US commando raids target Islamist leaders in Africa

US special forces have carried out two
separate raids in Africa targeting senior
Islamist militants, American officials say.
In Libya, US commandos captured an al-Qaeda
leader accused of the 1998 bombings of the
US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Anas al-Libi was seized in the capital Tripoli.
And a leader of the al-Shabab group was
targeted in southern Somalia, but that raid
appears to have failed.
The al-Shabab leader - who has not been
identified - is suspected of involvement in last
month's attack in the Westgate shopping
centre in Kenya's capital Nairobi, which left at
least 67 people dead.

$5m bounty
Anas al-Libi's relatives and US officials said he
had been seized in the Libyan capital early on
Saturday.
He was parking outside his house when three
vehicles encircled him, his car's window was
smashed and his gun was seized before he was
taken away, his brother Nabih was quoted as
saying by AP.
He added that Libi's wife also saw the attack,
describing the abductors as foreign-looking
"commandos".
The raid was conducted with the knowledge of
the Libyan government, a US official was
quoted as saying by CNN.