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Abu Khattala, suspect in Benghazi attacks, is ordered held without bond
[Washington Post] A suspected ringleader of the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans was ordered held without bond during a Wednesday hearing in D.C. federal court.Ahmed Abu Khattala, who has pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." to a single conspiracy charge, was seized in a secret raid in Libya in June. He was held aboard a Navy warship before he was brought to the District to face trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael DiLorenzo said in court Wednesday that multiple witnesses know of Abu Khattala's involvement in the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. DiLorenzo said the defendant's statements corroborate that evidence. The State Department in January designated Abu Khattala a terrorist, calling him a "big shot" of the Benghazi branch of the hard boy organization Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... , a group that arose after the 2011 fall of the Libyan regime of Muammar Qadaffy ...whose instability was an inspiration to dictators everywhere, but whose end couldn't possibly happen to them... . Posted by: Fred 2014-07-03 |
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