Why Are U.S. And Libyan Officials Offering Two Vastly Different Versions Of The Benghazi Consulate Attack

U.S., Libyan Officials Offer Vastly Different Version Of Benghazi Consulate Attack That Killed 4 -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Libyan officials are giving significantly different accounts of the gunfire and rocket-propelled grenade attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.

The Obama administration says the assault was a spontaneous local reaction inspired by a demonstration that was taking place at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo against a video made in the United States slurring the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of the Islamic faith. It also contends that the attack grew out of a small protest.

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Consulate Attack Preplanned, Libya's President Says -- NPR
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