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tabatha

(18,795 posts) Sat Mar 17, 2012, 06:38 AM Mar 2012

Gaddafi spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi held in Mauritania

Source: BBC

Officials said Abdullah al-Senussi was detained at Nouakchott airport.

Mr Senussi, 63, was Col Gaddafi's brother-in-law, and has been described as one of his most trusted aides.

He fled Libya when Col Gaddafi was ousted and killed last year after an uprising and months of fighting. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

Mauritanian security officials said Mr Senussi was arrested during the night as he arrived on a regular flight from the Moroccan city of Casablanca on a false Malian passport.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17413626

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Gaddafi spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi held in Mauritania (Original Post) tabatha Mar 2012 OP

He'll never see the light of day again. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #1

I believe the French want him first tabatha Mar 2012 #4

Well then he's toast many times over. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #5

Mauritania is not a signatory of the ICC muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #2

True, but seems like a deal could be in the works... al bupp Mar 2012 #3

Excellent news. n/t ellisonz Mar 2012 #6

Reuters: Mauritania agrees to Senussi extradition, Libya says Eugene Mar 2012 #7

UnrepentantLiberal

(11,700 posts)

1. He'll never see the light of day again.

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:01 AM

Mar 2012

tabatha

(18,795 posts)

4. I believe the French want him first

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 05:24 PM

Mar 2012

for the bombing of a French airplane in Africa. In fact, I believe the arrest was done in partnership with the French.

UnrepentantLiberal

(11,700 posts)

5. Well then he's toast many times over.

Reply to tabatha (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:00 PM

Mar 2012

muriel_volestrangler

(101,316 posts)

2. Mauritania is not a signatory of the ICC

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:21 AM

Mar 2012

It'll be interesting to see what they do.

al bupp

(2,179 posts)

3. True, but seems like a deal could be in the works...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 09:53 AM

Mar 2012

because, why else take the trouble to arrest him? T'would have been so much easier to have just let him go.

ellisonz

(27,711 posts)

6. Excellent news. n/t

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:38 PM

Mar 2012

Eugene

(61,896 posts)

7. Reuters: Mauritania agrees to Senussi extradition, Libya says

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 08:32 PM

Mar 2012

Source: Reuters

Mauritania agrees to Senussi extradition, Libya says

By Laurent Prieur and Hadeel al Shachi

NOUAKCHOTT/TRIPOLI | Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:36pm EDT

(Reuters) - Mauritania has agreed that Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, arrested in Nouakchott last week, can be extradited to Libya, Libya's deputy prime minister said on Tuesday.

The decision, if implemented, sets Libya on a collision course with France and the Hague-based International Criminal Court, which also want Senussi, Gaddafi's right-hand man before the Libyan dictator's overthrow and death in a revolt last year.

"I have met the president of Mauritania and he agreed to the extradition of Senussi to Libya," Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagour wrote on Twitter on Tuesday in a comment confirmed as official by a Libyan government representative.

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