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..ROME (AP) — A Libyan rebel spokesman insisted Friday that Moammar Gadhafi stand trial at the international war crimes tribunal, despite growing Western consensus that the longtime dictator be allowed to stay in his homeland if he relinquishes power.
Washington, Paris and Rome have all proclaimed their acceptance of the idea that Gadhafi remain in Libya, on the condition that give up power and the Libyan people grant their approval.
NATO bombing raids and other military operations began this spring to protect civilians rebelling against the Libyan regime, but Gadhafi has managed to keep his grip on the capital, Tripoli, to the frustration of Western leaders.
Asked how the so-called "leave Gadhafi in Libya option" squares with the warrant for his arrest by the International Criminal Court, rebel spokesman Ali al-Issawi told reporters in Rome that there was "no contradiction between the two."
"The first principle is that Gadhafi should step down," al-Issawi, a leader of the rebel's executive office, said after a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini. "After that you can talk about the details."
"We would like Gadhafi to be taken to the ICC," al-Issawi said, referring to the Hague-based tribunal.
Al-Issawi's office essentially serves as a Cabinet for the National Transitional Council, the Benghazi-based anti-Gadhafi front that was recently recognized by Washington as Libya's legitimate government.
Gadhafi, who took power in a 1969 coup, "cannot be forgiven," al-Issawi insisted, citing the regime's sponsorship of international terrorism. "His crimes touched the whole world, not just Libya."
Frattini noted that Libya isn't among the signatory countries to an agreement obligating arrest for such warrants, and he stressed that while "impunity (for Gadhafi) would be a mistake, it has to be the Libyans to decide" Gadhafi's fate. Whatever that decision is, "we'll respect it," the foreign minister added.
Whether Western support to allow Libyans to keep Gadhafi in his country once out of power indicates waning desire to drive him out of Tripoli is unclear. There have been fears the civil warfare could end in a kind of stalemate, with the rebels in charge mainly in eastern Libya and Gadhafi's forces entrenched in Tripoli.
Gadhafi on Thursday once again declared his refusal to negotiate his future with the rebel front.
"I will not speak to them, there will be no words between us until the Day of Judgment," Gadhafi told crowds in his hometown of Sirte in the center of the country.
Frattini indicated he was heartened by his briefing by al-Issawi, who said that an attack on a Tripoli hotel Thursday where several top members of the Gadhafi regime, including one of the colonel's sons, Saif, were meeting was caused by a rocket launched from within the city.
"This is a good signal that people inside Tripoli are organizing" against Gadhafi, Frattini told reporters.
The rebel spokesman said the attack "severely wounded" Abdullah Mansour, apparently a high official in Gadhafi's inner circle.
A Tripoli-based opposition group called the Free Generation Movement said in a statement that 3 RPGs were used to attack the hotel.
Libya, a major supplier of oil and natural gas to Italy, was Rome's biggest trading partner before the outbreak of civil war, and al-Issawi assured Frattini that Italy would regain that rank in Libya's future.
"We invite all the Italian companies in Libya to restart their activities," al-Issawi told reporters.
Among those eager to return to full operations is Italian energy company Eni.
Frattini delivered some good news to the rebel's political arm. He said that within days, the first tranche of euro350 million ($503 million) in cash and fuel would be transferred to Benghazi to help civilians there, while Italy and other countries wait for U.N. sanctions officials to free up billions of dollars in frozen Gadhafi regime assets.
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