Ahmed Abu Khattala

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Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu Khattala (Arabic: أحمد أبو ختال; born 7 May 1971) is a Libyan militia commander who was active during the 2011 Libyan civil war. He participated in the 2012 Benghazi attack on the American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, in which Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. In a December 2013 article about the attack, The New York Times described him as a central figure in the attack according to Libyan witnesses, although he had no known affiliations with terrorist groups. Abu Khattala denied killing the Americans or being part of the attack. In his trial in U.S. federal court in 2017, Abu Khattala was acquitted of 14 charges, including murder, but convicted of four lesser terrorism-related crimes.

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