US forces seize Libyan al-Qaeda leader His brother, Nabih, said the 49-year-old was parking outside his house early on Saturday after dawn prayers, when three vehicles encircled him, smashed the car's window and seized his gun before grabbing him and fleeing. The brother said el-Libi's wife saw the kidnapping from her window and described the abductors as foreign-looking armed "commandos." Al-Libi was indicted in the Southern District of New York, for his alleged involvement in the bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, on August 7, 1998. Al-Libi, who was granted political asylum in Britain, was believed to be a computer specialist with al-Qaeda. He studied electronic and nuclear engineering, graduating from Tripoli University. His family returned to Libya a year before the revolt against Gaddafi, under an initiative by Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam who sought to reconcile with militants who renounce violence, a close friend said, refusing to identify himself because of security concerns. The friend said al-Libi's son was killed during the civil war as rebels marched on the capital, ousting Gadhafi. His son's name is scribbled as a graffiti on the walls of the street where his family resides, in an affluent neighborhood in Tripoli.