Alleged senior al Qaeda figure Abu Anas al-Libi has been transferred to the United States and will face trial in New York, officials have revealed. Captured in Libya, al-Libi is accused of helping execute two bombings.Wanted for 15 years before the American special forces raid in Tripoli on October 5, al-Libi is a suspect in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. After his capture, al-Libi was transported to a Navy ship in the Mediterranean Sea to face interrogation.The computer expert was brought to New York over the weekend. He will reportedly face a criminal indictment filed in 2001 in a civil court.The government expects that he will be presented before a judicial officer tomorrow (Tuesday), US Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.The US had placed a bounty of $5 million (3.7 million euros) on al-Libis head while he was on the run. US President Barack Obama said last week that the Libyan had “planned and helped to execute a plot that killed hundreds of people, a whole lot of Americans.”The kidnapping of Libyas Prime Minister Ali Zidan last Thursday was allegedly a direct response to al-Libis capture. Speaking to Libyas Nabir television station, al-Libis son Abdullah - in the wake of his fathers abduction - said: “The people who took my father were Libyan, not Americans - they spoke with Tripoli accents.”US Secretary of State John Kerry defended the apprehension of al-Libi, describing it as “appropriate and legal.”
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:08:17 +0000
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