Benghazi suspect snared
Moses reminds the people in this Sunday’s reading from the Book of Deuteronomy that God liberated their ancestors from captivity in Egypt. U.S. special operations forces in Libya brought into captivity a suspect who is being called the ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi which left four Americans . . .
Moses reminds the people in this Sunday’s reading from the Book of Deuteronomy that God liberated their ancestors from captivity in Egypt. U.S. special operations forces in Libya brought into captivity a suspect who is being called the ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi that left four Americans dead, including U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
Ahmed Abu Khatallah was captured near Benghazi by U.S. troops working with the FBI and taken out of the country, the Pentagon said in a statement which described him as “a key figure in the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi.” There were no casualties in the raid and all U.S. personnel have left Libya, the statement said.
President Barack Obama said the capture "demonstrated that we will do whatever it takes to see that justice is done when people harm Americans." Obama said the U.S. also remained committed to supporting the Libyan people "as they work to overcome years of tyranny and do the difficult work of building a democracy."
Khatallah’s capture is a major success for the Obama administration, which has faced a drumbeat of criticism from Republicans since the Benghazi attacks for failing to capture the perpetrators and for poor security at a U.S. diplomatic compound and a CIA base nearby.
Homily hint: Though dramatic news such as the capture of a key terrorist dominates the headlines, the hard diplomatic work that gets adversaries to sit down together and work out their differences must be praised and supported worldwide.
Ahmed Abu Khatallah was captured near Benghazi by U.S. troops working with the FBI and taken out of the country, the Pentagon said in a statement which described him as “a key figure in the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi.” There were no casualties in the raid and all U.S. personnel have left Libya, the statement said.
President Barack Obama said the capture "demonstrated that we will do whatever it takes to see that justice is done when people harm Americans." Obama said the U.S. also remained committed to supporting the Libyan people "as they work to overcome years of tyranny and do the difficult work of building a democracy."
Khatallah’s capture is a major success for the Obama administration, which has faced a drumbeat of criticism from Republicans since the Benghazi attacks for failing to capture the perpetrators and for poor security at a U.S. diplomatic compound and a CIA base nearby.
Homily hint: Though dramatic news such as the capture of a key terrorist dominates the headlines, the hard diplomatic work that gets adversaries to sit down together and work out their differences must be praised and supported worldwide.
Source: An article by David S. Cloud for the Los Angeles Times