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From No-Fly-Zone to No-Gaddafi-Zone
The U.S. government has launched an intense search to find a country that could host the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after his eventual departure, but how to avoid the risk being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for atrocities committed against his own people since the beginning of the rebellion. That is the reason the search is oriented towards a host country that have not signed or ratified the Rome Treaty, which obliges them to engage anyone indicted by the ICC.
A senior responsible of the Obama administration said: “… we’re just trying to find a way in organizing a peaceful outcome to the dramatic situation in Libya”.”… And providing a secured solution to the removal of Mr. Gaddafi is contributing to this “peaceful outcome.” This statement cannot be unrelated to that of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, when they demanded the departure of Colonel Gaddafi, in a joint statement published last Friday by some newspapers.
On a purely military approach, there is a cacophony between the French defense minister, Gerard Longuet, who estimated that the conflict in Libya will last longer than expected, because “The problem is the lack of concrete and verified information on identified ground targets. He added that there is no shortage of aircraft but lack of identification of mobile targets. “This statement is the opposite of what the Washington Post reported, informing that the British and French air forces lacked ammunition for their strikes. But the “None-said could be related to the withdrawal of the U.S. Forces from the Libyan scene to better enforce its diplomatic efforts.