Libya summons USA ambassador over Al Libi

Two hundred heavily armed Marines have been moved to the U.S. naval base at Sigonella, Italy, from their base in Spain to respond to any potential security crisis for the U.S. Embassy diplomatic mission in Libya, a U.S. military official told CNN. The move happened on Monday the official said. The move, made in coordination with the State Department, was made "as a prudent measure" in the wake of the US military raid to capture Abu Anas al Libi, the 49-year-old alleged al Qaeda operative. [Breaking news alert, 7:02 a.m. ET] Libya's government said it summoned U.S. Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones for questioning over what it calls the "abduction" of Abu Anas al Libi, the country's official news agency LANA reported. Al Libi is an alleged al Qaeda operative accused of playing a role in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. [Previously published story] After interrogation on warship, al Libi's next stop could be U.S. court Abu Anas al Libi isn't on alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's level, so don't expect the same hullabaloo over U.S. plans to try the Libyan terror suspect on American soil, legal experts said Monday. "He will be brought back to the United States and tried in a federal criminal courtroom," CNN senior analyst Jeffrey Toobin said. "(President Barack) Obama's trying to close Guantanamo, not add prisoners." American Delta Force soldiers captured al Libi this weekend in Tripoli. The 49-year-old alleged al Qaeda operative is accused of playing a role in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people and wounded about 4,000 more. He was indicted in the Southern District of New York in the embassy bombings and in connection with his alleged roles in al Qaeda conspiracies to attack U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia.

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