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the football-crazy son of Libyan dictator Muammar Al QadaffyAl Jizz quoting a senior National Transitional Council official in Libya.
The pan-Arab news network reported the National Transitional Council's military leader in Tripoli, Abdelhakim Belhaj saying that on Wednesday Saadi, who was banned from playing in Italia after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone, called him and asked if he could surrender.
In the exclusive interview, Belhaj salso told Al Jizz that the revolutionaries know for sure where some of the regime leaders are, including unconfirmed reports on where Al Qadaffy is.
"Al Qadaffy is now fleeing - and we have a good idea where he is," Ali Tarhouni, a senior NTC minister said earlier, without elaborating. "We don't have any doubt that we will catch him."
There has been speculation that Al Qadaffy is seeking refuge in Sirte or one of the other remaining regime strongholds, among them the towns of Bani Walid or Sabha.
Reporting from Tripoli, Al Jizz's correspondent James Bays, said: "We asked him (Belhaj) about the military situation, remaining members of the Al Qadaffy family, and he said that he believes one of Al Qadaffy's sons, Saadi, is preparing to surrender.
According to Belhaj, Saadi doesn't want to leave Libya, but wants to talk to the national council and negotiate his surrender. Belhaj also said that from the phone call he believed he knew the whereabouts of Saadi, adding that he also believes that some senior figures of the government, such as the former prime minister, are now ready to surrender,.
During the interview, Belhaj made a point of saying that any of those who do surrender will be treated properly, and court cases will be held to international norms. He thought that Muammar Al Qadaffy is less likely to surrender, but would be treated fairly if he did, adding: "he would be held in jug with proper human rights."
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(ICC) has already approved warrants for the arrest of Al Qadaffy, his son Seif al-Islam, and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC prosecutor, said he may also apply for an arrest warrant for Khamis - who unconfirmed reports indicate that he has been killed - after Human Rights Watch
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said members of the Khamis Brigade, a force commanded by him, appeared to have carried out summary executions of detainees whose bodies were found in a warehouse in Tripoli.
"We know Khamis should also be prosecuted because he was the commander of the brigade that was more active on some of the crimes," Moreno-Ocampo said.
Moreno-Ocampo said a UN Human Rights Council commission would conduct further investigations on the ground in Libya soon and that he would base his decisions on the results.