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SOPHISTICATED ATTACKS LIKE THE
ONE WE SAW IN NAIROBI.
THE WESTGATE MALL ATTACK IN
NAIROBI, KENYA, LEFT DOZENS
DEAD, A LUXURY MALL DESTROYED
AND A COUNTRY TERRORIZED.
IT IS ATTACKS LIKE THIS, BOLD,
SOPHISTICATED AND BEYOND
SOMALIA'S BORDERS THAT HELPED
LEAD THE U.S. TO TARGET AL
SHABAAB ON ITS HOME TERRITORY.
IT WAS A DARING OPERATION, LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT, S.E.A.L. TEAM SIX,
THE SAME TEAM THAT KILLED OSAMA
BIN LADEN, LAUNCHED FROM A
COMMERCIAL SHIP TOWARDS SHORE,
AIMING TO CAPTURE THE AL SHABAAB
LEADER KNOWN AS IKRIMA.
MET BY A HAIL OF GUNFIRE IN A
SHORESIDE VIL WILA, THE S.E.A.L
TEAM WITHDREW WITHOUT THEIR MAN.
HOURS LATER AND 3,000 MILES AWAY
IN LIBYA, ANOTHER DARING
OPERATION.
THIS ONE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN
DOWNTOWN TRIPOLI.
THE TARGET, ABU ANAS AL LIBI,
PICKED UP BY MEMBERS OF THE
ELITE U.S. DELTA FORCE.
HIS FAMILY SAID THEY SURROUNDED
HIS CAR, MANY IN MASKS, AND
RUSHED AL LIBI AWAY AS HIS WIFE
WATCHED IN TERROR FROM A WINDOW.
SHE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH CNN.
>> Translator: EVERYTHING
HAPPENED RAPIDLY.
THEY GRABBED HIM AND SHOVED HIM
IN THE CAR.
I SAW THEM DOING THIS AND SAYING
GET IN, BUT WASN'T SURE THAT WAS
MY HUSBAND.
THE CARS THEN SPED OFF LIKE A
ROCKET.
>> Reporter: AL LIBI, A SENIOR
AL QAEDA OPERATIVE WANTED FOR
THE 1998 EMBASSY BOMBINGS IN
AFRICA, IS NOW ON A U.S. NAVY
SHIP IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
IKRIMA, THE TARGET OF THE
SOMALIA RAID, REMAINS AT LARGE.
THE OPERATIONS SHOW AMERICA'S
INCREASING FOCUS ON THE GROWING
TERROR THREAT EMANATING FROM
AFRICA.
IN MALI AND ALGERIA, AL QAEDA
AND THE ISLAMIC MAGREB AND JUST
ACROSS THE GULF OF YEMEN, AL
QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA.
UNLIKE IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
NOW THE U.S. IS RELYING ON
SMALLER, SWIFTER OPERATIONS.
JAMES LIDDY IS A FORMER NAVY
S.E.A.L. COMMANDO.
>> THE UNITED STATES IS SHOWING
ONCE AGAIN THAT IT'S NOT GOING
TO LET TERRORISTS DICTATE THE
WAR ON TERROR.
A SURGICAL STRIKE MAKES A LOT OF
SENSE TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE
CASUALTIES THAT WOULD ENSUE IF
YOU HAD A LARGER FOOTPRINT OR
BIGGER OPERATION.
>> STILL, THESE TWO RAIDS SHOW
THE DIFFICULTY OF THAT STRATEGY.
ONE TEAM GETS ITS MAN, THE OTHER
DOES NOT.
BOTH IN HIGH RISK OPERATIONS.
THAT SAID, A U.S. OFFICIAL TOLD
ME TODAY EMPHATICALLY THE U.S.
DOES NOT SEE THE SOMALIA