[An Nahar] Libya's top political authority, the General National Congress, demanded on Tuesday that the United States hand back an alleged al-Qaeda operative its forces seized from Tripoli...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
in a weekend raid.
A GNC statement read out by front man Omar Hmidan stressed "the need for the immediate surrender" of Abu Anas al-Libi and described the U.S. operation as a "flagrant violation of (Libya's) national illusory sovereignty."
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It is the first official statement from Libya that clearly condemns the operation in which Libi was snatched from his car by U.S. forces in broad daylight in a Tripoli street on Saturday.
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan insisted earlier on Tuesday that all Libyans should be tried on home soil.
The GNC declaration comes after Libya's justice minister summoned U.S. Ambassador Deborah Jones to answer questions about the surprise raid.
Libi -- whose real name is Nazih Abdul Hamed al-Raghie -- was on the FBI's most wanted list with a $5 million (3.7 million euro) bounty on his head for his alleged role in the 1998 twin bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa.
He is reportedly being held aboard a U.S. naval ship in the Mediterranean.