International Court Demands Custody of Qaddafi’s Intelligence Chief

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Judges at the International Criminal Court have ordered the Libyan government to hand over immediately Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s former intelligence chief, who has been charged with crimes against humanity. The former spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, also faces charges in Libya, and the government insists on trying him in a Libyan court. The international court’s order, published Thursday, rejected Libya’s request for more time to argue its case for trying Mr. Senussi in Libya. He is being held largely incommunicado in a jail in Tripoli. The new court order also ordered Libya to let Mr. Senussi see a British lawyer appointed by the court to represent him.