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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 12:03 PM
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Gaddafi's spy chief Abdullah al-Sanussi 'surrounded'
Source: BBC News

Colonel Gaddafi's fugitive spy chief Abdullah al-Sanussi is surrounded by militiamen, reports from Libya say.

A local commander told Reuters news agency that his men had found him at his sister's house in the south.

Mr Sanussi is the last Libyan accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court remaining at large following the arrest of Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam on Saturday.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15812736
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 12:05 PM
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1. You can run but you can't hide.
I'm surprised these bums didn't get away.
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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 02:14 PM
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2. New headline at link: Gaddafi's spy chief Abdullah al-Sanussi 'captured'
20 November 2011 Last updated at 18:19 GMT

Gaddafi's spy chief Abdullah al-Sanussi 'captured'

Col Gaddafi's fugitive spy chief Abdullah al-Sanussi has been captured, Libya's interim government says.

He was seized by fighters in the south of the country, officials say.

Mr Sanussi, who has not yet been seen in custody, was one of the last senior figures from the Gaddafi regime still on the run.

-snip-


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15812736
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 02:19 PM
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3. Apparently Saif provided the info.
Edited on Sun Nov-20-11 02:42 PM by tabatha
#ZintanChannel say #Saif Gaddafi told them that Abdullah Sanusi was
still in Qirah, at his sister's home & driving around in Datsun #Libya.

http://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/2011feb17/status/138311136461332481/photo/1
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christx30 Donating Member (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 03:41 PM
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4. Ewww
a Datsun? Release him. Hasn't he suffered enough?
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tcaudilllg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:17 PM
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5. Looks like Saif is gonna rat out the whole gang.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:18 PM
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6. He knows a lot about the West, too.
In particular, Blair.
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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 06:00 PM
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7. Yes, this could get interesting
:hi:
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Bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 07:28 PM
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8. 100,000 Iraquis dead...and yet BUSHY BOY and DARTH DICK sip martinis
how quaint
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