Ahmed Abu Khatalla Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/ahmed-abu-khatalla/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ahmed Abu Khatalla Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/ahmed-abu-khatalla/ 32 32 US captures ringleader of attack on consultate in Benghazi https://jjcornish.com/2014/06/us-captures-ringleader-attack-consultate-benghazi/ Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/06/us-captures-ringleader-attack-consultate-benghazi/ The Pentagon says the ringleader in the 2012 attack on Washington’s diplomatic mission in Benghazi has been captured. Ahmed Abu Khattala was grabbed by US special forces operating inside Libya. The September 2012 attack on the US consulate in Libya’s second city left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. The ringleader of that operation […]

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]]> The Pentagon says the ringleader in the 2012 attack on Washington’s diplomatic mission in Benghazi has been captured.

Ahmed Abu Khattala was grabbed by US special forces operating inside Libya.

The September 2012 attack on the US consulate in Libya’s second city left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

The ringleader of that operation is now being held outside the US, says the Pentagon, adding that special forces involved in the operation capturing him have all safely left Libya.

Spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby is not giving details beyond saying there were no Libyan civilian casualties.

Ahmed Abu Khattala spent years in jail under dictator Muammar Gadaffi.

He denies any links with Terror group Al Qaeda, although he’s expressed admiration for it.

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