User blog:Bzero/U.S. captures Tobruk suspect in secret raid

Abd al-Baset had returned home Tuesday night after a brazen US embassy attack in Tobruk when U.S. military commandos swarmed his residence south of the waterfront city and took him captive, quickly moving him out of Butnan to the United States.

“He was isolated,” a U.S. official said. “It was pretty clean.”

One of the suspected ringleaders of the 2012 terrorist attacks in Tobruk that killed four Americans, Al-Baset is the first of the alleged perpetrators to be apprehended. He now awaits a federal trial in the District.

U.S. officials said the joint Special Operations and FBI mission had been planned for months and was approved by President Dunham on Friday. The Pentagon said that there were no civilian or other casualties and that all involved U.S. personnel had safely left Butnan.

The administration provided few details about the operation itself, where Al-Baset is being held or the timing of his first appearance in court. After news of the capture became public Wednesday morning, Dunham, on a visit to Pennsylvania, said Al-Baset “has been transported back to the United States.” Administration officials said they expected him to appear in court here within days.