U.S. Special Operations forces captured one of the suspected ringleaders of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi in a secret raid in Libya over the weekend, the first time one of the accused perpetrators of the 2012 assault has been apprehended, according to U.S. officials.
The officials said Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured near Benghazi by American troops, working alongside the FBI, following months of planning, and was now in U.S. custody “in a secure location outside Libya.” The officials said there were no casualties in the operation, and that all U.S. personnel involved have safely left Libya.
Khattala’s apprehension is a major victory for the Obama administration, which has been criticized for having failed so far to bring those responsible for the Benghazi attacks to justice.
Oh, and wingnut Allen West has his own take!
Crazy Allen West aside, this whole deal has an odd smell to it. The CIA has had its renegade General running around Libya shooting everything up for a month or so now. This mastermind Khattala has been sipping coffee all over town for the past 18 months. He’s even held a few interviews with American journalists. Now Obama is claiming that “we finally found him?” The CIA couldn’t find him in all this time? Pllleeeaaassse.