The Justice Ministry demanded that the US turn over Ahmed Abu Khattalah a.k.a. Ahmed Bukhatallah, an Ansar al Sharia leader linked to the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi. Khalid Aftar’s “Operation Dignity” denied any knowledge of or involvement in the US’ capture of Khattalah. A plane carrying the constitutional delegation to a meeting in Kufra made an emergency landing at an oilfield airstrip after a caller threatened that the plane would be shot down if it tried to land at Kufra airport. Haftar’s forces bombed the Teka airstrip, 20 kilometres west of Benghazi, on June 15 to prevent Islamist forces from flying in weapons and ammunition.
