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Libya 'summons US envoy over seized Qaeda suspect'

Salah al-Maghani and Deborah Jones at the opening ceremony in Misrata on August 13, 2013 of the Al-Gauia Reform and Rehabilitation center. By Mahmud Turkia (AFP/File)

Tripoli (AFP) - Libya's government summoned US ambassador Deborah Jones to seek clarification over the capture by American special forces of an alleged Al-Qaeda operative in Tripoli, the foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.

"Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani summoned the ambassador of the United States on Monday morning to ask for answers to several questions relating to the case" of Abu Anas al-Libi, a ministry statement said.

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