Editing Abu Anas al-Libi (section)

==Involvement with al-Qaeda==
Al-Libi was believed to have been tied to [[al-Qaeda]] since its 1994 roots in [[Sudan]].<ref name="seeds"/> In 1995, al-Libi was granted [[political asylum]] in the [[United Kingdom]], after a failed Al-Qaeda plot to assassinate [[Hosni Mubarak]], then president of [[Egypt]]. An Egyptian request for extradition was declined on the grounds that al-Libi would not receive a fair trial. In 1996, MI6 allegedly paid a [[Libya]]n Al-Qaeda cell to kill [[Muammar Gaddafi|Colonel Gaddafi]]. Al-Libi would have been allowed to stay in return for aiding the alleged plot, which was unsuccessful.

In 1999, al-Libi was arrested by [[Scotland Yard]] and interrogated. However, he was released because he had cleared his hard drive and no evidence could be found to hold him. He evaded a team that was sent to follow him and fled to [[Afghanistan]]. His flat in [[Manchester]], where he was a student, was searched by police, who discovered a 180-page handwritten manual, translated from Arabic to English, which became known as the [[Al Qaeda Handbook|Manchester Manual]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardham|first=David|title=CIA 'used Manchester manual to justify water boarding'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8833109/CIA-used-Manchester-manual-to-justify-water-boarding.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 October 2011|location=London}}</ref>

Al-Libi spoke [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]] and [[English (language)|English]]. He had a scar on the left side of his face.<ref name=FBI>{{cite web|title=Most wanted list web page for Anas Al-Liby |work=FBI |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorism/terrorism-main-portlet/wanted/wanted_terrorists/anas-al-liby |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831152513/http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorism/terrorism-main-portlet/wanted/wanted_terrorists/anas-al-liby |archive-date=31 August 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Because he was tall and bore a passing resemblance to [[Osama bin Laden]], he was often used as a [[decoy]] when Bin Laden traveled.<ref name="seeds">{{cite book|last=Ressa|first=Maria|title=Seeds of Terror|year=2003|location=New York|publisher=Free Press|isbn=0-7432-5133-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/seedsofterroreye00ress/page/165 165]|url=https://archive.org/details/seedsofterroreye00ress/page/165}}</ref>