2014 American raid in Libya
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| 2014 American raid in Libya | |||||||
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| Part of U.S. retaliation for the Benghazi attack, Insurgency in the Maghreb | |||||||
 Ahmed Abu Khattala photographed after being detained by U.S. Forces | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States | Abu Khattala's Group[2] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Barack Obama | Ahmed Abu Khattala | ||||||
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Delta Force troops FBI agents | 1 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 1 captured | ||||||
The 2014 American raid in Libya refers to the capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala by U.S. troops and law enforcement agents during a late night raid in Libya. The raid was carried out on a coastal villa and seized Khattala before bringing him aboard a U.S. warship to be brought to the United States for legal proceedings.
Ahmed Abu Khattala, a militia leader and former prisoner under the Gaddafi regime, was charged in a sealed indictment in August 2013 for his role in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi which killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens. In 2013, Abu Anas al-Libi, a Libyan militant wanted for his role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings was seized in Tripoli by U.S. troops.[3]
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