Abu Anas al – Libi is a prisoner , dreaming of the United States intelligence officials . For two decades, was one of the closest to the Libyan leadership of al- Qaeda , on Saturday it have special powers of Delta Force , a special unit of the U.S. Army , was arrested in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Now he is on board the USS “San Antonio” , a U.S. Navy ship in the Mediterranean . There Libi is interrogated without a lawyer’s advice before he is to be transferred to New York.
Intelligence denote the 49 -year-old Libyan who actually Nasih Abd al- Hamid al – Rukai is, as a “potential gold mine ” that could provide new insights into the inner workings of al- Qaeda. After Libi was there from the start : Already during his studies he was in his home country of the Islamist opposition to dictator Muammar Gaddafi . Early nineties went Libi to Sudan , where he joined the followers of Osama bin Laden Afghanistan veterans . In 1995 he received as Gaddafi opponents briefly political asylum in Britain.
The U.S. accuses him of being involved in the preparation of the 1998 attack on the U.S. embassy in Nairobi. 1999 Scotland Yard investigators found in his apartment in Manchester, a terrorist manual, is described in which, among other things, such as forged documents, monitors potential targets and assassinations are carried out. The letter also calls for “destroying embassies and attacking economic centers.” However, so far it is unclear whether Libi is really the author of the manual.
According to intelligence findings Libi was said to be the most important computer expert for al-Qaida. Because he resembled Bin Laden of his stature, he should have also acts as a double of the Qaida leader when he was traveling between various hiding places. In October 2001, the FBI began Libi on the list of most wanted terrorists. For information on his whereabouts, the U.S. praised five million dollars.
The US Secretary of State said the seizure of Nazih Abdul-Hamed al Ruqai, known by his alias Anas al Libi, complied with American law.
Libi was wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in east Africa.
Mr Kerry said Libi “is a legal and an appropriate target for the US military”.
“The United States of America is going to do anything in its power that is legal and appropriate in order to enforce the law and to protect our security,” he said on the sidelines of a regional summit in Bali, Indonesia.
Libi – who was added to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List after it was brought following the September 11 attacks and was the subject of a $5m bounty – was reportedly taken to a US Navy warship in the Mediterranean Sea where he was being questioned.
It was said that there was no lawyer present and that he might be eventually sent to New York for prosecution.
However, the US government has not confirmed where the al Qaeda suspect was taken after he was seized of a Libyan street on Saturday.
The Libyan government demanded an explanation for the raid which it said took place without them being informed in advance.
Asked whether Washington had alerted Tripoli before the raid, Mr Kerry said: “We don’t get into the specifics of our communications with a foreign government on any kind of operation of this kind”.
Libi is accused of involvement in the bombings of the US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which killed more than 220 people.
US prosecutors say the computer expert carried out surveillance of the embassy in Nairobi and other potential targets in 1993.
In Britain, Home Secretary Theresa May is to be questioned by MPs over why Libi was given asylum in Britain.
Libi’s family has denied he was ever a member of al Qaeda but said he was part of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, an Islamic militant group opposed to Muammar Gaddafi.
Libi’s son, Abdullah al-Raghie, said his father was seized by masked gunmen armed with pistols, some of them Libyans.
The Tripoli operation was one of two US raids at the weekend, with US Navy Seals also storming the home of an alleged al Shabaab leader in Somalia. The success of that assault was unclear.
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