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Report: US captures al-Qaeda leader in Libya
ITV ^ | 10/5/13 | ITV

Posted on 10/05/2013 3:49:06 PM PDT by jimbo123

A senior al-Qaeda leader has been captured near the Libyan city of Tripoli in an operation apparently unrelated to the raid in Somalia, NBC News reports.

Anas al Libi, whose real name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'I, has been wanted by the US for more than a decade and has a $5 million reward on his head.

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To: jimbo123

yeah. sure. wag the dog, BO. Make the media play your tune like you reaaaaaallly care about Benghazi now.


21 posted on 10/05/2013 5:37:13 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: billhilly

I wonder if he has operatives instructed to have targets ready when he needs a bump in the polls?


22 posted on 10/05/2013 5:44:17 PM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks jimbo123.
...in an operation apparently unrelated to the raid in Somalia, NBC News reports. Anas al Libi, whose real name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'I, has been wanted by the US for more than a decade and has a $5 million reward on his head.

23 posted on 10/05/2013 6:23:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: jimbo123

I hope he has an accident after initial questioning is completed. Catch and release gets depressing with high value targets.


24 posted on 10/05/2013 7:18:51 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: jimbo123
Bam Bam is working on giving this al-Qaeda thug a paid vacation in Hawaii.
25 posted on 10/05/2013 7:34:42 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: jimbo123

If anyone wonders what posts 15 and 18 mean, to me the signs are that the Libyan job was Army.

It is low key and the operators are close to invisible and even trying to dilute their unit identity, it is much more mysterious than the SEAL raid.


26 posted on 10/05/2013 10:02:57 PM PDT by ansel12 ( 'I'm on That New Obama Diet... Every Day I Let Vladimir Putin Eat My Lunch' .)
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To: jimbo123

Same day he was captured it is leaked.


27 posted on 01/03/2015 4:39:44 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: TBP

[”Also supposedly involved in Benghazi rape and murder of Ambassador Stevens.
If that’s true, we’ll have to kill him “accidentally” before he tells us anything. “]

Well, well, well...

Suspected Plotter of US Embassy Attacks Abu Anas al Libi dies in New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3243122/posts


28 posted on 01/03/2015 4:44:21 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa
Suspected Plotter of US Embassy Attacks Abu Anas al Libi dies in New York

Is anyone surprised? This is Hussein's MO. As I said previously, we’ll have to kill him “accidentally” before he tells us anything.

29 posted on 01/04/2015 2:31:34 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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