LIBYA: Libya's incoming Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib says he cannot verify the capture of Muammar Gaddafi's spy chief, Abdallah al-Senussi

Record ID: 830740

  • Title: LIBYA: Libya's incoming Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib says he cannot verify the capture of Muammar Gaddafi's spy chief, Abdallah al-Senussi
  • Date: 22nd November 2011
  • Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (NOVEMBER 21, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS SUSAN RICE ARRIVING FOR MEETING WITH LIBYA'S INCOMING PRIME MINISTER ABDURRAHIM EL-KEIB EL-KEIB ARRIVING RICE AND EL-KEIB SHAKING HANDS RICE SEATED FOR MEETING VIEW OF RICE AND U.S. DELEGATION EL-KEIB AND RICE WALKING TO PODIUM AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LIBYA'S INCOMING PRIME MINISTER ABDURRAHIM EL-KEIB, SAYING: "Before I can confirm it for you I need to confirm it myself that indeed he was captured. I can't confirm it now until I am 100 percent sure." U.S. AND LIBYAN FLAGS AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIBYA'S INCOMING PRIME MINISTER ABDURRAHIM EL-KEIB, SAYING: "In fact today, in probably within a couple of hours or so I will be visiting the NTC to discuss things related to the matter at hand and we have decided that tomorrow is the date when we will announce the government but we are working hard to make sure that what we have is something solid, cohesive and capable of doing the job." REPORTER TYPING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS SUSAN RICE, SAYING: "The United States is gravely concerned by what is transpiring in Syria. We have forcefully condemned the massive abuses perpetrated by the Assad regime against its own people. We have said it is passed time for Assad to step down." CAMERAMEN
  • Embargoed: 7th December 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Libya, Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA7KZSWSR7PHNNNKJXWYIAEL6YF
  • Story Text: Libyan Prime Minister designate Abdurrahim El-Keib said on Monday (November 21) he needed to verify whether former spy chief Abdallah Al-Senussi was captured before being able to confirm it.

    "Before I can confirm it for you I need to confirm it myself that indeed he was captured. I can't confirm it now until I am 100 percent sure," El-Keib told a news conference with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice.
    A spokesman for Libya's interim administration, the National Transitional Council (NTC), said on Sunday local officials in the desert town of Sabha had confirmed the capture of Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief Senussi.
    That came a day after Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam was captured in the same region.
    An NTC military official also said on Sunday that Senussi had been surrounded at a house owned by his sister.
    Following the killing of Muammar Gaddafi a month ago, his son and Senussi had been the surviving Libyans on the wanted list of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
    Libya is standing firm over the trial of the younger Gaddafi, saying its courts could judge him fairly, defying the ICC, which says it is right try him at The Hague for crimes against humanity. On the formation of an interim government, El-Keib said it would announced on Tuesday.

    "In fact today, in probably within a couple of hours or so I will be visiting the NTC to discuss things related to the matter at hand and we have decided that tomorrow is the date when we will announce the government but we are working hard to make sure that what we have is something solid, cohesive and capable of doing the job," he said.
    U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, who arrived in Libya on Tuesday to hold talks with NTC, repeated calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

    "The United States is gravely concerned by what is transpiring in Syria. We have forcefully condemned the massive abuses perpetrated by the Assad regime against its own people. We have said it is passed time for Assad to step down," she said.
    Assad, battling eight months of protests against his rule, faces street demonstrations, increasing armed opposition, deepening international isolation and an economic crisis triggered by the unrest and aggravated by Western sanctions.
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