What to do with a washed-up dictator? Like revolutionaries before them, the protagonists of the Arab Spring are discovering that there are no good options for disposing of the corrupt strongmen they are pushing out of office.
So far four solutions have been tried. There is exile: Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, the ousted ruler of Tunisia, has taken refuge in Saudi Arabia, possibly with a hoard of gold. There is amnesty: Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen was offered immunity in exchange for his resignation; he accepted and then reneged at the last minute. There is swift domestic prosecution: Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak is scheduled to go on trial Aug. 3
. And there is international justice: Moammar Gaddafi faces an imminent arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.
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