나토의 군사압력으로 곤경에 처한 가다피에 대한 주요 동맹국들의 이탈이 기대되는 가운데 가다피가 국제 법정에서 처벌을 우려하여 권력 이양 등 평화적 해결을 택하기보다 끝까지 무력을 행사하며 버틸 것이란 분석이 나오고 있다.
카다피에 대한 체포영장 발부는 상징적 의미가 크다. 영장이 발부돼도 카다피의 체포에 적극적인 것은 가디피 축출을 위해 싸우고 있는 리비아 반군에게 돌아갈 가능성이 큰 것으로 보여 진다.
이날 그의 아들 사이프 알이슬람과 정보기관 수장인 압둘라 사누시에 대해서도 체포영장이 발부됐다
보츠와나의 산지 모나겡 주심판사는 카다피에 대해 “그는 이론의 여지가 없는 리비아의 지도자”라고 단호하게 말하고 “그는 리비아의 군대와 보안군을 절대적, 극단적, 전혀 이의가 있을 수 없는 통제해온 인물”이라면서 “믿을만한 근거가 있다”고 강조했다.
국제형사재판소 ICC가 체포영장을 발부한 무아마르 카다피 리비아 국가원수는 민간인 학살 등 반인도적 범죄를 저지른 혐의를 받고 있다. 이들은 리비아에서 반정부 시위가 처음 발생한 이후 십여일 동안 정부의 유혈 진압으로 수천 명이 숨진것과 은폐하려는 혐의를 받고 있다.
리비아 정부 모하므드 알 콰무디 법무장관은 나토의 군사작전을 감추려는 의도로 진행되는 정치적 음모에 불과하다고 하면서 국제형사재판소의 권위를 부정하고 있다.
미 백악관의 제이 카니 대변인은 국제 형사재판소의 결정으로 가다피 정권이 합법성을 상실했다는 것을 시사 하는 것 이라고 말하면서 정의가 실현될 필요와 가다피의 책임에 대해서 강조했다.
Court orders arrest of Gadhafi, son, key aide
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Thousands of jubilant Libyans danced and cheered in the streets of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for Moammar Gadhafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity for killing civilians who rose up against his rule.
The court order raised pressure on the Gadhafi regime, already targeted by daily airstrikes, and NATO clearly hopes it will encourage key allies to abandon him. But it also gives Gadhafi less incentive to accept a peaceful settlement that would see him leave power — something he has shown no indication of doing — because of the subsequent threat of arrest.
The court in The Hague, Netherlands, lacks police powers, and the force most likely to arrest Gadhafi appears to be the rebels battling to oust him.
At the United Nations, political affairs chief B. Lynn Pascoe said the rebels now hold a tenuous military advantage over Gadhafi's forces. The rebels have failed to penetrate the Libyan leader's center of power in Tripoli and conceded Monday they are unlikely to detain Gadhafi on their own.
Warrants were also issued for Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, whom he has groomed as his successor, and for Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi. All three men were accused of orchestrating the killing, injuring, arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during the first 12 days of an uprising to topple Gadhafi from power, and for trying to cover up their alleged crimes.
Presiding Judge Sanji Monageng of Botswana said Gadhafi had "absolute, ultimate and unquestioned control" over his country's military and security forces. She said prosecutors presented evidence showing that following popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, Gadhafi and his inner circle plotted a "state policy ... aimed at deterring and quelling by any means — including by the use of lethal force — demonstrations by civilians against the regime."
Hundreds of civilians were killed, injured or arrested, and there were "reasonable grounds to believe" that Gadhafi and his son were both responsible for the murder and persecution of civilians, she said.
Gadhafi's regime rejected the court's authority and dismissed the charges as politically motivated.
"This court is nothing but a cover for the military operations of NATO," said Justice Minister Mohammed al-Qamudi. "The ICC does not really mean anything for us Libyans because we are not party to it and because it's merely a political tool for exerting pressure and political blackmail against sovereign countries. ... It has become clear that it's a tool of imperialism."
Hours after the arrest warrants were announced, dozens of pro-government supporters stormed the grounds of a Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are required to stay, chanting slogans in support of the leader, who has held power since 1969. Defiant bursts of gunfire rang out across the capital into the evening.
By contrast, thousands of Libyans poured into Liberty Square in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi, with women ululating and dancing and several men shooting celebratory gunfire in the air. The square echoed with chants of: "The blood of the martyrs will not be wasted" and "Freedom is here. Today we win."
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