Published time: March
14, 2013 19:02
Authorities say they have apprehended a man that is
suspected of being involved in the terrorist attack in Benghazi
CNN reports that 46-year-old Faraj al-Shibli (also spelled
Chalabi) is being held in Libya September
11, 2012 assault on the United
States Benghazi
Chris Stevens, an US
One source speaking to CNN claims that al-Shibli has been in
custody for the past two days after being apprehended during a return trip from
Pakistan
The Libyan government first singled in on al-Shibli when his
named was added to “wanted” lists administered by both the United Nations and
Interpol. Today he remains on Interpol’s “Wanted Persons” list, where he is
sought in connection unspecified violent crimes.
Al-Shibli reportedly joined the militant anti-Gaddafi Libyan
Islamist Fighting Group in the mid-1990s, and has long been considered a
suspect in the 1994 murder of German counterintelligence officer Silvan Becker
and his wife in Sirte , Libya
According to earlier news reports, Osama bin Laden was also
considered a suspect in the Becker murders, suggesting ties between the
possible Benghazi
Barely one month after last year’s assault on the US
"These reports say that no one knows where I am and
that I am hiding," Khattala said to reporters with
Reuters. "But here I am in the open, sitting in a hotel with you. I'm
even going to pick up my sister's kids from school soon."
On the record, Khattala said he was present during last
year’s terrorist attack but did not mastermind it.
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