On Tuesday one of the world’s most-wanted terror suspects is set to be arraigned in the U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan. Abu Anas Al-Libi, a supposed longtime member of Al Qaeda, was captured by U.S. forces in Libya and interrogated on a warship.
Al-Libi has been under indictment for the last decade due to an alleged plan that led to the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa which killed 220 people. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says al-Libi was transferred to the City over the weekend.
“You’re going to see a fairly rapid process now that he’s in the U.S.,” CBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate says. “These are historical charges and we’ll just have to see if he’s incriminated himself further or if we have additional evidence.
Al-Libi was captured during a Libyan military raid on October 5th. CIA and FBI agents questioned him on the warship about potential Al Qeada strikes. He is said to have been a part of the terror group's early beginnings. Federal authorities hope he will give the United States vital information.
His interrogation would have started weeks ago but al-Libi suffers from chronic hepatitis and he started to refuse both food and water. These factors led to him being transferred to Manhattan. Al-Libi was on the FBI’s most wanted terror list, although his family says he isn’t affiliated with Al Qeada. He was allegedly the terror group’s early computer expert and used an Apple computer to surveil a spot in Kenya which was later bombed. Once the surveillance was approved by Osama Bin Laden, the terror strike in Africa which killed 200 went down.
[Source: CBS]