Should this man and other Libyan leaders be given asylum?
| 12:45 UK time, Thursday, 31 March 2011
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UPDATE: Nuala here, we'll be talking about developments in this story at 1700 GMT. Here's one: British Foreign Secretary William Hague says Mr Koussa - who is now in the UKÌý - will not be given immunity from prosecution. Do you think he or others in the Libyan leadership should be offered asylum? What if they offered valuable information about Col. Gaddafi?Ìý Post your thoughts below.
ORIGINAL POST:
If you believe the Libyans he is in the UK on a diplomatic mission, if you believe the UK government one of Colonel Gaddafis top men has defected. Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa arrived in Britain last night, saying he was "no longer willing" to work for the Gadaffi regime
Should in the UK? Particularly, as this blogger points out, some think he is implicated in the Lockerbie bombing.....Ìý
"Kousa has previously been seen as one of the controlling forces behind the Lockerbie bombing and it was not clear whether he was seeking political asylum. In 1980, he was expelled from the UK and, for 15 years, he was head of Libyan foreign intelligence - including in the period of the Lockerbie bombing. He has always denied Libya was involved in the bombing."
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thinks the danger is the international force carrying out the campaign in Libya may not get the information they hope from him.
Other comments say that Mr. Koussa remaining inÌý Libya with Col. Gaddafi could actually have been more helpful to the coalition as Mr. Koussa was one of the main people in Col. Gaddafi's inner circle that they could work with.Ìý
Should this man be given asylum and welcomed for abandoning the Gaddafi regime, or should he be arrested for crimes committed by them? What about the rest of the Libyan government's leadership including Col. Gaddafi, is asylum an acceptable option to you?Ìý
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