(Reuters) – Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.
The emails, obtained by Reuters from government sources not connected with U.S. spy agencies or the State Department and who requested anonymity, specifically mention that the Libyan group called Ansar al-Sharia had asserted responsibility for the attacks.
The brief emails also show how U.S. diplomats described the attack, even as it was still under way, to Washington.
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Benghazi assault, which President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials ultimately acknowledged was a “terrorist” attack carried out by militants with suspected links to al Qaeda affiliates or sympathizers.
Administration spokesmen, including White House spokesman Jay Carney, citing an unclassified assessment prepared by the CIA, maintained for days that the attacks likely were a spontaneous protest against an anti-Muslim film.
Read More at reuters.com . By Mark Hosenball.
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Does anyone doubt ocrap wanted every mu slim country to have knowledge of a stupid video so they would use it for an excuse!
The truth about Islam and about Benghazi simply do not fit into Obama's Communist (or Muslim) view of the world. Therefore, you will NEVER hear the truth from the lips of Obama. He will obfuscate and prevaricate, and spin everything about reality to match his twisted view of the world. Why should anyone ask ; why? It's the nature of the beast. He is pathological, he can't help himself and all his upbringing has been in Islam and Communism. They are all he knows.