Chris Stevens Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/chris-stevens/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 31 Oct 2017 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 Chris Stevens Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/chris-stevens/ 32 32 US commandos capture another Benghazi attacker https://jjcornish.com/2017/11/us-commandoes-capture-another-benghazi-attacker/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/11/us-commandoes-capture-another-benghazi-attacker/ A man suspected of being involved in the fatal 2012 attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, where American Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed, is heading back to the US for trial, Mustafa al Imam, who was living in the Libyan capital Tripoli, was captured by US Navy Seals and an FBI hostage rescue team […]

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]]> A man suspected of being involved in the fatal 2012 attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, where American Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed, is heading back to the US for trial,

Mustafa al Imam, who was living in the Libyan capital Tripoli, was captured by US Navy Seals and an FBI hostage rescue team when he made a surprise visit to the coastal city of Misurata.

Washington’s saying very little about the operation that was months in the planning.

Mustafa al Imam is the second man to face US civilian justice for Ambassador Chris Steven’s slaying.

Ahmed Abu Khattala, was captured by US commandoes at a Libyan beachside villa and  is being tried in Federal District Court Washington. If convicted, he’s facing life in prison.

It was not clear how the arrest of a second suspect could affect Khattala’s trial.

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]]> 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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