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December 30, 2013

Report: No Al-Qaeda Role in Benghazi Attack, Video Played Role 
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A new investigation challenges right-wing claims around the deadly
attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year. The New York
Times reports there is no evidence al-Qaeda or other international
militants played a role in the assault that killed four Americans,
including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. The attack was coordinated by
local militia who in fact benefited from the U.S.-backed NATO
intervention against Col. Muammar Gaddafi. It also appears that anger
over an anti-Islam film produced in the United States, "The Innocence of
Muslims," helped fuel the attack, as the Obama administration initially
claimed.

 

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