u.s. special forces and representative of the fbi. there were no casualties during the operation, which took place sunday. this is not the first time that u.s. special operation forces were close to grab ibing khatta. another target was surprised outside his home in tripoli. a near simultaneous operation was in benghazi to grab khattala. there was trouble at the location in benghazi back in october so khattala slipped away. khattala was living in plain sight and had done interviews with multiple news outlets including the new york times. he met with journalists in public and favored sipping lattes at a local hotel in benghazi. he was very confident he would never be captured. video of the attack on the night of september 11th, 2012, allegedly shows him at the consulate the night of the attack.