John Kerry has defended the capture of a suspected al Qaeda leader by US forces in Libya, after Tripoli demanded an explanation over what it called the "kidnapping" of one of its citizens.
The US Secretary of State said the seizure of Nazih Abdul-Hamed al Ruqai, known by his alias Anas al Libi, complied with American law.
Libi was wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in east Africa.
Mr Kerry said Libi "is a legal and an appropriate target for the US military".
"The United States of America is going to do anything in its power that is legal and appropriate in order to enforce the law and to protect our security," he said on the sidelines of a regional summit in Bali, Indonesia.
Libi - who was added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List after it was brought following the September 11 attacks and was the subject of a $5m bounty - was reportedly taken to a US Navy warship in the Mediterranean Sea where he was being questioned.
The suspect was on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list It was said that there was no lawyer present and that he might be eventually sent to New York for prosecution.
However, the US government has not confirmed where the al Qaeda suspect was taken after he was seized of a Libyan street on Saturday.
The Libyan government demanded an explanation for the raid which it said took place without them being informed in advance.
John Kerry was speaking in Bali Asked whether Washington had alerted Tripoli before the raid, Mr Kerry said: "We don't get into the specifics of our communications with a foreign government on any kind of operation of this kind".
Libi is accused of involvement in the bombings of the US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which killed more than 220 people.
US prosecutors say the computer expert carried out surveillance of the embassy in Nairobi and other potential targets in 1993.
In Britain, Home Secretary Theresa May is to be questioned by MPs over why Libi was given asylum in Britain.
Libi's family has denied he was ever a member of al Qaeda but said he was part of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, an Islamic militant group opposed to Muammar Gaddafi.
Libi's son, Abdullah al-Raghie, said his father was seized by masked gunmen armed with pistols, some of them Libyans.
The Tripoli operation was one of two US raids at the weekend, with US Navy Seals also storming the home of an alleged al Shabaab leader in Somalia. The success of that assault was unclear.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Kerry Defends Terror Suspect's Capture
Dengan url
http://badutjayus.blogspot.com/2013/10/kerry-defends-terror-suspects-capture.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Kerry Defends Terror Suspect's Capture
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Kerry Defends Terror Suspect's Capture
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar