Interpol Issues Qaddafi Arrest Warrant as More Libyan Officials Flee

[The Northerner]

TRIPOLI, Libya — As Interpol issued arrest warrants for the former Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and two others on Friday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy of high-ranking Libyan officials arriving across the desert.

In Lyon, France, Interpol said in a statement that it had issued so-called red notices calling for the arrests of Colonel Qaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi, the chief of the former leader’s intelligence agency.

There was no suggestion that Colonel Qaddafi or the two other wanted men were known to be among those who arrived in the latest convoy to Niger. The country has been under intense international pressure to turn over any former officials of the Qaddafi government who arrive there.

On Friday, an official in Niger said that the government would respect the Interpol notices and hand over the fugitives should they cross the border, Reuters reported.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/world/africa/10libya.html