Within the last hour reports are emerging today (19/11/11) that Saif al-Islam Qaddafi has been arrested in southern Libya and is being flown by helicopter to northern Libya. Personally I believe these reports to be true but there is still deep confusion as to whether he was captured or surrendered himself through some very complex back room dealing.
Either way the capture presents a major test for the new Libya because Saif al-Islam is the subject of an active International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Therefore the convention is that he will now be placed in the ICC's custody and swiftly transferred to the Hague for trial. However there are certain (British) sections of the Libyan leadership who want to see Saif al-Islam tried in Libya. As Libya has nothing even closely resembling a functioning legal system this will mean a swift unfair trial leading to a swift conviction and an equally swift execution.
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