LIBYA: National Transitional Council spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga says detention of former Libyan Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi will add value to the revolution

Record ID: 863074

  • Title: LIBYA: National Transitional Council spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga says detention of former Libyan Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi will add value to the revolution
  • Date: 23rd September 2011
  • Summary: BENGHAZI, LIBYA (SEPTEMBER 22, 2011) (REUTERS) NTC SPOKESMAN ABDEL HAFIZ GHOGA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) NTC SPOKESMAN, ABDEL HAFIZ GHOGA, SAYING: "Yes of course, the news regarding the arrest of Al Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, the former prime minister of Gaddafi's regime is very good news, considering the fact that he is a symbol of the former regime. He is wanted in Libya for crimes not only during the revolution months but also before the revolution broke out. Of course it is really important news for revolution and for the effort to suppress Gaddafi." GHOGA RECEIVES A PHONE CALL
  • Embargoed: 8th October 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
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  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: Crime,Conflict,International Relations,Politics
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  • Story Text: A spokesman for the National Transitional Council (NTC) said the detention of former Libyan Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi was of great importance towards efforts to suppress the Gaddafi regime on Thursday (September 22, 2011).
    Abdel Hafiz Ghoga said the former prime minister was a symbol of the old regime.
    "The news regarding the arrest of Al Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, the former prime minister of Gaddafi's regime is very good news, considering the fact that he is a symbol of the former regime," Ghoga said.
    "He is wanted in Libya for crimes not only during the revolution months but also before the revolution broke out. Of course it is really important news for revolution and for the effort to suppress Gaddafi," he added.
    Ghoga extended his warm greetings to the Tunisian authorities, after a Tunisian court on Thursday found Mahmoudi guilty on charges of illegally entering the country on Wednesday (September 21) evening.
    In the highest profile detention of a Gaddafi associate to date, the Tunisian court sentenced Mahmoudi to six months in jail.
    The justice minister in Libya's new government said Tripoli would request that the former prime minister be extradited to stand trial in Libya.
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