Assassinated during the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi last week, US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens feared for his safety and had confided in people that he believed himself to be on an “al-Qaeda hit list.”
The unnamed source says that Stevens had warned of rising Islamist sentiment as well as an ever-growing al-Qaeda presence in Libya. The statements seem to agree with Libyan official claims that they had warned the US about security concerns in Benghazi.
Which of course is the exact opposite of the story that the White House has been selling, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went on to deny the report, saying there is “no basis” to believe Stevens was a target.
Officials have differed on who is to blame for the attack, initially blaming Ansar al-Sharia Benghazi (ASB), a group with a former Guantanamo Bay detainee at its head, but Libya’s Prime Minister today said that the group was a “loose organization with no set members and no known affiliation to al-Qaeda.”
But didn't the U.S. tell the world that al-Qaeda was finished, a spent force? I recollect it clearly. When the Seals delivered the coup de grace in Pakistan, the movement disappeared, didn't it?
It's easy to become confused in this world. Stories come, stories go, stories are changed. Perhaps there really is a Santa!
I wish there was. He was much nicer than most of our leaders!
he was right
Stevens gloating over Gadaffi's body………. What goez around CUMS around….Eh..???
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0IS9jqREwug/0.jpg Tipped off to this by my Kurdush source..
He also says the attempted overthrow of Bashir is done… The people are on to WHO is doing the killing… he says…!!! What a life…!!! What chaotic times…. What insanity……….!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah. It seems he didn't have problems having someone overthrown, murdered and a nation thrown into violent chaos, but… my oh my, HE feels threatened later? You think?! And who's to blame for all that I wonder? Karma's a bitch!
Yeah, that was always my thought that he was on the Al CIAduh hit list. He obviously pissed somebody off at the State Dept.
Please don't use the inflammatory word "assassination".
AlQaida is getting far too much credit for whatever violence occurs anywhere.