Document #1294409

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Mauritania Arrests Qaddafi Spy Chief

March 17, 2012
 
Mauritanian authorities have arrested former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's chief of intelligence, Abdullah al-Senussi, as he arrived at Nouakchott airport.
 
Mauritania's official AMI state news agency said Senussi, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity, arrived late on March 16 from Casablanca in Morocco, bearing a falsified Malian passport.
 
The Hague-based ICC issued an arrest warrant in June 2011 for both Senussi and Qaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, who was captured in the Sahara Desert in November.
 
Both men have been charged with being "indirect co-perpetrators" of murder and persecution.
 
With Reuters and AP reporting

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ecoi.net description:
Authorities arrest former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's chief of intelligence, Abdullah al-Senussi, as he arrived at Nouakchott airport
Country:
Mauritania
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Published:
17 March 2012
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/mauritania_detains_qaddafi_spy_chief/24518837.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1294409 (former ID 212280)

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