Libya Fears Jihadist Retaliation After al-Liby Raid -- The Daily Beast
The government protested the U.S. capture of al Qaeda suspect Abu Anas al-Liby, and insiders say the prime minister is worried about a violent backlash from militants in the Maghreb, reports Jamie Dettmer.
Fears are mounting inside Libya about the reach of Islamist militants in the teetering state, and about possible retaliation for the stealth U.S. Special Forces capture this weekend of al Qaeda suspect Abu Anas al-Liby in Tripoli—an operation that the country’s beleaguered prime minister is now protesting and calling a kidnapping.
U.S. officials say they had Libyan government approval for the raid, which was executed smoothly by members of an elite Delta Force team at dawn on Saturday. But Libyan authorities scrambled Monday to deny that assertion, and Prime Minister Ali Zeidan is now describing al-Liby’s disappearance as an abduction and demanding an explanation for a breach of national sovereignty.
Al-Liby “is currently lawfully detained by the U.S. military in a secure location outside of Libya,” said Pentagon spokesman George Little on Sunday.
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Libyan PM Tries To Calm Tensions Over U.S. Raid -- NPR
My Comment: The U.S. is expecting blow-back.
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