Exclusive: Gaddafi pre-planned attacks on civilians: prosecutor

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By Aaron Gray-Block

THE HAGUE | Tue Apr 5, 2011 10:57am EDT

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Tuesday Libyan authorities had decided they were ready to kill unarmed protestors opposed to Muammar Gaddafi's rule even before unrest spread from Tunisia and Egypt.

ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the plan, which the government of Gaddafi began developing in January, authorized the use of tear gas and, if necessary, killings.

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"We have evidence that after the Tunisia and Egypt conflicts in January, people in the regime were planning how to control demonstrations inside Libya," Moreno-Ocampo told Reuters.

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ICC investigators say at least 565 unarmed civilians were killed in Libya between February 15 and February 28 but Moreno-Ocampo also raised concern about abductions, torture and killing of people in Tripoli considered disloyal to the Gaddafi regime.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/05/us-libya-icc-exclusive-idUSTRE73443V20110405

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1. K & R

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2. Would you be surprised to discover that the USA...

...has detailed plans for the use of violence against civilians in the same situation?
(Civil unrest that threatens the Status Quo).

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3. Yes, I would.

Because it was in effect the US that got the Egyptian army to stand down and not be violent against the Egyptians.