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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:46 PM Sep 2012

OK, this is getting f**king weird: "Pro-al Qaeda group seen behind deadly Benghazi attack"

(CNN) -- A pro-al Qaeda group responsible for a previous armed assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is the chief suspect in Tuesday's attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, sources tracking militant Islamist groups in eastern Libya say.

They also note that the attack immediately followed a call from al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri for revenge for the death in June of a senior Libyan member of the terror group Abu Yahya al-Libi.

The group suspected to be behind the assault -- the Imprisoned Omar Abdul Rahman Brigades -- first surfaced in May, when it claimed responsibility for an attack on the International Red Cross office in Benghazi. The following month the group claimed responsibility for detonating an explosive device outside the U.S. Consulate, and later released a video of that attack.

Noman Benotman, once a leading member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and now based at the Quilliam Foundation in London told CNN, "An attack like this would likely have required preparation. This would not seem to be merely a protest which escalated."

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/libya-attack-jihadists/index.html?hpt=hp_c1


Sam Bacile,maker of anti muslim film,may not be a real person:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021327615

Morris Sadek seems to be the most proximate cause of this crisis....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021325768
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OK, this is getting f**king weird: "Pro-al Qaeda group seen behind deadly Benghazi attack" (Original Post) Junkdrawer Sep 2012 OP
This Is More Likely Than Not, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2012 #1
I hope authorities are as interested in questioning Morris Sadek as I am.... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #2
I Agree, Sir, 'The Question' Ought to Be Put To Him The Magistrate Sep 2012 #10
Is it too much to say that US authorities are sending a signal to Likud extremists: Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #13
Certainly, Sir, No One Acting To Provoke Incidents Like This Can Be Regarded As a Friend To The U.S. The Magistrate Sep 2012 #15
I hope "authorities" don't waste time questioning Morris Sadek. hilltrot Sep 2012 #18
There are lots and lots of FBI agents. We can, and will, do both. n/t Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #19
it was a rocket launcher. i would think it would be someone beyond that average citizen seabeyond Sep 2012 #3
Those Went Into Fairly Wide Circulation During the Revolution, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2012 #6
yes. i understand. but again, that would not have been seabeyond Sep 2012 #12
True, Ma'am: The Protest Seems To have Been Used For Cover The Magistrate Sep 2012 #14
yes. a lot of the story still has to be told, on both sides of the ocean. nt seabeyond Sep 2012 #16
The cast of characters involved HappyMe Sep 2012 #4
It's been my observation that al Qaeda is a catch all Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #5
That's not weird, that is exactly what I expected. The movie was the spur, but not the reason renie408 Sep 2012 #7
Pro al qaeda.. but not al qaeda? ecstatic Sep 2012 #8
Al Qaeda using the pretense of Islam to further their own agenda is nothing new. Barack_America Sep 2012 #9
Any jihadist group is a "pro-al-Qaeda group" KamaAina Sep 2012 #11
We helped put jihadis in power in Benghazi. Ungrateful wretches. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #17

The Magistrate

(95,258 posts)
1. This Is More Likely Than Not, Sir
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:49 PM
Sep 2012

Factions of this sort are hostile to both the Libyan government and the United States. A protest of the sort whipped up by circulation of this video would be an ideal occasion to press a planned action.

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
2. I hope authorities are as interested in questioning Morris Sadek as I am....
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:53 PM
Sep 2012

Seems he sent the translation of the perfect agitprop video to just the right people....

The Magistrate

(95,258 posts)
10. I Agree, Sir, 'The Question' Ought to Be Put To Him
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:58 PM
Sep 2012
Pour encoourager les autres, if for no other reason: he is clearly no friend of the United States, whatever else he may or may not be.

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
13. Is it too much to say that US authorities are sending a signal to Likud extremists:
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:13 PM
Sep 2012

"If you're helping these attacks, we're not going to turn a blind eye."?

The Magistrate

(95,258 posts)
15. Certainly, Sir, No One Acting To Provoke Incidents Like This Can Be Regarded As a Friend To The U.S.
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:20 PM
Sep 2012

That is something right-wing extremists in Israel, including its current Prime Minister, need to understand.

hilltrot

(1 post)
18. I hope "authorities" don't waste time questioning Morris Sadek.
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 06:33 PM
Sep 2012

The people who killed the ambassador and other americans at the embassy had no good cause to do so. They were evil. We need to stop treating them like victims, soldiers, or mindless masses and start treating them like criminals.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
3. it was a rocket launcher. i would think it would be someone beyond that average citizen
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:54 PM
Sep 2012

that was in the mob.

The Magistrate

(95,258 posts)
6. Those Went Into Fairly Wide Circulation During the Revolution, Ma'am
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:56 PM
Sep 2012

Nobody gives stuff like that back, anywhere....

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
12. yes. i understand. but again, that would not have been
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:11 PM
Sep 2012

the average joe in the street protesting the movie but part of the clashes, whichever side.

The Magistrate

(95,258 posts)
14. True, Ma'am: The Protest Seems To have Been Used For Cover
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:17 PM
Sep 2012

Crowds can be useful for that. One question, among others, is whether the faction that carried out the attck had a hand in whipping up the crowd, or simply noted it and decided 'today's the day, brothers...'.

 

Kindly Refrain

(423 posts)
5. It's been my observation that al Qaeda is a catch all
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:55 PM
Sep 2012

for groups in predominantly Muslim countries and doesn't really have any meaning. Like how they are always killing #2 al Qaeda leader. tell me, why have we never seen estimates on al Qaeda's numbers? Why are we spending trillions on Defense when "al Qaeda" at best has a few Ak-47s? al Qaeda is akin to something George Orwell would have written about, an Emmanuel Goldstein if you will.

renie408

(9,854 posts)
7. That's not weird, that is exactly what I expected. The movie was the spur, but not the reason
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:56 PM
Sep 2012

for the attack.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
9. Al Qaeda using the pretense of Islam to further their own agenda is nothing new.
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:57 PM
Sep 2012

It's pretty much how they work, how they've always gotten their money, etc.

Just another example of how they exploit muslims rather than defend Islam.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
11. Any jihadist group is a "pro-al-Qaeda group"
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:58 PM
Sep 2012

that's even weaker than the usual "group with ties to al-Qaeda".

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