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Libya’s Benghazi Six Verdicts Draw Condemnation

Libya’s Benghazi Six Verdicts Draw Condemnation

World leaders reacted with outrage to a Libyan court's decision Dec. 19 to again sentence to death six medical workers charged with deliberately infecting of over 400 children with HIV. The continuing saga threatens to derail Moammar Qaddafi's delicately crafted attempts to re-engage with the international community.

Secretary of State Condolezza Rice said the United States was "very disappointed with the outcome" and would like to see the medical workers released and "allowed to go home at the earliest possible date." Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov called the decision "exceedingly cruel."

"I am shocked by this kind of decision. It's a negative message to the European Union," said Franco Frattini, the EU justice and security commissioner.

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