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In two operations in Africa nearly 3,000 miles apart, U.S. military forces went after two high-value targets over the weekend.
One operation took place early Saturday in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, when U.S. forces captured Abu Anas al Libi, an al Qaeda operative wanted for his role in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
In the second raid, a team of U.S. Navy SEALs in southern Somalia targeted the top leader of Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group linked with al Qaeda.
As al Libi was returning to his house from morning prayers, a group of 10 men surprised him, a person who knows al Libi’s family said. Citing al Libi’s wife, Noman Benotman told CNN that the al Qaeda operative tried to reach into his car’s glove compartment to grab his gun — but the men quickly snatched him. A source close to Libyan intelligence said the 10 men were masked.
The Saturday operation was conducted with the knowledge of the Libyan government, said one U.S. official. The Pentagon said the U.S. military was holding al Libi in a “secure location” outside Libya.
He will be taken to New York on Sunday, a source with knowledge of the capture and proceedings told CNN.
The Libyan interim government called the U.S. capture a kidnapping and has requested an explanation from Washington about the raid, the country’s state news agency reported Sunday. Libya emphasized its citizens should be tried in Libya if they are facing charges, LANA reported.
In the Somalia raid, the SEALs came under fire and withdrew before they could confirm whether they killed their target, a senior U.S. official said.
An administration official told CNN on Sunday that members of SEAL Team Six, the same unit that killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, led the raid.
“One (mission) could have gone without the other,” said retired Lt. Col. Rick Francona, a CNN military analyst, about the two missions. “But the fact that they did them both, I think, is a real signal that the United States — no matter how long it takes — will go after these targets.”
