“We will continue to maintain relentless pressure on terrorist groups that threaten our people or our interests, and we will conduct direct action against them, if necessary, that is consistent with our laws and our values.” 
 
 The Libyan government on Sunday condemned what it called the “kidnapping” of one of its citizens after Ruqai, known by the alias Anas al-Libi, was forced out of his car and bundled away by men his brother described as foreign-looking “commandos.” 
 
 U.S. forces announced that they captured Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known as Abu Anas al-Liby, who was indicted in 2000 in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. (Handout/Getty Images) 
 
 Addressing the Libyan complaints, Secretary of State John F. Kerry called Ruqai “a key al-Qaeda figure.” 
 
 “He is a legal and an appropriate target for the U.S. military,” Kerry said, and will face trial in an American court. Kerry, speaking Monday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Bali, Indonesia, gave no details about what the Libyans were told or when. “I hope the perception is in the world that people who commit acts of terror and who have been appropriately indicted by courts of law, by the legal process, will know that United States of America is going to do anything in its power that is legal and appropriate in order to enforce the law and to protect our security,” Kerry said. A U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive mission, said the target of the Somali raid was Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, a Kenyan national of Somali descent and a suspected leader of al-Shabab. Officials also noted that Ruqai is on a U.N. sanctions list and has been indicted in federal court in New York. Ruqai is currently being held on the USS San Antonio, an amphibious transport dock ship, in the Mediterranean Sea, according to two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the matter. “Since hearing the news, the Libyan government has been in contact with American authorities and has asked them to offer clarification,” the government said, arguing that Libyans who face terrorism charges should be tried at home.
– Has the capture of an al-Qaeda commander damaged relations with Libya? A statement from the Libyan government describes the Tripoli raid that nabbed Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai as a "kidnapping" and demanded answers from the US, reports the Washington Post. In response, John Kerry described the Libyan, who is known by his alias Abu Anas al-Libi, as "a key al-Qaeda figure" who is a "legal and an appropriate target for the US military" and will face trial in an American court. The US regularly consults Libya on counterterrorism issues, but "we don’t get into the specifics of our communication with foreign governments on any kind of operation of this kind," said Kerry. Despite the Libyan government's apparent anger, some witnesses, including the suspect's son, say the raid was carried out by Libyan agents, the Guardian reports. "The people who took my father were Libyan, not Americans—they spoke with Tripoli accents," the son says. The suspect, believed to have played a major role in the 1998 embassy bombings, is now believed to be on board a Navy vessel for interrogation.