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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1040771" data-attributes="member: 40736"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/election-year-stakes-overshadow-nuances-of-benghazi-investigation.html?hp&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/election-year-stakes-overshadow-nuances-of-benghazi-investigation.html?hp&amp;_r=0</a>To Libyans who witnessed the assault and know the attackers, there is&nbsp; little doubt what occurred: a well-known group of local Islamist&nbsp; militants struck without any warning or protest, and they did it in&nbsp; retaliation for the video. That is what the fighters said at the time,&nbsp; speaking emotionally of their anger at the video without mentioning Al&nbsp; Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or the terrorist strikes of 11 years earlier. And&nbsp; it is an explanation that tracks with their history as a local militant&nbsp; group determined to protect Libya from Western influence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1040771, member: 40736"] [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/election-year-stakes-overshadow-nuances-of-benghazi-investigation.html?hp&_r=0[/url] To Libyans who witnessed the assault and know the attackers, there is little doubt what occurred: a well-known group of local Islamist militants struck without any warning or protest, and they did it in retaliation for the video. That is what the fighters said at the time, speaking emotionally of their anger at the video without mentioning Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or the terrorist strikes of 11 years earlier. And it is an explanation that tracks with their history as a local militant group determined to protect Libya from Western influence. [/QUOTE]

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