>> translator: everything happened rapidly. they grabbed him and shoved him in the car. i saw them doing this and saying get in, but wasn't sure that was my husband. the cars then sped off like a rocket. >> reporter: al libi, a senior al qaeda operative wanted for the 1998 embassy bombings in africa, is now on a u.s. navy ship in the mediterranean. ikrima, the target of the somalia raid, remains at large. the operations show america's increasing focus on the growing terror threat emanating from africa. in mali and algeria, al qaeda and the islamic magreb and just across the gulf of yemen, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. unlike in iraq and afghanistan, now the u.s. is relying on smaller, swifter operations. james liddy is a former navy s.e.a.l. commando. >> the united states is showing once again that it's not going to let terrorists dictate the war on terror. a surgical strike makes a lot of sense to try to minimize the