{{ The United States says it has captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, a raid that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador.}}<\/p>\n
This ignited a political firestorm in Washington. Now, the Pentagon press secretary says they’ve captured a suspected ringleader. <\/p>\n
Ahmed Abu Khatallah was captured in Libya Sunday, with a team of U.S. special operations forces and law enforcement personnel. <\/p>\n
No photo of him was immediately available. During an event in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Obama said he had made his capture a priority: <\/p>\n
The Pentagon declined to go into detail about his capture. But they say there were no civilian casualties in the operation and all U.S. personnel involved had safely left Libya. <\/p>\n
A U.S. official said Khatallah would be charged and prosecuted through the U.S. court system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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