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The GuardianReports suggest warrants could include Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam in move intended to increase pressure on TripoliIan Black and Jill Treanor | Wednesday May 4 2011
Senior Libyan officials face international arrest warrants for crimes against humanity, the United Nations security council will be told today.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, is to brief the council about crimes committed by Muammar Gaddafi's forces since the Libyan uprising began in mid-February.
Western diplomats say the move is intended to ratchet up international pressure on Tripoli. Ocampo revealed that up to five warrants are likely to be issued in the next few weeks with the approval of the ICC's pre-trial chamber.
No names have been disclosed. But Al-Arabiya TV reported that the warrants could include Gaddafi himself and his son, the discredited reformist Saif al-Islam, who has strong UK links. It said others being targeted include Libya's former foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, who defected to the UK, and Abu Zeyd Omar Dorda, director general of the Libyan External Security Organisation.
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Libyan Security Forces Face Prosecutor's War Crimes ChargesSource:
Bloomberg Via San Francisco ChronicleThe prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said there are reasonable grounds to believe that Muammar Qaddafi's security forces committed war crimes and crimes against humanity since unrest in Libya began in February.
"The office of the prosecutor will submit its first application for an arrest warrant" to the court's Pre-Trial Chamber in the coming weeks, the prosecutor, Argentine lawyer Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said in a report to the United Nations Security Council.
Evidence collected by his office shows "security forces allegedly attacking unarmed civilians constituting crimes against humanity" and "the existence of an armed conflict with alleged war crimes," the report said. Sources included 45 interviews, trips to 10 different nations and analysis of 569 documents.
Moreno-Ocampo was authorized by the Security Council to undertake the investigation in a resolution adopted unanimously on Feb. 26. He is scheduled to brief the Security Council on his findings tomorrow.
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