Editing Abu Anas al-Libi (section)

==Captured by the United States==
[[File:USS San Antonio sails by USS Kearsarge. (8591437943).jpg|thumb|The USS San Antonio (LPD 17) in March 2013]]
Al-Libi was captured in [[Tripoli, Libya]], on 5 October 2013 by [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Delta Force]] operators, with the assistance of [[FBI]] agents and [[CIA]] officers. He was seized in a pre-dawn raid and removed from Libya. The [[United States Navy|US Navy]]'s [[United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group|DEVGRU]] conducted a [[2013 raid on Barawe|simultaneous raid in Somalia]] targeting the alleged mastermind of the [[Westgate shopping mall attack]] in [[Kenya]], possibly to avoid either action sending the other target into hiding.<ref>{{cite news|title=Man Sought In '98 Attacks on Embassies Is Seized|url=http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/footage-shows-the-58-tense-seconds-it-takes-us-commandos-to-abduct-a-libyan-alqaeda-operative/story-fnh81ifq-1226823368009?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes|work=The New York Times|access-date=5 October 2013|archive-date=21 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321075907/http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/footage-shows-the-58-tense-seconds-it-takes-us-commandos-to-abduct-a-libyan-alqaeda-operative/story-fnh81ifq-1226823368009?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Embassy bombings figure nabbed by Delta Force in Libya|agency=CBS News|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57606209/embassy-bombings-figure-nabbed-by-u.s-forces-in-libya/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007090728/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57606209/embassy-bombings-figure-nabbed-by-u.s-forces-in-libya/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=David D. Kirkpatrick|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/alliby-capture-a-long-wait-for-us/article5207084.ece|title=Al-Libi capture, a long wait for U.S. |work=The Hindu|date=6 October 2013|access-date=9 October 2013|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> A day after Al-Libi was captured, he was in military custody on the ship [[USS San Antonio (LPD-17)|USS ''San Antonio'']] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Said to Hold Qaeda Suspect on Navy Ship|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/world/africa/a-terrorism-suspect-long-known-to-prosecutors.html?emc=edit_na_20131006&_r=0|work=The New York Times|first1=Benjamin|last1=Weiser|first2=Eric|last2=Schmitt|date=6 October 2013|access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref> On 10 February 2014, a 30 seconds [[CCTV|CCTV video]] showing U.S. commandos capturing al-Libi was published by ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/10/world/meast/anas-al-libi-capture-video/|agency=CNN|title=Taken in 30 seconds: Video shows U.S. capture of suspect Anas al-Libi|date=11 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-capture-of-terror-suspect-allibi-seen-in-rare-video/ |title=U.S. capture of terror suspect al-Libi seen in rare video|first=David|last=Martin|agency=[[CBS News]]|date=10 February 2014|publisher=[[CBS Broadcasting|CBS]]|location=New York|access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref> According to strategist and counterinsurgency expert [[David Kilcullen]], the collapse of [[Ali Zeidan]]'s government and the ensuing "fragmentation of Libya [...] resulted, in part, from the raid al-Libi's capture".<ref>D. Kilcullen, ''Blood year: terror and the Islamic State'', Quarterly Essay '''58''' (2015), p.78 ISSN 1832-0953.</ref>{{Explain|date=February 2025}}

===Court appearance===
On 15 October 2013, al-Libi appeared in a [[Manhattan]] [[United States federal court|federal court]] and pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges, including helping to plan the U.S. embassy bombings in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Abu Anas al Libi, al Qaeda suspect nabbed in Libya, pleads not guilty to terrorism charges|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57607598/abu-anas-al-liby-al-qaeda-suspect-nabbed-in-libya-pleads-not-guilty-to-terrorism-charges/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015210229/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57607598/abu-anas-al-liby-al-qaeda-suspect-nabbed-in-libya-pleads-not-guilty-to-terrorism-charges/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2013|work=CBS News|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> He was held without bail due to concerns that he was a flight risk and a danger to the community.<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|last=Feyerick|first=Deborah|title=Alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi pleads not guilty|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/justice/al-libi-case/index.html?iref=allsearch|agency=CNN|access-date=16 October 2013|date=16 October 2013}}</ref> His trial, along with his co-defendant [[Khalid al-Fawwaz]], a.k.a. "Khaled Abdul Rahman Hamad al Fawwaz," a.k.a. "Abu Omar," a.k.a. "Hamad," was scheduled to begin on 3 November 2014, before Judge [[Lewis A. Kaplan]].<ref name=Doj2014-09-19/>

He was scheduled to stand trial in New York on 12 January 2015.<ref name="Benjamin Weiser and Michael S. Schmidt">{{cite news|author=Benjamin Weiser and Michael S. Schmidt|title=Qaeda Suspect Facing Trial in New York Over Africa Embassy Bombings Dies|quote=The man, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, 50, who had liver cancer, was taken to a hospital on Wednesday from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where he was being held pending a trial that was to begin in Manhattan a week from Monday.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=3 January 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/us/politics/qaeda-suspect-facing-trial-in-new-york-dies-in-custody.html|access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Kevin Johnson|title=Accused plotter of U.S. Embassy bombings dies in N.Y.|quote=His trial had been set to start Jan. 12.|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=3 January 2015| url =https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/03/embassy-bombings-suspect-dies-al-libi/21224685/|access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref>