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Posted on 04/17/2011 9:54:06 AM PDT by Qbert
Washington, Apr 17 (ANI): The United States and its allies have reportedly secretly begun seeking a country, most likely in Africa, that would be willing to give refuge to Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in case he is forced out of the oil rich country by rebel forces. Intelligence reports, however, have indicated that no rebel leader has emerged as a credible successor to the Libyan dictator as of now. The New York Times reports that the search is continuing despite Gaddafi's unwillingness to give up to the demands of rebels in his country, and the Western powers.
The effort is complicated by the likelihood that he would be indicted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988, and atrocities inside Libya, the paper said.
According to three Obama administration officials, one possibility is to find a country that is not a signatory to the treaty that requires countries to turn over anyone under indictment for trial by the court. "We learned some lessons from Iraq, and one of the biggest is that Libyans have to be responsible for regime change, not us. What we're simply trying to do is find some peaceful way to organize an exit, if the opportunity arises," one of the officials said.
Earlier, Gaddafi had written a three-page letter to Obama, referring him as his 'son', urging him to intervene and stop the Western air campaign against his forces.
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Exile is a reasonable conclusion to this situation IMO. I would love to see Ghadaffi’s head on a spike but it isn’t the highest priority.
Idi Amin lived for a number of years on the top two floors of the Novotel Hotel on Palestine Road in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. World court never got him there.
Liberal diplomacy = Please leave Mr K. , and don’t worry about that silly indictment thing, it’s just some legal mumbo jumbo we cooked up to employ lawyers for years. Enjoy life in a green, socialist country like Angola or Cuba, where you will survive at the whim of the local dictator.
After all war never settled anything... Kumbaya..
San Fransisco? Berkeley? Ithaca?
I was thinking of a Casino complex on the shores of Lake Michigan....give the Colonel the top floor of the hotel, and give him $25k a day in chips. If he wants to play poker...let him. But he has to stand at the front door of the casino between 6PM and 8PM to welcome guests as part of the deal...Monday through Saturday.
He is not going anywhere, that so called rebel army ,AKA a Joke are much too busy shooting each other,He could also go to a heavily Communist area called Chicago.
Yep.
This thing just stinks to high heaven. First, they get the Lockerbie bomber released- which many suspected was done for British oil and gas deals. Then, we’re fighting in Libya for European oil and gas interests. And now, if true, this.
"Should I invite my 'father' to 1600?
He would need a tent outside. And a minaret.
“U.S., allies secretly seeking refuge for Gaddafi”
How about Chicago?—he ought to fit right in.
Maybe Osama Bin Laden will give Ghaddafi a job at his Starbucks in Seattle.
Obama could put him up at his house in Chicago lord knows he never goes there
He’d have to dress down a bit to be a casino greeter...
Looks like our duplicitous president is going to make the Lockerbie-victims’ families suffer even more.
His Daughter could stay at my house
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