Media ID: 55376352
Caption:
Abu Khattala, photographed shortly after his apprehension by US Special Operations forces near a villa south of Benghazi, Libya, on the evening of June 15, 2014. (US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia)
by Spencer S. Hsu | Jun 12, 2017 | Middle East
Under a nearly full moon, a small boat pulled away from the Libyan coastline. A bearded man sat on board, masked, handcuffed and gagged until out of shouting range of land. After 20 minutes, armed guards lowered him into a shallow pit in the deck of a second vessel to...