Well, things are working out well, don’t you know.<\/p>\n
Saif al-Islam, son of Muamar Qadaffi, is not unpopular in Libya.\u00a0\u00a0 If he were allowed on a ballot in a truly free election, he likely would win the national election, over the objections of the US backed minority stooge\u00a0 government in Benghazi that wants to restore the British monarchy to run the country and plunder its natural resources..<\/p>\n
Saif had been involved in much of the modernization of Libya that was underway following the end of economic sanctions and managing the Libyan sovereign wealth fund which was working hard to insulate itself from the coming collapse of banks in Europe, by doing things like buying large quantities of gold.<\/p>\n
Saif is being held in detention in Libya, awaiting “trial” – but more realistically is being held under that pretense to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from dragging him to Europe for a political show trial for his role in Crimes against Humanity (ie – for “forcing” France to destroy the Libyan military and accidentally bombing civilians).\u00a0 The ICC has yet to have a single conviction of anyone for their purported “crimes against humanity”.<\/p>\n
So now comes word that New Libya has arrested four members of the ICC “team” sent to Libya to talk to Saif on the\u00a0 charges of “spying”.\u00a0\u00a0 Detained were the female lawyer from Austria who will be Saif’s defense lawyer and her translator.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saif has a MBA from a University in Austria, and a PhD from the London School of Economics – It’s kind of hard to believe he needs a “translator” – but he probably does need a “minder” to monitor their conversations and make reports. \u00a0 A Russian ambassador and a professor from Spain were also detained and released, but are remaining together as a team in protective detention.<\/p>\n
So now the ICC is sending in another team to negotiate the terms of the release of the first team.<\/p>\n
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