The International Criminal Court (ICC) has evidence that the government of Moammar Gadhafi planned to crush the protests killing civilians before the outbreak of an uprising in Libya, said the court's prosecutor. The government protests that began on February 15 were transformed into civil war after Gadhafi forces opened fire on demonstrators.
Then the leader put down uprisings in western Libya, leaving the east and the town of Misrata in rebel hands. The NATO-led forces are holding the balance in Libya but have been unable so far to give the rebels an undisputed victory. The Security Council United Nations, which on March 17 approved air strikes against the Libyan Government to continue to prevent civilian killings, in February sent the case to the ICC, the first permanent world tribunal to judge war crimes.
The prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo to submit a report to the UN on 4 May and is expected to seek arrest warrants. "We have evidence that after the conflict in Tunisia and Egypt in January, people from the regime were planning how to monitor demonstrations in Libya," said Moreno Ocampo. "They were hiding it (...) and planning how to handle the crowds (...) the evidence we have is that shooting civilians was a predetermined plan," he said.
Moreno Ocampo said that at first the plan was to use tear gas and if that failed then fire on the demonstrators. The court prosecutor wants to talk with former Foreign Minister of Libya Moussa Kousser, who defected to Britain last week indicating that he did because of attacks on civilians by the forces of Gaddafi.
Kousser's defection would be taken into account during the investigation to Gadhafi, his sons and advisers, said Moreno Ocampo, suggesting that other officials within the government might follow suit. "The fact that deserts Kousser Moussa is interesting because it is an option you have.
If you have no power to stop the crimes then you can drop to show that one is not responsible," he said. The fight on the front in the oil city of Brega has stalled with the advantage of tanks and artillery offset by Gadhafi led air strikes by NATO, which effectively supported the rebels.
Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have failed. The government side has offered concessions, but insists that Gadhafi remains in power, while the rebels are adamant in their demand to leave the post he has held for 41 years. After a series of rapid advances followed by early withdrawal rebels, insurgents maintained their positions in Brega, putting their best trained forces in battle and disorganized volunteers away.
The rebels said the air strikes have been less effective since NATO took over the operation of the hands of France, Britain and the United States last week. After more than two weeks of airstrikes, NATO said it had destroyed 30 percent of the Libyan military. The area around the town of Misrata is the main priority for the airstrikes, the military alliance said.
Brigadier General Mark van Uhm, a senior NATO official, said at a news conference in Brussels to criticism of the insurgents, saying the use of human shields by the forces of Gadhafi and the concealment of its armored units in populated areas hampered the operations of the alliance. "The pace of operations continues, but we have seen a change of tactics (for Gadhafi).
When people are used as shields do not attack us," he said. Van Uhm confirmed that several civilians were killed in Brega in recent days when NATO air attacks, but gave no estimated figures. The rebels appeared to have received support with the arrival of one of its ports in a tank that can carry 1 million barrels of oil, valued at more than $ 100 million, in what would be its first shipment since the outbreak of disputes.
"A sustainable income source of oil exports will send a strong signal that the opposition is here to stay and can only grow as more and try to make more exports of crude," said analyst Samuel Ciszuk IHS Energy. Rebel leaders said that Qatar had agreed to sell oil from the fields to the east of Libya after the Gulf state to recognize the revolutionary council in Benghazi as a legitimate government. 
Then the leader put down uprisings in western Libya, leaving the east and the town of Misrata in rebel hands. The NATO-led forces are holding the balance in Libya but have been unable so far to give the rebels an undisputed victory. The Security Council United Nations, which on March 17 approved air strikes against the Libyan Government to continue to prevent civilian killings, in February sent the case to the ICC, the first permanent world tribunal to judge war crimes.
The prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo to submit a report to the UN on 4 May and is expected to seek arrest warrants. "We have evidence that after the conflict in Tunisia and Egypt in January, people from the regime were planning how to monitor demonstrations in Libya," said Moreno Ocampo. "They were hiding it (...) and planning how to handle the crowds (...) the evidence we have is that shooting civilians was a predetermined plan," he said.
Moreno Ocampo said that at first the plan was to use tear gas and if that failed then fire on the demonstrators. The court prosecutor wants to talk with former Foreign Minister of Libya Moussa Kousser, who defected to Britain last week indicating that he did because of attacks on civilians by the forces of Gaddafi.
Kousser's defection would be taken into account during the investigation to Gadhafi, his sons and advisers, said Moreno Ocampo, suggesting that other officials within the government might follow suit. "The fact that deserts Kousser Moussa is interesting because it is an option you have.
If you have no power to stop the crimes then you can drop to show that one is not responsible," he said. The fight on the front in the oil city of Brega has stalled with the advantage of tanks and artillery offset by Gadhafi led air strikes by NATO, which effectively supported the rebels.
Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have failed. The government side has offered concessions, but insists that Gadhafi remains in power, while the rebels are adamant in their demand to leave the post he has held for 41 years. After a series of rapid advances followed by early withdrawal rebels, insurgents maintained their positions in Brega, putting their best trained forces in battle and disorganized volunteers away.
The rebels said the air strikes have been less effective since NATO took over the operation of the hands of France, Britain and the United States last week. After more than two weeks of airstrikes, NATO said it had destroyed 30 percent of the Libyan military. The area around the town of Misrata is the main priority for the airstrikes, the military alliance said.
Brigadier General Mark van Uhm, a senior NATO official, said at a news conference in Brussels to criticism of the insurgents, saying the use of human shields by the forces of Gadhafi and the concealment of its armored units in populated areas hampered the operations of the alliance. "The pace of operations continues, but we have seen a change of tactics (for Gadhafi).
When people are used as shields do not attack us," he said. Van Uhm confirmed that several civilians were killed in Brega in recent days when NATO air attacks, but gave no estimated figures. The rebels appeared to have received support with the arrival of one of its ports in a tank that can carry 1 million barrels of oil, valued at more than $ 100 million, in what would be its first shipment since the outbreak of disputes.
"A sustainable income source of oil exports will send a strong signal that the opposition is here to stay and can only grow as more and try to make more exports of crude," said analyst Samuel Ciszuk IHS Energy. Rebel leaders said that Qatar had agreed to sell oil from the fields to the east of Libya after the Gulf state to recognize the revolutionary council in Benghazi as a legitimate government.
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