Another successful mission going after a sick terrorist. No American lives lost, no problems. I'm confused by the lack of joy coming from the Repubs... you guys have been harping on Benghazi 24/7 for 2 years, this should be the best news you've heard in ages. Kind of weird that there is so much silence. Just remember, don't fuck with Obama... he will find you!! Bush would have had us in Libya and Syria for 20 years looking for these dudes. That's why Obama was voted in. Just strategic and intelligent in the way he makes choices. This should be a great day for Russ... he has been waiting for this day for years!!
U.S. forces working with the FBI captured a key suspect in the deadly 2012 attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Libyan militia leader Ahmed abu Khattalah was captured over the weekend, officials said. It is the first arrest and detention by the United States of anyone in connection to the Benghazi attack.
Abu Khattalah, who faces three federal criminal charges, will be tried in U.S. courts, said Attorney General Eric Holder.
"We retain the option of adding additional charges in the coming days," Holder said. "Even as we begin the process of putting Khatallah on trial and seeking his conviction before a jury, our investigation will remain ongoing as we work to identify and arrest any co-conspirators."
Abu Khattalah is now being held in a location outside Libya, officials said.
Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said the U.S. military and law enforcement personnel captured abu Khatallah on Sunday, and that he is in U.S. custody outside of Libya.
There were no civilian casualties in the operation, and all U.S. personnel involved in the operation have safely departed Libya, Kirby said.
Last year, federal prosecutors filed sealed charges against abu Khattalah over the Benghazi attack, in which scores of militants using rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons attacked the compound.
On Tuesday, a federal judge unsealed the charges, which accuse abu Khatallah of killing a person in course of an attack on a federal facility with a firearm and dangerous weapon, and of attempting and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists resulting in death.
The charges, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, also accuse him of discharging, brandishing, using, carrying and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
President Barack Obama said he authorized the operation that led to abu Khattalah's arrest.
"This individual will now face the full weight of the American justice system," Obama said.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/17/world/africa/benghazi-suspect-captured/index.html
