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No evidence found of al Qaeda role in Libya attack
The Los Angeles Times ^ | October 19, 2012 | Ken Dilanian and Shashank Bengali

Posted on 10/20/2012 5:58:10 AM PDT by Haddit

The assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last month appears to have been an opportunistic attack rather than a long-planned operation, and intelligence agencies have found no evidence that it was ordered by Al Qaeda, according to U.S. officials and witnesses interviewed in Libya.

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1 posted on 10/20/2012 5:58:22 AM PDT by Haddit
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To: Haddit

Bull Obama.

The LAT has it’s head so far up Obama’s smelly Obama that it can taste toothpaste.


2 posted on 10/20/2012 6:00:03 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Haddit

It was Buddhists! Yea! That’s the ticket!

Obama / Laughing Boy 2012 !!!!!

Buddhists!!!!!


3 posted on 10/20/2012 6:00:53 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks!)
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To: Haddit

oh I call BS!

obamas pavlov dogs repeating whatever he wants them to say


4 posted on 10/20/2012 6:01:11 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Haddit

This was posted last night.


5 posted on 10/20/2012 6:01:51 AM PDT by Perdogg (Vote like the US Constitution depends on it - it does!!)
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To: Haddit
Ok, they're ALL Al-Qaeda, it's just a different name. Al Qaeda means “The Base”.
6 posted on 10/20/2012 6:02:08 AM PDT by tobyhill (Obamacare, the final nail in the US coffin.)
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To: Da Coyote

Ya know, I find the LA Times laughable on this one. Surveillance footage clearly shows people carrying heavy machine guns and RPGs around the embassy. That’s not a spontaneous riot, unless someone has a lamp and a genie to simply wish RPGs and machine guns into existence. If it were a simple riot, you would expect more crude devices like crowbars, glass bottle throwing, or perhaps pieces of wood, but not sophisticated weapons, in other words, obviously planned, and an epic fail on the part of the LA Times.


7 posted on 10/20/2012 6:03:28 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Haddit

The LAT has the credibility of Bill Clinton’s finger pointing.


8 posted on 10/20/2012 6:04:07 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free.)
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To: Haddit

Just another case of “workplace violence” like at Ft. Hood.


9 posted on 10/20/2012 6:04:49 AM PDT by airborne (MY HEROES DON'T WEAR CAPES. MY HEROES WEAR DOG TAGS ! ! !)
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To: Haddit

There is no evidence...

That quote is damning to the LAT even before reading the rest of it.

And who’s surprised...it IS the LAT!


10 posted on 10/20/2012 6:05:16 AM PDT by txrangerette ("HOLD TO THE TRUTH...SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR." - Glenn Beck)
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11 posted on 10/20/2012 6:07:31 AM PDT by Doofer (Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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To: Morpheus2009

Listen, everyone carries around 50-cal machine guns, claymores, RPGs, grenade launchers, flame-throwers, and sub-machine guns. They tote them in their pick-ups and SUVs. So, this group might have been peace-loving guys...who had a few beers....dragged out their weapons, and just did some stupid things. That’s all.


12 posted on 10/20/2012 6:07:55 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Haddit

It has always been reported as an “al Qaeda affiliated group”, never al Qaeda itself.


13 posted on 10/20/2012 6:08:09 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Haddit

Say anything to help the Dear Leader. Nice job “press”.


14 posted on 10/20/2012 6:10:06 AM PDT by kimchi lover (Obyebye 2012)
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To: Da Coyote

Next he’ll blame it on a roving band of Mormons.


15 posted on 10/20/2012 6:10:05 AM PDT by capt. norm (Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never run out of material. c)
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To: Haddit

On September 10, al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, released a video that served as a global call to arms to al Qaeda members to exact revenge for the death of Abu Yahya al Libi, one of al Qaeda’s top officials.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/10/03/Al-Qaeda-Behind-At-Least-Four-Coordinated-Attacks-On-U-S-Embassies-In-September

Yep, the LA Slimes has some crack reporters working for them. Al Qaeda and the date Sept 11th were totally unrelated to what happened in Benghazi.

For that matter, how about this video which was put out by Al Qaeda showing Al Zawahri and the June 6th bombing of the consulate in Benghazi. I suppose the newspaper would say that is just a coincidence too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhhyGB-ttMU


16 posted on 10/20/2012 6:10:30 AM PDT by barryobi
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As Syria War Roils, Unrest among sects hits Turkey
New York Times, August 4, 2012 Jeffrey Gettleman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/world/middleeast/turkish-alawites-fear-spillover-of-violence-from-syria.html

These are my notes from the above article

The Alevis and Alawites don’t follow some Islamic traditions and in Turkey they are a persecuted minority.
Syria’s government troops are predominately Alawites while the majority of Syria is Sunni.
The Alevis are mostly ethnic Turks between 15 or 20 million strong.
The Alawites in Turkey is less than a million.
Turkey’s government and most Sunnis support Syrian rebels.
The Alevis and Alawites support Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
Turkey is becoming more Sunni influenced and has teamed up with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, both Sunni, to oust Assad.
Assad has made Syria one of the most secular countries in the Middle East.
In Eastern Turkey, the Alawite women sport tank tops and tight jeans.
The Muslim Brotherhood is Sunni.


17 posted on 10/20/2012 6:11:05 AM PDT by Haddit
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To: Haddit

Not sure it matters whether it was AQ or not. Pretty much all muslims seem to belong to one terrorist group or another and the names are meaningless.


18 posted on 10/20/2012 6:12:09 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Haddit

It goes a long way to prove that Obama’s focusing on AQ like a Laser is a flawed strategy. The enemy is radical Islam.


19 posted on 10/20/2012 6:13:18 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: tobyhill

I thought Al Qaeda meant “The Students”


20 posted on 10/20/2012 6:13:44 AM PDT by Mr. K ("The only thing the World would hate more than the USA in charge is the USA NOT in charge")
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