Saif Gaddafi Wants His War-Crimes Trial To Be Tried In Libya

Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is pictured sitting in a plane in Zintan after his capture. Ismail Zitouny/REUTERS

Saif Gaddafi 'Wants To Be Tried In Libya' -- The Telegraph

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the imprisoned son of the former Libyan dictator, has aligned himself with the new government by declaring his opposition to extradition to face war crimes charges in The Hague.

International Criminal Court investigators who met with Saif Gaddafi at a mountaintop detention centre south of Tripoli earlier this month said that he had expressed a preference to be tried in his own country, even if he faced the death penalty.

The ICC also confirmed that Gaddafi had suffered torture and abuse after he was captured last November.

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Libya will not hand over Saif to ICC -- Gulf News/Reuters
Libya appeals international criminal court order to hand over Gadhafi son for trial -- Washington Post/AP
Libya appeals ICC order to hand over Saif Gadhafi -- CNN
Special Report: How Gaddafi scion went from reformer to reactionary -- Reuters
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: The ‘Michael Corleone’ of Libya -- National Post/Reuters

My Comment: My money is on him being hanged within the year .... unless he can convince the Libyan authorities that he knows where his father's fortune is hidden, thereby (essentially buying) his freedom.