Delta snatches al Qaida leader in Libya
Andy sends us a link from the Associated Press which reports that Delta operators nabbed al Qaeda leader, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (aka Anas al-Libi) outside his home in Tripoli.
His brother, Nabih, said the 49-year-old was parking outside his house early Saturday after dawn prayers, when three vehicles encircled his vehicle. The gunmen smashed his car’s window and seized his gun before grabbing al-Libi and fleeing. The brother said al-Libi’s wife saw the kidnapping from her window and described the abductors as foreign-looking armed “commandos.”
The U.S. official said there were no U.S. casualties in the operation. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
Al-Libi is on the FBI’s most-wanted list with a $5 million bounty on his head. He was indicted by a federal court in the Southern District of New York, for his alleged role in the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, on August 7, 1998, that killed more than 220 people.
It’s nice to see the folks at Delta get some press for a change. The two operations in Africa are a nice change from the drone program, too.
Category: Terror War
The official was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. Then why not keep your damn mouth shut in the first place? Idjit.
That being said, good on Delta for getting another scumbag under wraps.
this administration is hell bent on getting operators and their families targeted and killed
HooYah Army DELTA boys … nice work. God Bless you and your families.
But your football team sucks.
Maybe they will make a movie about this…
I can feel it, I was in delta co. when we got this high ranking Al Kida guy…
Ssshhhh! they are the quiet professionals.
Guess 7 yr old Walker Greentree never heard of “The Unit”…talk very little & work alot.
In response to this act of heroism, the Chump in Chief, through his lying sack of shit spokesperson said, Damit, didn’t they get the memo, the government is shut down. Now go rewire the Memorial baricades.
@3 Master Chief
“But your football team sucks.”
The shame of it all … alas …
Well done, Delta! I wonder if this guy was involved in Benghazi?
Priorities, gentlemen. The US has been engaged in a shooting war for roughly the past 12 years. The US Army has provided the vast majority of combat forces in-theater during that time. USMA has simply opted to give priority of effort to activities more important than athletic excellence recently. (smile)
They didn’t do it… the Squeals did. Just ask them!
lol I could have sworn snatching up people on foreign soil and not immediately giving them lawyers was exactly what the Obama Brotherhood ran on during the 2008 campaign.
How do you stop a SEAL in his tracks?
Give him a mirror.
All joking aside, great job by the CAG guys – quick, smooth, and 100% accountability of personnel and equipment.
I saw some odd complaint on the news about Libya wanting to know why one of its ‘citizens’ had been kidnapped. I figured it had to be one of the better stories just getting buried in the muck.
Ex-PH2: Here’s the reply I’d love to see us send:
“Why yes – we have your guy al Assaholi in custody. We’re questioning him now.
We have some questions for a few of his friends and associates as well. Perhaps you could save us the trouble and send them to us?”