Libyan Government Calls For Answers

As Washington celebrates the capture of one of the U.S.’s “most-wanted terrorists,” al Qaeda leader Abu Anas el-Liby, Libyan leaders are demanding answers. “As soon as it heard the reports, the Libyan government contacted the United States authorities to demand an explanation…for the kidnapping of a Libyan citizen,” their statement reads. Released Sunday, the declaration suggests the Libyan government had no role in the mission, a fact that directly contradicts with statements made by U.S. officials earlier. The arrest of Abu Amnas, an al Qaeda leader linked to the 1998 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, ended a 15-year manhunt.