International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
denied Monday that it had agreed that Seif al-Islam, slain Libyan dictator Muammar Qadaffy
...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later...
's most prominent son, can be tried in Libya.
"The ICC has made no decision on this matter," court front man Fadi el-Abdallah told AFP in response to a claim by Libya's Justice Minister Ali H'mida Ashur that Seif would be judged by a Libyan court.
| Since when is it their decision? |
"The ICC has accepted that Seif al-Islam will be tried in Libya by the Libyan judiciary," Ashur told AFP. "The trial will take place in Libya. The Libyan justice is competent and we gave the file (on Seif) to the ICC on Friday."
Seif, 39, who was placed in durance vile on November 19, is in the custody of the military council of Zintan, a town 180 kilometres (110 miles), southwest of Tripoli. He is wanted by the ICC on charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the conflict in Libya.
| They can have him when the Libyans are done, assuming there is anything left. |