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CAIRO — Niger on Thursday extradited Saadi el-Qaddafi, the third son of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, back to Libya, where he is accused of participating in the corruption and abuses of his father’s 40-year rule.CAIRO — Niger on Thursday extradited Saadi el-Qaddafi, the third son of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, back to Libya, where he is accused of participating in the corruption and abuses of his father’s 40-year rule.
The transitional government in Libya has sought Mr. Qaddafi and other fugitive members of his family since rebels toppled his father three years ago. The transitional government has shown little progress in building a credible or independent judiciary that might handle such high-profile cases, to say nothing of the problems it has found in creating a professional army, police force or prison system. Libya has sought Mr. Qaddafi and other fugitive members of his family since rebels toppled his father three years ago. But Libya’s transitional government has shown little progress in building a credible or independent judiciary that might handle such high-profile cases, to say nothing of the problems it has found in creating a professional army, police force or prison system.
Niger’s justice minister, Marou Amadou, said his country had accepted Saadi Qaddafi and members of his entourage “for humanitarian reasons, on the basis of certain conditions which unfortunately were not respected.” Niger’s justice minister, Marou Amadou, said his country had accepted Saadi Qaddafi and members of his entourage “on the basis of certain conditions.”
“They were enjoined to stay quiet and do nothing to destabilize Libya,” he said. “And unfortunately, the Libyans gave us lots of information that they were not staying quiet. We couldn’t keep harboring people who were taking actions that destabilized Libya.” He did not specify what those actions were. “They were enjoined to stay quiet and do nothing to destabilize Libya,” he said. “And unfortunately, the Libyans gave us lots of information that they were not staying quiet. We couldn’t keep harboring people who were taking actions that destabilized Libya.”
Although the justice minister did not specify what those actions were, Mr. Qaddafi’s son has sometimes predicted an “imminent uprising” against the new government in Libya. “It will cover all the regions” of Libya, he said in one television interview reported by Reuters in 2012. “I have daily contacts with Libya,” he said.
Ali Zeidan, the Libyan prime minister, said in a statement that the transitional government had taken custody of Mr. Qaddafi. An independent militia loosely allied with the government posted pictures on the Internet of him in a blue jumpsuit — one of him with a beard, one of him without a beard and one of him getting his head shaved.Ali Zeidan, the Libyan prime minister, said in a statement that the transitional government had taken custody of Mr. Qaddafi. An independent militia loosely allied with the government posted pictures on the Internet of him in a blue jumpsuit — one of him with a beard, one of him without a beard and one of him getting his head shaved.
Unlike others in his family, Saadi el-Qaddafi, who fled to Niger in 2011, was never a major player in his father’s governing or business elite. He was best known as a former professional soccer player, team owner and playboy. Saadi Qaddafi fled to Niger when Tripoli, the Libyan capital, fell to the rebels, in 2011. Unlike others in his family, he was never a major player in his father’s governing or business elite. He was best known as a former professional soccer player, team owner and playboy.
Among the accusations against Mr. Qaddafi is that he ordered security forces to fire on protesters in Benghazi at the beginning of the uprising. He had been sent there by his father to attempt to calm the situation and had promised to turn the city into a new San Diego. He is also believed to have ordered the use of firearms against soccer fans at a stadium in Tripoli, the capital, in the early 2000s. Among other crimes, Libyans accuse Mr. Qaddafi of ordering security forces to fire on protesters in Benghazi at the beginning of the uprising. He had initially attempted to calm the situation and promised to develop the long-neglected city into a new San Diego. He is also believed to have ordered the use of firearms against soccer fans at a stadium in Tripoli in the early 2000s.
During the uprising that ended his father’s rule, he tried at times to step forward with plans to broker some kind of peace agreement involving reforms and a political transition, but his ideas never got far on either side. People who knew him said he appeared to be a lost soul, searching for his place in his family and in the world, and delving into Islam for answers.During the uprising that ended his father’s rule, he tried at times to step forward with plans to broker some kind of peace agreement involving reforms and a political transition, but his ideas never got far on either side. People who knew him said he appeared to be a lost soul, searching for his place in his family and in the world, and delving into Islam for answers.
Although accused of various crimes in Libya, he is not facing accusations of war crimes or rights violations at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The court has brought charges against his older brother, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, who became his father’s heir apparent. Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi is in the custody of a local militia in the western Libyan mountain city of Zintan. It has refused to turn him over to either the central government in Tripoli or to the international court. Unlike some other figures who were around his father, Mr. Qaddafi is not facing accusations of war crimes or rights violations at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The court has brought charges against his older brother, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, who became his father’s heir apparent. Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi is in the custody of a local militia in the western Libyan mountain city of Zintan. It has refused to turn him over to either the central government in Tripoli or to the international court.
Colonel Qaddafi was killed in the coastal city of Sirte at the end of the uprising and his son Muatassim was killed in the city of Misurata after he was captured in Sirte. Khamis, another son, is believed to have been killed in the fighting as well.Colonel Qaddafi was killed in the coastal city of Sirte at the end of the uprising and his son Muatassim was killed in the city of Misurata after he was captured in Sirte. Khamis, another son, is believed to have been killed in the fighting as well.
Other members of the Qaddafi family are believed to be living in Oman. Other members of the Qaddafi family, including his oldest son, Mohamed, and a daughter, Aisha, are reported to be living in Oman.