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National security force who are able to go where they want to when they want to. and arrest people that you would want to go and talk to. it s not that kind of environment. al qaeda has set up camps in the east of the county tr tri and other parts of the country. this is a resurgent al qaeda that s tieing links between members across the whole of the north of africa from the sinai in egypt to libya to neighboring tuni srks tunisa, to mali, to nigeria as well. so this is an organization that has grown strong on the back of the arab spring, so the move now is we don t know why it s happened now specifically. if we did, we would be able to gain a lot more, a lot more insight into perhaps why not just why this has happened, but understand better the context of why it s happening. but certainly, al qaeda and the ....
The al shabaab leader. barbara starr working her sources from the pentagon. two major operations here. two very different parts of aft africa. why don t we start with libya first. well, don, as you say, this operative seized by special operations forces, now in u.s. custody. my colleague, evan perez, our justice reporter here at cnn, continuing to follow this story through the night. i think it is fair to say we should expect to see al libi show up back in the united states for federal prosecution. he is under indictment for alleged terrorism activities. in somalia, you saw us navy s.e.a.l.s confirmed, went into a town in south central somalia to try to capture a leader. got into a heavy fire fight. no s.e.a.l.s wounded or killed thankfully in that, but the s.e.a.l.s did withdraw from the ....
Welcome back. breaking news this hour. we are following two u.s. military attacks in africa to tell you about. a u.s. special forces, that s what cnn has learned, special forces captured an al qaeda operative wanted for the 1998 bombings of the u.s. embassies in kenya. abu anas al libi has topped the list for years. he was captured in tripoli. a u.s. official says the operation was conducted with the knowledge of the libyan government. the u.s. had a $5 million bounty on his head and now, libi joined al qaeda soon after its founding and is considered a senior member of al qaeda. also to tell you about in somalia, we are learning a us navy s.e.a.l. team went on a mission there in smaomalia and they tried to nab an al shabaab leader possibly linked to that kenya mall attack that left 67 people dead. ....
everybody take a deep breath. not everything is partisan. especially when it comes to defending ourselves against terror. this is an operation that republicans and democrats should want carried out as successfully as possible. how might one report on this as something, as a new yorker. is this a longer story that would take me between now and my time to fly to africa to finish the articles are so darn long? on the website, we ll have smart reactions to it. immediate takes. but also, that one of our great reporters like dexter or john anderson try to over the course of the next few months will do a long story that will take up your flight. we re hoping that you contribute something to cnn.com as well, we really appreciate it. thank you, sir. great information. ....
Of the attack will be brought to justice hopefully, but i think 15 years later, that was really a watershed in terms of you know, kind of terrorist attacks against u.s. embassies abroad. really caused a major investigation or re-examination of u.s. facilities overseas. there have been so many commissions and reports and rebuilding of embassies around the world and you see as nic has been saying, 15 years later, these embassies and consulates are still fragile. on the 15-year anniversary of the attack in august, that s a heightened security concern that u.s. embassies in the arab world and in africa, about 20 posts were closed because of threats, possible threats because of al qaeda and you saw with the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi last year, that even everything that s been done over these years to strengthen the security u.s. posts as these terrorists become more sophisticated, as they look for softer targets, as they look for ....