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October 27, 2011

Libyan Officials Claim Gaddafi’s Son Wants to Surrender 
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In news from Libya, an official from the National Transitional Council
is claiming Col. Muammar Gaddafi's fugitive son, Saif al-Islam, wants to
surrender and turn himself in to The Hague war crimes court. The NTC is
claiming former Libyan intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, also
wants to surrender. Both men are the subject of arrest warrants from the
International Criminal Court. Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Hugo
Chávez said Wednesday he will not recognize the new rebel-led
government in Libya.

Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan President: "We don't recognize the government
that they have installed. NATO has installed a government in Libya by
force of bombs. And with genocide — genocide and an assassination.
They have murdered a president. No matter who the president was or if
you like him or anyone else likes him, he was the president of Libya.
They killed him and threw him into the desert. And beyond that they are
talking about some 50,000 dead. A true genocide. The destruction of a
country."



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