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September 14, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/news-agencies-us-ambassador-to-libya-killed-in-attack-outside-consulate/2012/09/12/665de5fc-fcc4-11e1-a31e-804fccb658f9_story.html

U.S.: Attack on Consulate in Libya May Have Been Planned

(Washington Post) Karen DeYoung, Michael Birnbaum and William Branigin - It initially appeared that the assault on the Benghazi consulate was a spontaneous response to an anti-Muslim film made in the U.S., but senior U.S. officials and Middle East analysts noted Wednesday that it involved a rocket-propelled grenade and followed an al-Qaeda call to avenge the death of a senior Libyan member of the terrorist network.

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