Abdullah Senussi
Head of Libyan Military Intelligence
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December 2022 | Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah stated Libya would not extradite Senussi to the United States, allegedly due to public anger over a previous extradition. |
August 2021 | Gunmen stormed water distribution centers, demanding Senussi's release within 72 hours. He remained in custody of the RADA Special Deterrence Forces. |
December 2020 | Families of IRA bombing victims demanded his extradition to the United Kingdom from the British Home Secretary. |
March 2019 | Twenty family members and tribe members called for Senussi's release, citing medical problems and the potential for national reconciliation. |
June 2017 | Transferred to the Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli by Haitham Tajouri's Tripoli Revolutionaries' Brigade, where he was seen having an Iftar meal with family and tribe members. |
July 2015 | Senussi was sentenced to death by a Libyan court, sparking mass protests in Sabha and Brak, with his Magarha tribe threatening to disrupt water supply to Tripoli. |
September 2013 | Senussi's daughter Anoud was kidnapped by Libyan security forces after serving a 10-month sentence for using a forged passport, allegedly for her 'own protection'. |
September 2012 | Senussi admitted to the killing of Imam Musa Sadr during questioning by Lebanese officials, stating Saeed Rashed carried out the actual killing. |
September 5 2012 | Mauritania extradited Senussi to Libyan authorities, initiating a trial for crimes committed during his time as a close assistant to Gaddafi. |
March 17 2012 | Abdullah Senussi was arrested at Nouakchott airport in Mauritania, with the Libyan government requesting his extradition. |
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