The New
York Times has looked into it and decided it
couldn’t find any evidence Al Qaeda was involved in the 2012
attack on the US mission in Benghazi in which the US ambassador to
Libya and three others were killed.
From Voice of America:
A leading U.S. newspaper says American intelligence
efforts in Libya that fixated on al-Qaida likely contributed to the
killing of the American ambassador to Libya in 2012.The New York Times reported Saturday it could not
find any evidence, after months of investigation, that al-Qaida or
any other international terrorist groups had any role in the attack
on the American consulate in Benghazi that killed Ambassador
Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.The newspaper said the “fixation” on al-Qaida possibly distracted
intelligence experts from “more imminent threats,” including local
anti-Western militia leaders such as Ahmed Abu Khattala, and the
angry reaction to an American-made video denigrating
Islam.
Some Republican and Democrat lawmakers in the House
dispute the conclusion, and suggest US intelligence has
concluded otherwise. The renewed assertions about a low budget
YouTube video have also been
contradicted by top US officials on the ground in Libya, and
remain a distraction
to what happened.
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