Editing Abu Anas al-Libi (section)

{{Short description|Libyan al-Qaeda member (1964–2015)}}
{{distinguish|text=Libyan alleged Al-Qaeda member [[Abd al-Muhsin Al-Libi]], known as Abu Anas}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
|image       = 
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|caption     = Senior al-Qaeda suspect
|birth_name  = Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i
|birth_date  = 1964<ref name=FBI/>
|birth_place = [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], [[Kingdom of Libya]]
|death_date  = 2 January 2015 (aged 50)
|death_place = [[New York City]], United States
|spouse      = 
|parents     = 
|other_names = Nazih al Raghie, Anas al Sebai, Nazih Abdul Hamed Al-Raghie
|children    = 4
}}

'''Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i''',<ref group="name">{{langx|ar|نزيه عبد الحميد نبيه الرقيعي}}&nbsp; [[Libyan Arabic|Libyan]] pronunciation: {{IPA|ar|næˈziːh ˈʕæbdəl ħæˈmiːd næˈbiːh əlruˈqeːʕi|}}</ref> known by the alias '''Abu Anas al-Libi'''<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Raids in Libya and Somalia Strike Terror Targets|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/world/africa/Al-Qaeda-Suspect-Wanted-in-US-Said-to-Be-Taken-in-Libya.html?hp|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=5 October 2013|first1=David D.|last1=Kirkpatrick|first2=Nicholas|last2=Kulish|first3=Eric|last3=Schmitt|date=5 October 2013}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Abu Anas Al-Liby from Libya pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|ˈ|ɑː|b|uː|_|ˈ|ɑː|n|ɑː|s|_|ɑː|l|_|ˈ|l|iː|b|i}} {{respell|AH|boo|_|AH|nahs|_|ahl|_|LEE|bee}}; {{langx|ar|ابو أنس الليبي}}&nbsp; <small>[[Libyan Arabic|Libyan]] pronunciation:</small> {{IPA|ar|ˈæbu ˈʔænæs əlˈliːbi|}}; 1964 – 2 January 2015), was a [[Libya]]n under indictment<ref name="indicted">[http://cns.miis.edu/reports/pdfs/binladen/indict.pdf Copy of indictment] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906010435/http://cns.miis.edu/reports/pdfs/binladen/indict.pdf |date=6 September 2012 }} USA v. Usama bin Laden et al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies, [[Monterey Institute of International Studies]]</ref> in the United States for his part in the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]]. He worked as a computer specialist for [[al-Qaeda]].<ref name="sacredcows">{{cite book|last1=Benjamin|first1=Daniel|first2=Steven|last2=Simon|title=The Age of Sacred Terror|year=2002|location=New York|publisher=Random House|isbn=0-375-50859-7|url=https://archive.org/details/ageofsacredterro00benj}}</ref> He was an ethnic Libyan, born in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/05/20833640-us-commandos-raid-terrorist-hideouts-in-libya-somalia-capture-senior-al-qaeda-official?lite |title=US commandos raid terrorist hideouts in Libya, Somalia, capture senior al Qaeda official |work=[[NBC News]] |date=5 October 2013 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-date=24 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524184038/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/us-commandos-raid-terrorist-hideouts-libya-somalia-capture-senior-al-f8C11342488 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>

His aliases in the indictment are '''Nazih al Raghie''' and '''Anas al Sebai'''. In the [[FBI]] and [[United States State Department]] wanted posters,<ref name=FBI/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Al_Liby |title=Wanted Poster on al-Liby |access-date=26 April 2007 |publisher=Rewards for Justice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905125917/http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Al_Liby |archive-date=5 September 2006 }}</ref> another variant of his name is transliterated '''Nazih Abdul Hamed Al-Raghie'''.

The indictment accused al-Libi of surveillance of potential [[United Kingdom|British]], [[France|French]], and [[Israel]]i targets in [[Nairobi]], in addition to the American embassy in that city, as part of a conspiracy by [[al-Qaeda]] and [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]].