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| Benghazi consulate raid suspect in US court | |
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| The suspected ringleader of the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has appeared amid tight security at a US federal courthouse. | |
| Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured by US forces in Benghazi on 18 June. | Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured by US forces in Benghazi on 18 June. |
| He has repeatedly denied all the accusations against him. He says he was in Benghazi during the attack on the US consulate but that did not take part. | He has repeatedly denied all the accusations against him. He says he was in Benghazi during the attack on the US consulate but that did not take part. |
| The US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other people were killed in the 2012 attack. | The US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other people were killed in the 2012 attack. |
| American media reported that Mr Abu Khattala was brought to court in Washington from a US Navy warship where he had been held since being captured two weeks ago. | |
| Ahmed Abu Khattala | |
| • Native of Benghazi in eastern Libya | |
| • Construction worker by trade | |
| • Spent several years in Col Muammar Gaddafi's notorious Abu Salim prison in Tripoli | |
| • Formed his own small militia during the anti-Gaddafi uprising | |
| • Denies any links to al-Qaeda but has expressed admiration for it | |
| • Also denies any role in the attack on the US embassy in 2012, but eyewitnesses report him being there | |
| • US state department says he is a senior leader in Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia | |
| Profile: Libyan Islamist Ahmed Abu Khattala |