1998 : Commandos from the elite US Army Delta Force conducted the raid . Abu Anas al Libi 's wife says some of the men in the raid seemed to be Libyans . Rahman told CNN she did n't know who had taken her husband -- only that the raid she watched happen from her Tripoli home happened very quickly . The operation was a ` ` masterpiece , '' Libyan counterterrorism experts says . Al Qaeda is suspected of playing a part in 2 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa in 1998 .
1998 : Commandos from the elite US Army Delta Force conducted the raid . Abu Anas al Libi 's wife says some of the men in the raid seemed to be Libyans . The operation was a ` ` masterpiece , '' Libyan counterterrorism experts says . Al Qaeda is suspected of playing a part in 2 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa in 1998 .