The suspect, born Nazih Abd al Hamid al-Ruqhay and known by his nom de guerre Abu Anas el-Liby, has been high on the list of the United States government's most-wanted fugitives since at least 2000, when a New York court indicted him for his part in planning the embassy attacks. Abu Anas is not believed to have played any role in the attack on the United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi last year, senior officials briefed on that investigation say, but he may have sought to build networks connecting what remains of the Qaeda organization to like-minded militants in his native Libya. If Abu Anas turns out to have been captured by Western or United States forces, it is sure to put a new strain on the fragile authority of the transitional government. In the indictment, prosecutors said Abu Anas had discussed with another senior Qaeda figure the idea of attacking an American target in retaliation for the United States peacekeeping operation in Somalia.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/world/africa/attack-in-libya-kills-15-soldiers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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