Libyan Jihadist Groups Call For Revenge Attacks After US Capture of Abu Anas al-Libi
Alleged Al Qaeda member currently being question on U.S. Navy ship
Libyan jihadist groups have called for revenge attacks against U.S. and Western interests in the north African nation, as well as the local government, two days after an elite U.S. counter-terrorism unit abducted alleged high-profile al Qaeda member Anas al-Libi from Tripoli.
In one online posting, jihadists called on Libya's "brave youth" to launch attacks that include kidnapping of Americans, damaging gas pipelines to Europe or targeting ships and airplanes, according to the monitoring group SITE. Another online posting by a separate group "denounced" the American operation and appeared to suspect the Libyan government's collusion in the mission, threatening "everyone who has betrayed his country and made himself involved in this conspiracy."
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