confirms to fox that he is currently in u.s. custody. harris? i want to press in a little bit first of all. going back to the navy seal with regards to the mall attack in kenya if we can, jennifer. trying to learn how that would have come about? which government would we have talked with? the somalia government, i saw we were in connection with them and so we could make a hit like this in their country. remember the head of somalia is here meeting with the president just receiptly in the last two weeks and he was over in the pentagon as well. there has been cooperation with the president of somalia for quite sometime. it is not the first time u.s. special forces operating in somalia. and we are told from senior military forces, that the targets in the house, there were multiple targets in the sea side town in somalia.
interesting situation. and he is the most high profile high value target that is captured by u.s. forces in the recent years since the president has taken the decision to stop using guantanamo bay for holding and treating these high valued targets as any sort of person who would be sent to guantanamo bay. it will be in the hands of the justice department and the fbi will participate and they will try this one of america s most wanted and a huge day for special operation forces. first the raid in somalia and in which we still don t have confirmation and the target was the head of al shabab and navy seals did kill one person in the compound where a senior level al shabab members were staying and they were not able to take the body with them we are told from
one of the target was the head of al shabab, who was believed to be at the house. there is no way to confirm at this point in time whether he was killed in the attack. the seal team assessed the situation and because of the shooting that was occurring, they were not able to take the body with them after that shootout. and we can confirm tla there was a raid in the villa in somalia. and the pentagon can t confirm. you touched on it about the americans that are in the west gate mall in nairobi. and the connections that our own people would have had happen in the mall. we are looking at more video now. and we knew that our guys are going to assist in investigating that. we knew we had special forces
during the stand off and siege and after. and now we have learned that this is playing out in somalia. before you go, i want to ask you about the situation in trippoli. the original reports that there was a second raid came from libyan sources on the ground in tripoli. the target of that strike by special operation forces was a bu a l libby and he s been on the most wanted list. and there was a $5 million reward for him. he is in u.s. custody and wanted for the 1998 embassy bombings in kenya. he is currently in u.s. custody and we are told from a senior u.s. official. jennifer griffin, thank you
mr. clean s new magic eraser handy grip. in the terror foot score two for america today. live from washington. and stories are developing at this hour, gen. we confirm that the al-qaeda operative wanted for the 1998 embassy bombing is in u.s. custody and u.s. officials say they will try him in the united states and the justice department is preparing to do so. and we also can confirm that u.s. navy seals carried out a raid in somalia and targeting the leadership. we cannot confirm who was killed in that attack and whether the target was the one killed. they could not leave and take the body with them. we are waiting to see the