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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 11:47 PM Sep 2012

Obama: Benghazi Attack More Than A ‘Mob’ Action

By Agence France-Presse
Monday, September 24, 2012 22:02 EDT

NEW YORK — US President Barack Obama said Monday that the attack on the US consulate in Libya’s Benghazi was clearly more than a “mob action,” amid lingering dispute about the nature of the assault.

Obama also said in an appearance on the ABC talk show “The View” that the best way to deal with a film deemed offensive to Muslims like the one which sparked anti-US fury in the Middle East was to ignore it.

“There’s no doubt that the kind of weapons that were used, the ongoing assault, that it wasn’t just a mob action,” Obama said of the Benghazi attack two weeks ago which killed US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

The White House said for the first time last week that the attack was terrorism, under heavy political pressure from Republicans.

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Obama: Benghazi Attack More Than A ‘Mob’ Action (Original Post) Purveyor Sep 2012 OP
I'm still not sure I understand what this was all about. dkf Sep 2012 #1
My theory is that Al Queda and other groups want to embarass President Obama slackmaster Sep 2012 #3
Clearly, rudycantfail Sep 2012 #2
 

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)
3. My theory is that Al Queda and other groups want to embarass President Obama
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:11 AM
Sep 2012

They leveraged the convenient proximity of the 9/11 anniversary to our national election; and we haven't seen the last of it.

Bottom line: The terrorists want Romney to win.

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