Posted on 01/03/2015 5:40:45 AM PST by Straight Vermonter
A one-time associate of Osama Bin Laden died in New York on Friday while awaiting trial for allegedly plotting the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Abu Anas al-Libi, 50, was captured in Libya by U.S. commandos in Oct. 2013 and brought to New York where he was due to stand trial. He had been wanted for more than a decade and there was a $5 million reward for his arrest. Al-Libi had pleaded not guilty.
The al Qaeda terror suspect has been in poor health and suffered liver disease as a result of hepatitis C, according to published reports.
In a court filing, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said that al-Libi was taken from the Metropolitan Correctional Center to a New York hospital on Wednesday "due to sudden complications arising out of his long-standing medical problems."
Bharara added that al-Libi's condition "deteriorated rapidly" and he died on Friday.
"We understand that, in addition to his counsel, an imam was with al-Libi at the hospital and that appropriate arrangements are being made with his family," Bharara wrote.
A spokesman for Bharara declined comment. An FBI spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment.
Al-Libi's attorney Bernard Kleinman had recently said his client's health was deteriorating. Kleinman did not immediately return a call for comment early Saturday.
Al-Libi's wife, Um Abdullah, told The Associated Press that being his experience only worsened his ailments, including hepatitis C, leading to his death. "I accuse the American government of kidnapping, mistreating, and killing an innocent man. He did nothing," Abdullah said.
Abdullah said her husband underwent liver surgery three weeks ago, went into a coma and was moved prematurely back to prison where he suffered complications.
His wife said that she spoke to al-Libi last time from prison on Thursday. "His voice was weak and he was in a bad condition," she added.
Al-Libi had argued in court that he was illegally kidnapped and interrogated for seven days aboard a Navy ship after members of an Army Delta Force swooped into his property in Tripoli and pulled him from his car.
Hepatitis C??? That’s the type of hepatitis that junkies and guys who let other guys bleep them up the bleep get!
Hep C is a rather unpleasant way to die, that’s okay.
The main methods of transmission in order of prevalence is shared needle drug use, sex (particularly male homosexual sex), and blood transfusion. Note: San Francisco has almost triple the rate of infection as compared to the rest of California and this is very simply due to unsafe sex and drugs.
why have a funeral for this guy at all. he did not allow for others to have no funeral. Take his body out and through it in the nearest pig Stye. Let him receive the same treatment he gave to others.
Was he a Man Who Knew Too Much?
We won’t ever know, and were never meant to.
Al-Libi had argued in court that he was illegally kidnapped and interrogated for seven days aboard a Navy ship after members of an Army Delta Force swooped into his property in Tripoli and pulled him from his car.
Well, look at it this way...Bush saved what was left of your life numbnuts...
Obama would have probably droned yer azz...Nobody will bring this point up...
But que-sera-sera...
Al-Libi had argued in court that he was illegally kidnapped and interrogated for seven days aboard a Navy ship after members of an Army Delta Force swooped into his property in Tripoli and pulled him from his car.
Well, look at it this way...Bush saved what was left of your life numbnuts...
Obama would have probably droned yer azz...Nobody will bring this point up...
But que-sera-sera...
Liver disease is a TERRIBLE way to go.
I’d wager that he didn’t get anywhere NEAR the transplant list. lol
Water boarding won’t kill you- the water never gets into your lungs. It will cause you to panic, though.
Apparently he did know too much- the Obama admin was very quick in getting him into civilian custody when he was captured and quick in bringing him to NY - meaning we missed months of interrogation time compared to other detainees whose capture was kept secret for months.
Inhofe concluded that “the president’s agenda to close Gitmo is a blatant unwillingness to confront global terrorism, and it only emboldens our enemies to continue their despicable acts against humanity.” -------------http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3080096/posts
Wow. only seven days according to the more recent article- even worse than Inhofe thought.
Well, we should all go out and buy bags of hard candies and walk around the neighborhood passing them out in celebration.
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