Libya’s General National Congress has called on the United States to return a top al-Qaeda suspect seized this weekend from the streets of Tripoli. Abu Anas al-Liby, wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa, is being held on a Navy ship in the Mediterranean Sea. He is apparently been interrogated without an attorney and denied Miranda rights. His arrest sparked rallies in Libya and new pressure on the beleaguered Libyan government. On Tuesday, Libyan Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani called al-Liby’s capture a kidnapping.

Salah al-Marghani: “We have made it clear to the U.S. government that this is an act of kidnapping of a Libyan citizen that does not comply with Libyan law. The U.S. government’s reply was that it was about implementing a court order.”

A statement from Libya’s General National Congress approved Tuesday says the United States should return al-Liby and calls his capture a “flagrant violation of national sovereignty.” The United States now says the Libyan government tacitly approved the raid, after initially suggesting it provided assistance. Speaking at the White House, President Obama vowed to continue U.S. raids in African countries.

President Obama: “Africa is one of the places where, because, in some cases the lack of capacity on the part of the governments, in some cases because it is easier for folks to hide out in vast terrains that are sparsely populated, that you’re seeing some of these groups gather. And we’re going to have to continue to go after them. But there’s a difference between us going after terrorists who are plotting directly to do damage to the United States and us being involved in wars.”