For the first-time ever today, the U.S. State Department identified specific Islamisterrorist groups behind the deadly attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012.
The official announcement comes one day before the 16-month anniversary of the eight-hour assault that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens, information specialist Sean Smith and Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. It also further exposes as false the Obama administration’s “cover story” that the terror attacks were a spontaneous response to an obscure anti-Muslim video.
Here’s an excerpt from today’s statement:
"Ansar al-Shari'a in Benghazi and Ansar al-Shari'a in Darnah have been involved in terrorist attacks against civilian targets, frequent assassinations, and attempted assassinations of security officials and political actors in eastern Libya, and the September 11, 2012 attacks against the U.S. Special Mission and Annex in Benghazi, Libya."
What may be even worse is that the State Department also says, "Members of both organizations continue to pose a threat to U.S. interests in Libya." So, not only is no one in custody 16 months after the murderous assault, but those same terrorists STILL “pose a threat.”
The State Department identified two of those terrorists in their announcement today. According to FOX News, one of them “has historic ties to the Al Qaeda network” and even trained under Osama bin Laden.
