Monday, September 17, 2012

Libyan Government Blames Al Qaeda For Attack On U.S. Consulate In Libya



Al Qaeda Praises Libya Consulate Attack as Anti-American Protests Subside -- ABC News

Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen praised the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya as a "great event" today, and urged followers to kill other American diplomats across the Muslim world.

But the violent anti-American protests that rocked the capitals of some 20 nations from northern Africa to southeast Asia on Friday, causing at least six deaths, largely subsided.

In Egypt, where Islamic fury first erupted over a crude amateur film produced in the United States denigrating the Prophet Muhammad, security forces moved today to end the demonstrations around the American embassy in Cairo.

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More News On The Crisis In Libya

Libyan President: 'Preposterous' to Think Attack Was 'Spontaneous Protest' -- Weekly Standard
Libyan President el-Megarif reportedly eyes Al Qaeda in 'preplanned' attack on US consulate -- FOX News
Libyan leader says extremists threaten stability -- Reuters
Libyan leader says 50 arrested in U.S. consulate attack -- Reuters
More arrests in U.S. Consulate attack, Libyan official says -- CNN
Libyan parliamentary speaker hints at military strike after consulate attack -- The Guardian
U.S., Libya to work closely in embassy attack probe -- Reuters
Amid Chants of 'Free Libya, Terrorists Out,' a Nation at a Crossroads -- Jason Pack And Andrea Khalil, Wall Street Journal

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