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Al-Libi Arrives in US After Being Detained on Warship

Captured in raid in Libya, will stand trial over allegations he helped plan bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998

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A Libyan terrorist suspect who was held aboard a U.S. warship is now in the United States, CBS News has confirmed.

The al Qaeda suspect, known as Abu Anas al-Libi, has been under federal indictment in New York for more than a decade. He's expected to stand trial over whether he helped plan and conduct surveillance for the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998.