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| Will Gaddafi be forced to flee to Equatorial Guinea? |
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 While Colonel Gaddafi is busy protesting that he will never leave his native Libya, rumors are circulating that, secretly, he is willing to step down from power and go into exile. With the Arab Spring showing no signs of slowing, no Middle Eastern country would be willing to host Gaddafi for fear of provoking further anger in their own country. Even Saudi Arabia - a popular choice for out-of-favor dictators, from Uganda's Idi Amin to Tunisia's ousted Zine al-Abindine Ben Ali - is said to have refused to take him. Gaddafi's links with the African Union, a body he has invested heavily in, should mean that several African countries would be willing to take him. Many have suggested that South Africa might be a possibility, pointing to Gaddafi's friendships with current president Jacob Zuma and former leader Nelson Mandela. However, matters are complicated by the fact that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant last month for both the Libyan leader and his son, Saif, on charges of war crimes. Any country harboring the two men would effectively be acting in defiance of the ICC. (Source: thefirstpost.co.uk)
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