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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:46 PM Sep 2012

OK, this is getting f**king weird: "Pro-al Qaeda group seen behind deadly Benghazi attack" [View all]

(CNN) -- A pro-al Qaeda group responsible for a previous armed assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is the chief suspect in Tuesday's attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, sources tracking militant Islamist groups in eastern Libya say.

They also note that the attack immediately followed a call from al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri for revenge for the death in June of a senior Libyan member of the terror group Abu Yahya al-Libi.

The group suspected to be behind the assault -- the Imprisoned Omar Abdul Rahman Brigades -- first surfaced in May, when it claimed responsibility for an attack on the International Red Cross office in Benghazi. The following month the group claimed responsibility for detonating an explosive device outside the U.S. Consulate, and later released a video of that attack.

Noman Benotman, once a leading member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and now based at the Quilliam Foundation in London told CNN, "An attack like this would likely have required preparation. This would not seem to be merely a protest which escalated."

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/libya-attack-jihadists/index.html?hpt=hp_c1


Sam Bacile,maker of anti muslim film,may not be a real person:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021327615

Morris Sadek seems to be the most proximate cause of this crisis....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021325768
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This Is More Likely Than Not, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2012 #1
I hope authorities are as interested in questioning Morris Sadek as I am.... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #2
I Agree, Sir, 'The Question' Ought to Be Put To Him The Magistrate Sep 2012 #10
Is it too much to say that US authorities are sending a signal to Likud extremists: Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #13
Certainly, Sir, No One Acting To Provoke Incidents Like This Can Be Regarded As a Friend To The U.S. The Magistrate Sep 2012 #15
I hope "authorities" don't waste time questioning Morris Sadek. hilltrot Sep 2012 #18
There are lots and lots of FBI agents. We can, and will, do both. n/t Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #19
it was a rocket launcher. i would think it would be someone beyond that average citizen seabeyond Sep 2012 #3
Those Went Into Fairly Wide Circulation During the Revolution, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2012 #6
yes. i understand. but again, that would not have been seabeyond Sep 2012 #12
True, Ma'am: The Protest Seems To have Been Used For Cover The Magistrate Sep 2012 #14
yes. a lot of the story still has to be told, on both sides of the ocean. nt seabeyond Sep 2012 #16
The cast of characters involved HappyMe Sep 2012 #4
It's been my observation that al Qaeda is a catch all Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #5
That's not weird, that is exactly what I expected. The movie was the spur, but not the reason renie408 Sep 2012 #7
Pro al qaeda.. but not al qaeda? ecstatic Sep 2012 #8
Al Qaeda using the pretense of Islam to further their own agenda is nothing new. Barack_America Sep 2012 #9
Any jihadist group is a "pro-al-Qaeda group" KamaAina Sep 2012 #11
We helped put jihadis in power in Benghazi. Ungrateful wretches. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #17
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