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Libya condemns U.S. arrest of Benghazi suspect, demands his return

Jun 18, 2014 2:39 pm By Robert Spencer

KhattalaThis is the Libyan regime that Obama was instrumental in installing, when he gave weapons to the Islamic jihadists who were fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi. Now they’re enraged because Obama order the arrest of Benghazi jihad suspect Ahmed Abu Khattallah, after he walked around loose for two years while neither the Libyan nor the U.S. government did anything. But now Hillary Clinton wants to be President, and needs political cover for Benghazi, so Khatallah is under arrest — and the anger of our Libyan friends and allies only underscores the cynicism and incoherence of the Obama foreign policy.

“Libya condemns U.S. arrest of Benghazi suspect, demands his return,” Reuters, June 18, 2014:

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya on Wednesday condemned U.S. special forces’ arrest of a man on its soil suspected of masterminding a deadly Islamist militant attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, describing the detention as a violation of Libyan sovereignty.

In the first official reaction from Tripoli, Justice Minister Saleh al-Marghani said the suspect, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, should be returned to Libya and tried there.

“We had no prior notification. We did not to expect the U.S. to upset our political scene,” Marghani told a news conference.

He said Khatalah had been wanted by Libyan authorities for questioning but a lack of security had prevented this.

Said al Saoud, spokesman for the foreign ministry, said:”This attack on Libya sovereignty happened at a time when Benghazi is suffering from many problems.”

U.S. President Barack Obama said he authorised the operation in Libya on Sunday in which U.S. commandos snatched Khatallah on Benghazi’s outskirts, and that he was being transported to the United States for prosecution.

The September 2012 assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, since closed, killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.

The North African oil producer is struggling with chronic lawlessness, with the government and parliament in Tripoli unable to control militias, tribes and Islamists who helped oust Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but are now defying state authority.

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  1. shrugger says

    Jun 18, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    The proper “Official” response should be:
    http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/pin-badges.jpeg

  2. mariam rove says

    Jun 18, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    In the first official reaction from Tripoli, Justice Minister Saleh al-Marghani said the suspect, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, should be returned to Libya and tried there.

    You can tell the Libyan government to …….m

  3. Buraq says

    Jun 18, 2014 at 3:17 pm

    Well, if Hillary becomes President, this clown can say he was just a technocrat carrying out a jihadist murder in a completely neutral, efficient way. His commitment to the cause is zero and he would like the court to know that he harbored absolutely no ill-feelings toward his infidel victim. It was a simple case of technocrat-jihad, Insh’allah!

    Hillary’s a clown!

  4. Jaladhi says

    Jun 18, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    These Libyans have to be delusional. A Muslim will support a Muslim terrorist rather than give him to a kaffir.

  5. joeb says

    Jun 18, 2014 at 3:54 pm

    Not wishing to seem facetious, but if you sprayed him green, he’d look like Oscar from ‘Sesame Street’. You know, the one in the dustbin.

    • Jaladhi says

      Jun 18, 2014 at 4:16 pm

      Oscar will be mad at you for saying that!! Who wants to have a similarity with this scumbag!! LOL..

      • dumbledoresarmy says

        Jun 18, 2014 at 8:07 pm

        Yep, that’s an insult to Oscar.

        If MAD magazine ever “wakes up” to the jihad they could have some fun.

        Imagine a jihadi trying to plant a bomb in *Oscar*’s dustbin, and what Oscar might do in response.

  6. Islamisdeath says

    Jun 18, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    This guy looks like he got dried with the towels!

  7. gravenimage says

    Jun 18, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    Libya condemns U.S. arrest of Benghazi suspect, demands his return
    ……………………………

    This doesn’t surprise me. Not only are most Muslim states not really anti-Jihad—especially one that was specifically formed as an Islamic state by Jihadists like Libya—but also pious Muslims don’t believe that Infidels should *ever* have authority over a Muslim, no matter what the situation.

    I was watching cable news yesterday (CNN? Sometimes I just flip around)—and some pundit was holding forth that the only reason it took so long to make this arrest is that we were working hand in glove with “Libyan intelligence”, and that they wanted to be absolutely sure they had the right man.

    That seemed pretty implausible in any case, given the state of Islamic law—but now it seems that assertion had *no* basis.

    Again, not surprised…

  8. Larry says

    Jun 19, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    I agree. His body should be returned to Libya as soon as he is tried and shot.

  9. JeffS says

    Jun 25, 2014 at 10:45 am

    You’re welcome, Mr. al-Marghani.

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