Spec Ops History: US Forces Captures Terrorist Abu Anas al-Libi
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Long on the U.S. list of most-wanted terrorists, Abu Anas al-Libi had evaded capture for many years after his alleged involvement in the 1998 bombings of American embassies in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, that left more than 200 dead.
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A Libyan with ties to Al Qaeda, al-Libi was briefly in British custody in 1999, but was quickly released when Scotland Yard could not find adequate evidence to hold him. (He was not indicted in the U.S. for the bombings in Africa until 2002. British authorities found a …Read the Rest
Source:: Tactical Life
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