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The 2012 Benghazi attack was a coordinated attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, by members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia.
Jun 18, 2024 · 2012 Benghazi attacks, assaults on a U.S. diplomatic compound and a nearby CIA annex in the city of Benghazi, Libya, on September 11–12, 2012, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya—the first violent death of a U.S. ambassador since 1988.
Benghazi is one of the cultural centres of Libya and is a base for tourists, visitors and academics in the region. Throughout its history, Benghazi has developed with a certain level of independence from the more Maghreb oriented capital Tripoli.
Feb 5, 2016 · The US eventually alleged that two Libyan branches of Ansar al-Sharia – Derna and Benghazi – and another branch in Tunisia were involved in the attacks.
Dec 19, 2012 · A look at the events surrounding the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and the controversy that followed.
Oct 26, 2012 · The State Department disclosed this fact Oct. 9 — nearly a month after the attack. Libya President Mohamed Magariaf insisted on Sept. 16 — five days after the attack — that it was a planned ...
Sep 10, 2013 · Attackers set the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, on fire on September 11, 2012. The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other U.S. nationals were killed during the...
Dec 19, 2012 · Vivid new details of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were released Tuesday night by a federal committee trying to come to grips with the violence that led to the first murder...
Dec 28, 2013 · Benghazi, Libya. A boyish-looking American diplomat was meeting for the first time with the Islamist leaders of eastern Libya’s most formidable militias. It was Sept. 9, 2012. Gathered on...
Sep 29, 2017 · The trial of Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the alleged ringleader of the September 11, 2012, attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is the result of a fairly radical plan.
