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The Libyan man who was seized earlier this month in a US raid in Tripoli has been transferred to the US to face charges in New York.
Officials said Abu Anas al-Liby, whose real name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, was questioned on board a navy ship while travelling to the US.
He is accused of links with al-Qaeda and involvement in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa.
Anas al-Liby
- Born 30 March 1964 in Tripoli, Libya
- Believed to have joined al-Qaeda in 1990s
- Given political asylum in UK
- Charged by New York prosecutors with involvement in 1998 US embassy bombings
- One of FBI's "most wanted terrorists" with $5m bounty
Mr Liby was indicted by a New York grand jury in 2000.
The US attorney for the southern district of New York, Preet Bharara, said in a statement that Mr Liby was transferred to law enforcement custody at the weekend.
The suspect was likely to be presented before a judicial officer on Tuesday, he added.
'Appropriate target'
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has defended the capture of Mr Liby in a raid on Libyan territory on 5 October, calling him a "legal and appropriate target".
Libya has demanded an explanation for the raid from the US.
Mr Liby's sons have claimed that Libyans were involved in his kidnap, which Tripoli denies.
The attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed more than 220 people.
The suspect had been on the FBI's most wanted list for more than a decade, with a $5m (£3.1m) bounty on his head.
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