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发帖数: 29846 | 1 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
CNN:
Three days before the deadly assault on the United States consulate in
Libya, a local security official Us-consulate-attack-in-Libyasays he met
with American diplomats in the city and warned them about deteriorating
security.
Jamal Mabrouk, a member of the February 17th Brigade, told CNN that he
and a battalion commander had a meeting about the economy and security.
He said they told the diplomats that the security situation wasn't good
for international business.
"The situation is frightening, it scares us," Mabrouk said they told the
U.S. officials. He did not say how they responded.
Mabrouk said it was not the first time he has warned foreigners about
the worsening security situation in the face of the growing presence of
armed jihadist groups in the Benghazi area.
That in sharp contrast to what the White House was saying on Friday, as CNN
also reports:
The White House said Friday there was no indication before the attack in
Libya this week that something was in the works beforehand.
"We were not aware of any actionable intelligence indicating that an
attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi was planned or imminent,"
presidential spokesman Jay Carney said.
The comment came as a top Libyan official and some within Congress and
other aspects of the U.S. government said there are signs now that the
attack on the consulate that killed the ambassador and three other Americans
was not a spontaneous outgrowth of a mob angered by an anti-Muslim film.
The Libyan President joins that chorus:
Libya's president says he believes al-Qaida is behind a deadly attack in
eastern Libya that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other U.S
. staffers.
In an exclusive interview with NPR in Benghazi, President Mohammed el-
Megarif says foreigners infiltrated Libya over the past few months, planned
the attack and used Libyans to carry it out.
...
Megarif says that over the past few months, foreigners took advantage of
the security vacuum and flowed into the country from Mali and Algeria. I
ask if this attack was over an anti-Muslim film that sparked violent
protests across the Muslim world. He shakes his head.
"The idea that this criminal and cowardly act was a spontaneous protest
that just spun out of control is completely unfounded and preposterous," he
says. "We firmly believe that this was a precalculated, preplanned attack
that was carried out specifically to attack the U.S. Consulate."
The attackers used the protesters outside the consulate as a cover, he
says.
"The intention was there from the beginning, for it to take this ugly
barbaric, criminal form," he says.
Megarif claims evidence shows that some elements of Ansar al-Sharia, an
extremist group in eastern Benghazi, were used as tools by foreign citizens
with ties to al-Qaida to attack the consulate and threaten Libya's stability.
At what point will the United States government come to the same conclusion?
And at what point will Obama's skipping nearly 50% of his intelligence
briefs come into play? |
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