ICC Issues Arrest Warrant For Colonel Gaddafi

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The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity. The court had grounds to believe he had ordered attacks on civilians during Libya’s four-month uprising, it said. Lisa Mullins talks with David Crane who was founding Chief Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He’s now a professor at Syracuse University College of Law.

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