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Tunisia frees Benghazi suspect
The Tunisian government has freed Ali Harzi, a key suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. The FBI questioned Harzi in December, and Ansar al Sharia Tunisia released photos of the investigating agents online.One of two assailants died in an assassination attempt on Ahmed Abu Khattala, who is a suspect in the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi and the murder of rebel commander Abdelfattah Younes. The Defense Ministry ordered all military personnel to rejoin their units.
Reprisal fears cloud Libya probe into US consulate attack
Mohamed Magarief, the head of Libya's parliament, survived an assassination attempt while on a state visit to the city of Sebha, in an area declared a closed military zone last month; three of his guards were wounded in the attack. About 10 percent of the powerful Supreme Security Committee's militiamen have accepted the government's invitation to join the police force.
Gaddafi-era security official Lieutenant Colonel Nasser al Magrabi was found shot to death at his farm near Benghazi. The day before, the head of Benghazi's criminal investigations department, Abdelsalam al Mahdawi, was kidnapped at gunpoint. Libyan officials said the trial for Saif al Islam, Libya's former Intelligence Chief and a son of Gaddafi, will begin in February.
Pakistan condemns drone attacks in Waziristan
Sahel security global threat, 8-14,000 Jihadists now in Mali, region, to double in year: Study
Several jihadists recruitment cells dismantled in the Maghreb
Gunmen from a militant Islamist group kidnapped Abdulsalam al Mihdawi, the acting head of criminal investigation in Benghazi. The militants attacked al Mihdawi and two colleagues in his car as it waited at a stoplight in the city. Over a dozen security officials have been assassinated in Benghazi in recent months.
Head of Libya's Copts speaks out on Misrata killing
The main suspect in the Sept. 11 attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Ahmed Boukhtala, remains at large, living freely in Benghazi. Ahmed is linked to Ansar al Sharia, and has said any Libyan opposed to sharia is a non-Muslim. He is also a suspect in the assassination of rebel commander General Abdelfattah Younis.
Libya - Former revolutionaries joining state institutions
A bomb exploded at an Egyptian Coptic church in Misrata, killing two Egyptians and wounding two other people; there are currently no suspects. Courts in Jebel Akhdar suspended operations due to security threats in Derna.
Benghazi citizens demonstrated on Friday against armed militias. Ansar al Sharia is said to be based outside the city. Salafist groups have proliferated in Libya recently.
A police lieutenant was shot and killed at his home near Benghazi by an unknown assailant; the policeman's mother was injured in the attack. The Interior Ministry announced plans to investigate complaints against policemen, after a video surfaced on YouTube allegedly showing signs of torture on a suspect arrested in Benghazi.
CIA's Global Response Staff emerging from shadows after incidents in Libya and Pakistan
US drone strategy in Yemen is fraught with peril
The former head of the National Transitional Council accused "Libyan Islamists" of both the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi and the assassination of rebel commander General Abdulfatah Younis. The Interior Ministry announced a plan to dismantle and disarm Libyan militia groups, and said judges are investigating recent attacks on Benghazi security officials.
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia releases pictures of FBI agents
Al-Bayariq Media Foundation, Ansar al Sharia Tunisia's media outfit, has released photos purportedly showing three FBI agents who questioned Ali al Harzi, a suspect in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. The three FBI agents reportedly questioned Harzi about the attack in Benghazi, as well as the Sept. 14 assault on the US Embassy in Tunis.FBI question Benghazi consulate attack suspect
