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Credit: Reuters/Robert Vos/Pool By Aaron Gray-Block and Nick Carey THE HAGUE/TRIPOLI | Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:25am EDT THE HAGUE/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital. The court approved warrants for Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity. ICC prosecutors allege they were involved in the killing of civilian protesters who rose up in February against Gaddafi's 41-year rule. "To prevent them covering up ongoing crimes and committing new crimes, they should be arrested. This is the only way to protect civilians in Libya," said ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who had sought the arrest warrants. The ruling is unlikely to lead to Gaddafi's arrest as long he remains in power and inside Libya, because the court does not have the power to enforce its warrants. Celebrations erupted in the rebel-held city of Benghazi, in eastern Libya, after the ICC ruling. People honked their car horns, waved flags, fired shots into the air and flashed victory signs in the street. The ICC decision invalidated any notion of having negotiations with Gaddafi, insurgent officials said. Gaddafi's government denies targeting civilians, saying it took action against armed criminal gangs and al Qaeda militants. It says NATO should be prosecuted instead for killing civilians with its bombing campaign. Anti-Gaddafi rebels, based in the Western Mountains region southwest of Tripoli, made their biggest breakthrough in weeks to reach the town of Bir al-Ghanam, where they are now fighting pro-Gaddafi forces for control, their spokesman said. The advance took them about 30 km (18 miles) north from their previous position and closer to Tripoli, Gaddafi's biggest power base. A senior United Nations official said the war on the ground was started to shift in favor of the insurgents, who for weeks have been bogged down in battles with Gaddafi's forces. "While we do not have a detailed understanding of the military situation on the ground, it is clear that the initiative, although halting, is now with the opposition forces, supported at times by NATO air power," the U.N. under secretary-general for political affairs, Lynn Pascoe, told the U.N. Security Council. BLOODY REVOLT The rebels -- backed by NATO air support -- have been battling Gaddafi's forces since late February, when thousands of people rebelled, prompting a fierce crackdown by Gaddafi's security forces. The revolt has turned into the bloodiest of the Arab Spring revolts against autocratic rulers rippling across the Middle East. "We are on the southern and western outskirts of Bir al-Ghanam," Juma Ibrahim, a rebel spokesman in the nearby town of Zintan, said by telephone. "There were battles there most of yesterday. Some of our fighters were martyred and they (government forces) also suffered casualties and we captured equipment and vehicles. It's quiet there today and the rebels are still in their positions." A Reuters reporter in the center of Tripoli heard at least two loud explosions on Monday coming from the direction of Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound, repeatedly targeted by NATO. Later, government officials took reporters to the compound. They showed them a burned-out bus which, they said, belonged to Gaddafi and had been hit by two NATO missiles. ISOLATION Gaddafi is the second sitting head of state to have an ICC arrest warrant issued against him. The previous one was Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Securing arrests, however, has proven difficult for the ICC, which has no police force and relies on member states to enforce arrest orders. Some states have refused to arrest Bashir, who is still able to travel to friendly states. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the court's ruling reinforced the reasons for the alliance's bombing campaign and deepened Gaddafi's isolation. "(Gaddafi) and his henchmen need to realize that time is rapidly running out for them," Rasmussen said in a statement. "NATO is more determined than ever to keep up the pressure until all attacks on civilians have ended, until all regime forces have returned to their bases and until there is unhindered access to humanitarian aid." Reading out the ruling at the court in The Hague, presiding judge Sanji Mmasenono Monageng said Gaddafi has "absolute, ultimate and unquestioned control" over Libya's state apparatus and security forces. She said both Gaddafi and Saif al-Islam "conceived and orchestrated a plan to deter and quell by all means the civilian demonstrations" against the regime and that al-Senussi used his position of command to have attacks carried out. Gaddafi's administration made no immediate comment on the ICC ruling. Speaking on Sunday, government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the court was guilty of double standards and was following a Western political agenda. "The ICC has no legitimacy whatsoever," Ibrahim told reporters. In Benghazi, in eastern Libya, the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) said the arrest warrants rendered any attempt at peace talks with Gaddafi pointless. "After this warrant, it is all irrelevant. We cannot negotiate with war criminals," NTC spokesman Jalal al-Galal told Reuters. "The world has confirmed what we have been saying all along. He's a war criminal, and he should be tried for it." "We are extremely happy that the whole world has united in prosecuting Gaddafi for the crimes he has committed," Galal said. "The people feel vindicated by such a response." Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the council chairman, urged Gaddafi's aides and supporters to abandon him, saying those who help him escape justice will end up sharing his punishment. "It is time to abandon Gaddafi to spare themselves," he added. In neighboring Tunisia, three Libyan ministers, including the foreign minister, were holding talks with "foreign parties," the Tunisian state news agency reported, in a possible sign some in Gaddafi's circle were seeking a settlement. (Additional reporting by Joseph Nasr in Berlin, Tarek Amara in Tunis, Hamid Ould Ahmed in Algiers, Maria Golovnina in Benghazi, Sherine El Madany in Cairo, Louis Charbonneau at the United Nations and David Brunnstrom in Brussels; writing by Christian Lowe; editing by Mark Heinrich) World United Nations Libya Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (3) cris_PT wrote: The ICC? Really? Please. Cameron, Sarkozy & Obama just keep on taking all the wrong turns, don’t they? I just saw CNN reporting 1000 people showing up in central Misrata to “celebrate” the arrest warrants. In a city of over 400,000, they manage to gather a whopping 0,25%? No wonder the rebels don’t want elections. Jun 27, 2011 8:49am EDT -- Report as abuse Invictuss wrote: Drop this who are you to issue arrest warnings…if Gaddafi didn’t have the majority of support 60% there was going to be already a mess uprising galvanozed by the weeks of intense bombings…. so nato pricks this should ring you a bell…that the supported by the westerners group of ragtags cannot take over the country without nato leveling Tripoli.. Jun 27, 2011 9:35am EDT -- Report as abuse SportsCar39 wrote: All you supports of Quack-ddafi, NATO would not have got involved in Libya if Quack-ddafi wasn’t lobbing bombs into Misrata & Benghazi not caring who he hit, innocent civilians (Women & Children). As for you questioning why we fight in Iraq and Afganistan, Let look at Iraq first. Sadam was a threat to his neiborghs all the time, killing his own people, and was proven to be involved in the attack on the World Trade Center or do you forget. How about Afbanistan, They were protecting the person who planned the attack on the World Trade Center. As for both countries, Al Qeada has killed many more civilians then the U.S. The U.S. killing were a mistake while Al Qeada killings were planned. Finnaly, how about Quack-ddafi, would you like to leave a person in office that kills his own people for the fun of his sons and him, or his planning of the bombing of the Pan Am Flight over Lockabee Scotland where 240 people died, mmostly Americans. Wake up before you make anymore stupid statements. 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