[Tripoli Post] Muammar Qadaffy's...a reminder that a single man with an idea can screw up an entire nation...
former prime minister, Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi, has started a hunger strike in a prison in Tunisia to protest a request for his extradition from Libya's new rulers, Rooters has reported.
Al-Baghdadi's lawyer, Mabrouk Korchud said the reason for his client's hunger strike is, that despite the fact that an appeal court in Tunisia overturned a decision by another court sentencing Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi to six months in prison, the former Libyan prime minister in the Al Qadaffy regime is still kept in jail.
The prosecutors' decision follows arequest by the Libyan National Transitional Council to extradite him. Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was first sentenced for illegal entry into Tunisia. The prosecutors will be keeping him in jail until such time as the NTC's request is discussed.
The lawyer said: "The prosecutor-general has decided to keep Mahmoudi in prison after receiving a request to extradite him to Libya."
Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles had grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact...
the former Libyan leader Muammar Al Qadaffy is still on the run. He has been holed up in a hiding place since the fall of Tripoli to the NTC on August 23.
There have been many speculations as to whereabouts. Bani Walid, Sabha and Sirte have all been mentioned. The latest speculation indicates him as being in Ghadames protected by Tuaregs.
Al Qadaffy, his son and heir apparent Seif al-Islam and his former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi are all wanted by the
International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
for crimes against humanity and arrest warrants are out for them by Interpol.
Though Al Qadaffy's wife Safiya, daughter Ayesha and sons Mohammed and Hannibal have sought refuge in Algeria, and Saadi has decamped to Niger. Seif and another brother, Muatassim are both still believed to be in Libya conducting their father's loyalists in Bani Walid and Sirte.