adminColonel Muammar Gaddafi after four days in which thousands lined up to view it.
This could signal the nearing of Col Gaddafi’s burial who was supposed to be buried within 24 hours of his death in keeping with Islamic death rites.
It also remains to be seen whether the NTC will give in to his wish to be buried in his home town, Sirte.
The NTC is also being accused of human rights abuses, the same abuses they accused Col Gaddafi of.
Human Rights Watch yesterday called for an “immediate and transparent” investigation into a suspected mass execution of 53 Gaddafi followers in an abandoned hotel in Sirte.
The NTC last week claimed that they had captured Col Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam alive and uninjured but it is now emerging that Saif escaped and that on Saturday as reports of his capture were being broadcast in Libya, he was also on Syrian TV saying he would continue fighting.
His whereabouts are still unknown.
An Algerian government source has also said Algeria will not extradite Col Gaddafi’s family.
Meanwhile, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro yesterday blasted Nato and described its role in deposing Col Gaddafi as “genocidal”.
“His cadaver has been kidnapped and exhibited as a war trophy, a conduct that violates the most elemental principles of Moslem norms and other religious beliefs prevalent in the world,” wrote Cde Castro.
The NTC’s announcement on Sunday that Libya would follow the Islamic sharia law seems to have caused some consternation among its allies.
“We will be watchful that the values that we defended alongside the Libyan people are respected: democratic alternation of power, respect for human life, equality of rights between men and women,” said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe yesterday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also said Ali Mohmed al Megrahi convicted of the Lockerbie bombing be sent back to jail. – Reuters-/AFP/RIA Novosti/Guardian/Eve-ning Times/The Herald.
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