Alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi dies in US hospital, family says ... - CNN

• Nazih al-Ruqaii, aka Abu Anas al Libi, has died in hospital, his family says


• The Libyan native was snatched from Tripoli by U.S. forces in October 2013


• Authorities say he played role in bombings at American embassies in 1998

(CNN) -- Abu Anas al Libi, an alleged al Qaeda operative captured by U.S. Army Delta Force soldiers in Libya and taken to the United States, has died in a hospital, his son said Saturday.

Abdel Mouin told CNN by phone from Tripoli that the family was notified by his lawyer in the United States that al Libi, whose real name was Nazih al-Ruqaii, died in a hospital Friday evening.

The 50-year-old native of Libya was accused of playing a role in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

Mouin told CNN his father's health had deteriorated since U.S. special forces snatched him from outside his family home in Tripoli in October 2013.

Mouin said his father, who suffered from advanced Hepatitis C, had been in a hospital in a coma before his death. He said his father had also developed liver cancer since his capture.

The family holds the U.S. government "fully responsible" for what happened to the man they call al-Ruqaii, Mouin said.

Mouin earlier had said that the family had urged the U.S. authorities to allow them to visit al Libi, but that those requests had been denied.

Al Libi was indicted in 2001 by the federal court in the Southern District of New York on charges of conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, murder, destruction of American buildings and government property and destruction of national defense utilities of the United States.

His wife said at the time of his capture that he was no longer a member of al Qaeda, had been living a normal life and was seeking a job with the Libyan oil ministry.

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