U.S. forces nab top al-Qaeda target Al-Libi in Libya
A top al-Qaeda leader who helped plan the 1998 U.S. Embassy
attacks in Kenya and Tanzania is in custody following a U.S. anti-terrorism
operation in Libya. The embassy attacks killed more than 220 people, and the
FBI had offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his
capture. Al-Libi was captured during an operation outside Tripoli. He has been
on the USA's most-wanted fugitives list since 2000. The news of the capture
comes as U.S. forces launched an attack against a top level al-Qaeda linked
target in Somalia two weeks after the militant group launched a deadly attack
on a Nairobi shopping mall. U.S. officials have been concerned that al-Shabab
might attempt attacks in the United States and have sought to weaken the group.
The group is based in Somalia and has been linked to attacks throughout Africa.
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