WASHINGTON (AFP) ? The White House on Monday hailed International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants issued against Moamer Kadhafi as a new sign that the Libyan leader had lost legitimacy.
The Obama administration, under increasing domestic political pressure over Kadhafi's defiance in Libya, said there must be accountability and justice in the face of "crimes" he had committed.
"It's another indication that has lost his legitimacy," said White House spokesman Jay Carney.
"It is another step in this process of holding him accountable."
War crimes judges issued the three warrants for Kadhafi and two of his closest allies for crimes against humanity committed against opponents of his regime, a judge at The Hague-based ICC said.
ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had asked for warrants for Kadhafi, 69, his son Seif al-Islam, 39, and the head of Libyan intelligence, Abdullah al-Senussi, 62, for murder and persecution since mid-February when a bloody uprising in Libya started.
All three are charged over their roles in suppressing the revolt, in which civilians were murdered and persecuted by Libyan forces, particularly in Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata, the prosecutor said.
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