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2 Tunisia museum attack suspects got weapons training in Libya, official says
cnn ^ | Faith Karimi, Tim Lister and Greg Botelho, CNN

Posted on 03/20/2015 9:33:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin

"They left the country illegally last December for Libya, and they were able to train with weapons there," he told private broadcaster AlHiwar Ettounsi TV.

Like Tunisia, Libya saw its longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi ousted during the regional wave of revolutions known as the Arab Spring. But unlike its neighbor to the west, Libya has been fraught with more instability and violence -- much of it perpetrated by Islamist militants, like those behind the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: libya; muslimworld; tunisia

1 posted on 03/20/2015 9:33:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin; maggief; WildHighlander57; stephenjohnbanker; LucyT; Liz; thouworm

So we’re these two connected to Bengauzi or their guns connected to Bengauzi?


2 posted on 03/20/2015 9:36:45 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: hoosiermama

What difference does it make?


3 posted on 03/20/2015 9:37:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Things are so much better in Libya after Obama got through throwing over the previous regime. NOT!


4 posted on 03/20/2015 9:38:08 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: hoosiermama

Probably, at least tangentially.


5 posted on 03/20/2015 9:38:37 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks, Barack!


6 posted on 03/20/2015 9:40:57 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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7 posted on 03/20/2015 9:43:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

(Not sure I understand the thrust of your comment here...)


8 posted on 03/20/2015 9:48:14 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Well don’t forget to thank Joe too!


9 posted on 03/20/2015 9:50:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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