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==Conflicting reports of whereabouts== In January 2002, news reports stated that al-Libi had been captured by American forces in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1717297.stm |title=Who's who in al-Qaeda|work=[[BBC News]]|date=19 February 2003|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> In March 2002, it was reported that he had been arrested by the [[Sudan]]ese government and was being held in a prison in [[Khartoum]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1881397.stm Top al-Qaeda man 'held in Sudan'], ''BBC News'', 19 March 2002</ref> U.S. officials soon denied those reports<ref>[http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=105001796 I'm Not the Man You're Looking For], ''Wall Street Journal'', James Taranto, 20 March 2002</ref> and al-Libi was still sought.<ref name=FBI/> Al-Libi had been on the USA's list of [[FBI Most Wanted Terrorists|Most Wanted Terrorists]] since its inception on 10 October 2001. The [[United States Department of State]], through the [[Rewards for Justice Program]], offered up to [[USD|US$]]5,000,000 (formerly $25,000,000) for information about the location of Abu Anas al-Libi.<ref name="rfjLiby">[http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Al_Liby Wanted Poster on al-Liby (English)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905125917/http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Al_Liby |date=5 September 2006 }}, Rewards for Justice</ref> In February 2007, a [[Human Rights Watch]] document claimed that al-Libi and others "may have once been held" in secret detention by the [[CIA]].<ref name="HRWLiby">[http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us0207/us0207web.pdf Ghost Prisoner], Human Rights Watch, February 2007</ref> On 7 June 2007, al-Libi, who remained on the [[FBI Most Wanted Terrorists]] list, was listed as a possible CIA "secret prisoner" by [[Amnesty International]], without providing details or evidence.<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/093/2007/en/ USA: Off the Record. U.S. Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the "War on Terror"] [[Amnesty International]], 7 June 2007</ref> In September 2012, [[CNN]] reported that al-Libi returned to [[Libya]] after being imprisoned in [[Iran]] for seven years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/27/exclusive-senior-al-qaeda-figure-living-in-libyan-capital/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Senior al Qaeda figure 'living in Libyan capital'|agency=[[CNN]]|date=27 September 2012|access-date=17 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028131543/http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/27/exclusive-senior-al-qaeda-figure-living-in-libyan-capital/|archive-date=28 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref> {{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/10362374/Al-Qaeda-leader-seized-in-Libya-was-innocent-pizza-restaurant-worker-in-Britain-son-says.html|location=London|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|first=Richard|last=Spencer|title=Al-Qaeda leader seized in Libya was innocent pizza restaurant worker in Britain, son says |date=7 October 2013|access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref>
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