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On November 19, 2011, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son and former heir apparent to ex-Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was captured near the border between Niger and Libya by forces loyal to the National Transitional Council (NTC) currently ruling Libya.[1] Shortly thereafter, government forces captured Abdullah Senussi, the intelligence chief for Muammar Gaddafi, and like Saif al-Islam, a fugitive from both the NTC and the International Criminal Court (ICC).[2] While the captures represent a victory for the NTC and the Libyan people, the legal process for each man is just beginning, as the NTC and ICC argue over where, and how, to conduct a trial.
[1] Ayman Al-Kekly and Alice Fordham, Gaddafi’s favored son, seized on border, awaits uncertain fate, The Washington Post, November 20, 2011.
[2] Clifford Krauss, Libyan Figters Seize Qaddafi’s Intelligence Chief, The New York Times, November 21, 2011.