Kerry Defends Terror Suspect's Capture

The US secretary of state brushes off Libyan complaints, saying the suspect seized in Tripoli is a "legal and appropriate target".

新聞背景：

美軍10月5日在利比亞首都的黎波里生擒“基地”組織頭目，49歲的艾爾利比，此人據信與1998年美國駐肯尼亞大使館和美國駐坦桑尼亞大使館兩起爆炸案有密切關聯。他已遭美國追緝10多年，處在恐怖分子通緝最高名單，懸賞500萬美元。據說，他是“基地”組織骨干，下一步美國或將其引渡到美受審。

利比亞政府要求美國做出“解釋”，為何在“未獲授權”的情況下，在利比亞領土上發動突擊。并發布聲明說，注意到一名遭美國當局通緝的利比亞公民被“劫持”的消息，強調不管面對何種指控，希望利比亞公民在本國受審。

美國國務卿克里稱，美軍日前在利比亞和索馬里實施的突擊行動顯示了美國打擊恐怖主義的堅定決心。克里表示，希望通過這兩次突襲行動表明，美國永遠不會停止其腳步，將對那些實施恐怖主義行徑的人打擊到底。

Al Libi’s sons act out the drama of the moment their father was seized. They say four cars around his, arm masked men, some of them are foreigners, jumped out.

“They broke the glass window of the car and drugged him, and then they took him out of his car and put it into a white Mercedes.”

The families say this was a kidnapping and that al Libi only fought against the Gaddafi regime.

His real name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed al Ruqa, known as the G World and FBI. But he is * Al-Libi, a Libyan. The New York Time says special forces flew him to US with military alien for questioning. It is not confirmed. It’s unlikely he landed in Quantico Bay because of political sensibilities.

He is wanted over the US embassies bombings 15 years ago. He may stand trial in New York. The Americans insist this detention is legal.

“He is a key al-Qaeda figure, and he is a legal and an appropriate target for the US military under the authorization of the US military force passed in September, 2001.”

C Hill, Manchester, an unlike location for alleged top al-Qaeda men, but it’s thought in the mid 1990s, al Libi lived here. It wasn’t unusual for foreign radical Islamist to flee to the UK. It was just a few years after the British government had supported the MD against Soviet Union in Afghanistan. It was also a time when Gaddafi’s Libya was considered an enemy. Al Libi is said to be granted political assailment by joint major’s government.

Next week, the Home Secretary Theresa May would be questioned on the subject by a parliamentary committee among the questions, why was he given the assailment and could neither al Libi be here now.

TM, Sky News.