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Showing Original Post only (View all)Benghazi Suspect Said He Was Moved To Take Revenge For American-Made Video [View all]
Source: Huffington Post
"What he did in the period just before the attack has remained unclear. But Mr. Abu Khattala told other Libyans in private conversations during the night of the attack that he was moved to attack the diplomatic mission to take revenge for an insult to Islam in an American-made online video.
An earlier demonstration venting anger over the video outside the American Embassy in Cairo had culminated in a breach of its walls, and it dominated Arab news coverage. Mr. Abu Khattala told both fellow Islamist fighters and others that the attack in Benghazi was retaliation for the same insulting video, according to people who heard him."
Read more: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5505181
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Benghazi Suspect Said He Was Moved To Take Revenge For American-Made Video [View all]
truthisfreedom
Jun 2014
OP
So...what number of "guys" do they have to catch at a time so that you no longer laugh?
yellowcanine
Jun 2014
#34
The POINT is the denial by the Right Wing in this country that they had anything to do with it....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2014
#13
are you stating, unequivocally, that being offended has never lead to violence?
frylock
Jun 2014
#17
It's true.. there is an undercurrent of anger and distorted beliefs, not hard to trigger.
Voice for Peace
Jun 2014
#25
That's what he says NOW. What will he say after Dick Cheney water boards him?
yellowcanine
Jun 2014
#35