(Adds details, background on Khatallah) By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - A suspected leader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, captured by U.S. forces and spirited out of Libya, is expected to arrive in the United States this weekend after his journey at sea, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday. Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khatallah was taken aboard the USS New York, an amphibious transport ship, after his seizure in a raid on the outskirts of Benghazi on June 15. U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died in the Benghazi attack. Khatallah told Reuters in a 2012 interview that he was present during the Benghazi attack but was **t one of the ringleaders.
06-28-2014, 04:01 PM
Benghazi suspect expected to arrive in U.S. this weekend -sources
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