NATO forces.
Oh, what a surprise, what a surprise.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the UN Security Council that his office has been informed that Libya’s new leaders will look at the circumstances surrounding Khadafy’s Oct. 20 death. Khadafy was still alive when opposition forces took him into custody.
I'm going to hold them to that.
The ouster of Khadafy’s regime would have been impossible without the involvement of NATO, which carried out a seven-month air campaign against Libya that was authorized by the Security Council.
See: NATO Hails the New Libya
Moreno Ocampo, an Argentine attorney, said his office is investigating numerous allegations of sexual violence by Khadafy forces amid evidence that indicates hundreds of rapes were committed during the conflict.
On both sides, but you know....
Moreno Ocampo said the prosecution also is focusing on the two surviving men with war crimes arrest warrants against them: Khadafy’s son, Saif al-Islam Khadafy, and Abdullah al-Senussi, a colonel who headed the country’s military intelligence....
Yeah, where are Khadafy's kids?
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Starting to look pretty one-sided, isn't it?
"World court prosecutor views alleged Libyan massacre site; Official looking into war crimes under Khadafy" November 24, 2011|By Rami Al-Shaheibi and Vanessa Gera, Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya - A leading international prosecutor viewed human bones and charred clothing at the alleged site of a massacre that survivors say was committed by Khadafy loyalists as Libya’s capital fell to advancing rebels.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, then pledged to help bring clarity to such unsolved crimes remaining from Libya’s civil war.
Earlier he announced that the court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, will not challenge Libya’s right to try Moammar Khadafy’s son and one-time heir apparent in his own country and with Libyan judges. That cleared the way for Seif al-Islam, the only Khadafy family member in Libyan custody, to answer for the alleged crimes of his late father’s four-decade rule in the oil-rich North African nation.
In The Hague, the ICC issued a statement saying the judges, not the prosecutor, must decide if Libya can conduct the trial.
Moreno-Ocampo made the visit to the gruesome site, where a putrid stench rises from the ground, to determine whether to have the Netherlands-based court investigate it as part of its broader inquiry into alleged crimes committed by Khadafy’s regime during the war....
Thought is was going to be both sides.
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"UN report says 7,000 still held in Libya" November 29, 2011|Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS - Former Libyan revolutionaries still hold about 7,000 people, and some reportedly have been subjected to torture and ill treatment, according to a UN report circulated yesterday.
Oh, these are the guys we put in to liberate them, huh?
The report by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, made public before a Security Council briefing about Libya yesterday afternoon, said that many of the inmates have no access to due process in the absence of a functioning police and judiciary.
It also said that sub-Saharan Africans, in some cases accused or suspected of being mercenaries hired by Moammar Khadafy’s regime, constitute a large number of those held....
We call them contractors here in AmeriKa.
And is that supposed to, what, justify torture?
Also yesterday, dozens of Libyan religious leaders urged authorities to disarm former rebels and form a national army, backing the transitional government’s struggle to exert control over the militias that overthrew Khadafy.
But EVERYTHING is GREAT about LIBYA now!
The fighters are widely admired for their role in bringing down Khadafy, but the clerics’ statement reflected concern over the militias’ refusal to submit to the central authority.
Uh-oh. Gloablist pooh-bahs can't like that!
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Related: Libyan Women Liberated to Islamic Law
Can't have that, either.
"New Libyan leaders vow to bring an end to abuse of prisoners" November 30, 2011|By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya - Deputy Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur denied reports asserting that Libyan leaders are arming rebels in Syria....
Actually, some fighters have been sent there and there is no doubt in my mind they are being armed by the new Libyan government!
Authorities have started trying to find and identify the missing but need to build a DNA laboratory from scratch to match genetic material from living people with the remains in mass graves now spread across this large desert country.
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"Libya probe of Khadafy death under review" December 21, 2011|By Hadeel Al-Shalchi, Associated Press
THE HAGUE - International Criminal Court prosecutors said yesterday they will review efforts by Libya’s new rulers to investigate the death of the country’s longtime dictator, Moammar Khadafy.
Prosecutors said in a letter to the lawyer of one of the late dictator’s daughters that they will give details of the review to the United Nations Security Council in a report next May.
In the same report, prosecutors will outline their “strategy with regards to future investigations’’ of alleged war crimes in Libya.
Attorney Nick Kaufman wrote to prosecutors earlier this month seeking details of any investigation by the international court into the October slayings of Khadafy and one of his sons, Muatassim, after they were captured by rebels.
Under the international court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, prosecutors are obliged to investigate all sides of conflicts. However, the statute also makes clear that the international court can be called into action when national governments cannot or will not launch investigations into atrocities.
In their letter to Kaufman, prosecutors say that due to the primacy of national courts, their strategy in Libya “will depend on the activities of the Libyan national authorities and whether they are genuinely carrying out such investigations.’’
Kaufman said Aisha Khadafy welcomed the letter.
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In the same report, prosecutors will outline their “strategy with regards to future investigations’’ of alleged war crimes in Libya.
Attorney Nick Kaufman wrote to prosecutors earlier this month seeking details of any investigation by the international court into the October slayings of Khadafy and one of his sons, Muatassim, after they were captured by rebels.
Under the international court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, prosecutors are obliged to investigate all sides of conflicts. However, the statute also makes clear that the international court can be called into action when national governments cannot or will not launch investigations into atrocities.
In their letter to Kaufman, prosecutors say that due to the primacy of national courts, their strategy in Libya “will depend on the activities of the Libyan national authorities and whether they are genuinely carrying out such investigations.’’
Kaufman said Aisha Khadafy welcomed the letter.
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