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Gaddafi's death may be war crime: ICC prosecutor
Reuters ^ | Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:10am EST | Reporting By Louis Charbonneau; editing by Christopher Wilson

Posted on 12/15/2011 11:45:37 PM PST by Olog-hai

The death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was captured and killed by rebels in October, may have been a war crime, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Thursday.

"I think the way in which Mr. Gaddafi was killed creates suspicions of ... war crimes," ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters.

"I think that's a very important issue," he said. "We are raising this concern to the national authorities and they are preparing a plan to have a comprehensive strategy to investigate all these crimes." …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaddafi; qaddafi
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To: Impy

Oh I agree with you 100 percent about Gaddafi being dead, he should have been taken out decades ago, unfortunately he had a lucky night when our F-111s and A-6s came calling back in ‘86.

I just hope the joker who got the wild notion to explore Gaddafi’s personal Hershey Highway got properly tested later.


21 posted on 12/16/2011 7:30:53 AM PST by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
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To: Impy

They must have had it put away the day we went :)

Thank you Impy; will forward to g/f.


22 posted on 12/16/2011 7:52:57 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (And who doesn't have baggage?)
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To: Olog-hai
War crime? No way! The entire mob who slaughtered him were babbling "Allahu akbar" over and over. It had to be one of those "OK with Islam" "jihad" things -- fully protected by evil insanity...
23 posted on 12/16/2011 9:34:15 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: mkjessup

The account I read said it was done with a metal rod of some kind, not the guy’s junk. I hope he threw it away after, that’s not something you want to keep around to show the grandkids. ;d


24 posted on 12/19/2011 4:46:43 AM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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