Libya

Gadhafi family claims NATO commited war crimes that led to Moammar Gadhafi’s Death

The family of Moammar Gadhafi has hired a french lawyer to represent them against the International Criminal Court. They are going to file a complaint with the ICC stating that NATO’s actions are to blame for Moammar Gadhafi’s death in Sirte. NATO ordered an airstrike on a convoy in Sirte, and was not aware that Gadhafi was in the convoy. There is much confusion as to the circumstances on exactly how Gadhafi was killed. Homemade videos from people in Sirte at the time of the strike show that after the airstrike Gadhafi was alive. It shows that he was then dragged through the streets alive. What is the source of most of the confusion in his death is that it was later determined that he died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Although most of Libya and the U.N. are happy with the death of Moammar Gadhafi, it seems that the death of him is not going to be the last we hear. The family is now claiming that NATO commited war crimes. Because the ICC had already issued a arrest warrant for Moammar Gadhafi, and NATO was looking for him becasue of the actions he commited against the people of Libya, it is unlikely that much, if anything is going to happen once the complaint is officially filed against the ICC from the Gadhafi family.

Realist

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/libya/un-votes-to-end-military-action-in-libya-1.919773

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15481143

October 27, 2011 at 9:07 pm