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Friday 14 September 2012
Is al-Qaeda behind death of the US ambassador in Libya?
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Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya, was killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi
Reuters/Esam Al-Fetori
By Michel Arseneault

Questions are being asked about whether al-Qaeda was behind the attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens. Some regional analysts believe the assault was timed to avenge the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi, a Libyan and al-Qaeda's second in command who was killed in June by a US drone strike in Pakistan. Robin Simcox, a security analyst with the Henry Jackson Society in London and a co-author of the book Islamist Terrorism, told RFI the al-Qaeda connection is "increasingly clear."

tags : Al-Qaeda - Arab Spring - Islam - Libya - Muslim - Terrorism - United States
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