{"id":26005,"date":"2012-09-20T13:17:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T10:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=26005"},"modified":"2012-09-20T13:17:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T10:17:54","slug":"u-s-intelligence-report-u-s-links-al-qaeda-to-libya-ambassador-chris-stevens-attack-prophet-muhammad-movie-crisis-26005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/u-s-intelligence-report-u-s-links-al-qaeda-to-libya-ambassador-chris-stevens-attack-prophet-muhammad-movie-crisis-26005\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S Intelligence Report: U.S Links Al Qaeda to Libya Ambassador Chris Stevens attack \/ Prophet Muhammad Movie Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Intelligence sources believe the deadly attack on an American consulate in Libya was directly linked to al Qaeda, with a former Guantanamo inmate involved, according to US media reports.<\/h2>\n

Officials had revealed the connection on the same day a top Obama administration official called the assault in Benghazi a “terrorist attack”, after it had previously been described as a spontaneous act.<\/p>\n

America’s ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other US officials died as rocket-propelled grenades were fired into the compound on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.<\/p>\n

A number of arrests were made after the attack, which appeared to have been an act of vengeance by an angry mob of Muslims reacting to an anti-Islamic film made in the US.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the attack President Barack Obama vowed to “bring to justice” those responsible.<\/p>\n

The US military moved two navy destroyers towards the Libyan coast in what officials described as a move to give the administration flexibility for any future action against Libyan targets.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Matt Olson, the director of America’s National Counterterrorism Centre, said at a Senate hearing: “Yes, they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy.”<\/p>\n

He said it appeared to still be an “opportunistic” attack that had escalated over several hours and that al Qaeda was among the suspects.<\/p>\n

Mr Olsen said there was no specific intelligence about “significant advanced planning or co-ordination”.<\/p>\n

The gang that stormed the compound was reported to be heavily armed, and Libyan officials have said that a militant group took advantage of the protest to launch a pre-planned attack.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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