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| Gaddafi can stay in Libya if he quits: rebel chief |
| 2011-07-03 |
| Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief told Reuters on Sunday in the clearest concession the rebels have so far offered. Gaddafi has fiercely resisted all international calls for him to go and vowed to fight to the end, but members of his inner circle have given indications they are ready to negotiate with the rebels, including on the Libyan leader's future. Gaddafi is still holding on to power, five months into a rebellion against his 41-year rule and despite a NATO bombardment and an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for crimes against humanity. "As a peaceful solution, we offered that he can resign and order his soldiers to withdraw from their barracks and positions, and then he can decide either to stay in Libya or abroad," rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said in an interview. "If he desires to stay in Libya, we will determine the place and it will be under international supervision. And there will be international supervision of all his movements," said Jalil, who heads the rebels' National Transitional Council. Speaking to Reuters in his eastern Libyan stronghold of Benghazi, Abdel Jalil, Gaddafi's former justice minister, said he made the proposal about a month ago through the United Nations but had yet to receive any response from Tripoli. He said one suggestion was that Gaddafi could spend his retirement under guard in a military barracks. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Too late, ICC has an arrest warrant, if they can find someone to serve it. Now, if Sporting Rebels Alliance wants to declare war against the ICC to secure peace in Libya... |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-07-03 17:45 |
| #2 Just part of the minuet. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-07-03 17:35 |
| #1 Stupid. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2011-07-03 16:23 |