Interpol adds Gaddafi to most wanted list as top Libyan general flees to Niger
A Libyan woman reads a copy of the newly-issued daily newspaper Arus al-Bahr (Mermaid), bearing a doctored image of former Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi dressed as a woman in traditional outfit, in Tripoli on September 08, 2011, as new regime forces are poised to battle loyalist troops still holding out in the strongholds of Bani Walid, Sabha and Sirte, Kadhafi’s hometown.
Interpol has issued a red notice for Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, making the three men among the world's most wanted fugitives.
A red notice is Interpol's highest arrest alert, Al Jazeera reports. The notices were issued by the France-based international police organization after a request by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) where Gaddafi is accused of crimes against humanity.
Senussi and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi have also been indicted by the ICC.
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The red notices require any of Interpol’s 188 member countries to arrest the wanted men and turn them over to that court, The New York Times reports.
"Interpol will co-operate with and assist the ICC and Libyan authorities represented by the Interim Transitional National Council of Libya to apprehend Muammar Gaddafi," Al Jazeera quotes Interpol secretary-general Ronald Nobel as saying.
Meanwhile, a group of top Gaddafi officials, including a senior general, have crossed into Niger and arrived in the northern city of Agadez on Friday, Reuters reports.
General Ali Kana is said to be a Tuareg who is in charge of Gaddafi's southern troops, the BBC reports.
The group's arrival in Niger follows that of Mansour Dhao, head of Gaddafi's security brigades, who was part of the convoy that crossed into the Sahara Desert country on Monday.
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