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I've not been following the Libya story much but I just came across this article on MSN.
[link]:http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49528284/|[/link]
Hopefully this is old information that should not matter for the election?
mucifer
(23,574 posts)JiminyJominy
(340 posts)It was not letting me post the link...but its there now. Please for the love of God tell me this is not a big deal or has already been covered.
mucifer
(23,574 posts)jezebel
(1,772 posts)after.
So what is the implication here?
courseofhistory
(801 posts)supposedly was sent to the WH but I'm sure the WH had not verified the information well enough to know if it was true or not. And we don't know exactly what was in the emails. Apparently a group linked to al Qaeda was taking credit for the attack, but at the same time, it needed to be verified before being announced and maybe it was determined later on it was a false claim. I don't think it will become a big deal. They can't announce who is supposedly responsible until they investigate and as far as I know, they still aren't certain if it was this group or just a bunch of wannabes.
From the link: (they DID mention possible involvement of extremists--but that all gets overlooked in the hyperbole and hyperventilating reporting)
While officials did mention the possible involvement of "extremists," they did not lay blame on any specific militant groups or possible links to al Qaeda or its affiliates until intelligence officials publicly alleged that on September 28.
lexx21
(321 posts)that these groups like to "take credit" for awful crap that goes on. Also not realizing just how stupid it is to actually take credit of an act where one of our officials is killed, as our track record of late has been to hunt them down and kill them? It's obvious that we are not dealing with rocket scientists here.......
patrice
(47,992 posts)JiminyJominy
(340 posts)like I said, I have not been following the Libya storyline that much so I don't know what out there already and whats not. so far no other news outlets have picked the story up so I'm assuming its not that biga deal?
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)So no big deal. That story that he was slow in his response has been dead ever since Romney's epic fuck up at the 2nd debate.
patrice
(47,992 posts)Word of advice: don't believe everyone communicating through the internet IS whoever they claim they are or have done what they claim they have done.
A responsible leader checks things out before going off half-cocked and I believe that the words "act of terror" would very likely have been based upon this and other information, which STILL left the question, especially in a place as chaotic as Libya, of exactly WHO.
Some people just don't try to pin things on ANYONE in order to "prove" stuff to other people for political purposes.