Libyans Prepare For Their Trial Of The Decade

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (left) and Abdullah al-Senussi (right)? (Photo: Reuters)

Libya Prepares For Its Trial Of The Decade -- The Guardian

Government refused to hand Muammar Gaddafi's son and spymaster over to international criminal court for war crimes

It is Libya's trial of the decade, the playboy scion and the sinister spymaster facing their accusers in a case that promises to lift the lid on both the horrors and the excesses of the former regime.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, and Abdullah al-Senussi will go on trial on Thursday facing a litany of charges and possible death penalties if found guilty. But the case has also put the new, precarious Libya itself on trial as it defies the international criminal court, which has ordered that the pair be transferred to The Hague.

Officials are eager to reassure the world that Libya will be able to stage a fair trial and is justified in wanting to mete out justice to its own, rather than handing over the pair to face international justice. "We will not have Mickey Mouse trials under this government," the justice minister, Salah Marghani, told the Guardian. "We had Mickey Mouse trials in the past and we saw the results. We had trials in sports stadiums and town squares with terrible results."

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My Comment: I suspect that these men will be convicted .... what everyone wants to know is what secrets will they give up to make a deal that would spare them the death penalty.