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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10487250" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51297000/jpg/_51297799_51297798.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.The court had accused him of crimes against humanity and of  ordering attacks on civilians after an uprising against him began in  mid-February.The Hague-based court also issued warrants for two of Col  Gaddafi's top aides - his son Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief  Abdullah al-Sanussi.Thousands of people are believed to have been killed in the conflict.The warrants had been requested by chief ICC prosecutor Luis  Moreno-Ocampo in May, who said the three men bore responsibility for  "widespread and systematic attacks" on civilians.Mr Moreno-Ocampo said the court had evidence that Col Gaddafi  had "personally ordered attacks on unarmed Libyan civilians and was  behind the arrest and torture of his political opponents.The Libyan authorities have previously said they do not recognise the court and were not concerned by the threat of a warrant.BBCLibyan opposition fighters are within 50 miles from the capital Tripoli.</blockquote>

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