US Special Forces hit foreign terrorists
US SPecial Forces held two raids in Libya and Somalia against terrorist cells in the two countries.
Al-Qaeda leader Anas al-Liby, accused of the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was captured in Libya's capital Tripoli. Liby, who real name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai was listedon the FBI's most wanted list for the last 10 years. His capture carried a $5m bounty.
49-year-old Anas al-Liby's was parking near his residence when Special Forces vehicles surrounded and disarmed him. Al-Liby's wife described the attackers as foreign-looking commandos. However authorities held that the Libyan government was fully aware of the US Special Forces raid. Liby is currently detained by the US military in a secure location outside of Libya, the Pentagon stated.
Meanwhile Special Forces failed to apprehend a leader of the al-Shabab group who was targeted in southern Somalia. The man is a in the attack on Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, which left at 67 people dead.
US Secretary of State John Kerry held that these military operations prove that America will not cease its fight against terror. Terrorists can run but they can't hide, reporters were told when Kerry emerged from the Asian summit in Indonesia.