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With images of besieged U.S. missions in the Middle East leading the evening news after the eleventh anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks]], White House Press Secretary [[Jay Carney]] told reporters authorities had no reason to think that the attack on the sovereign territory at the United States consulate in Benghazi resulting in the deaths of Americans was a terrorist attack.

With images of besieged U.S. missions in the Middle East leading the evening news after the eleventh anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks]], White House Press Secretary [[Jay Carney]] told reporters authorities had no reason to think that the attack on the sovereign territory at the United States consulate in Benghazi resulting in the deaths of Americans was a terrorist attack.

{{Cquote|The unrest that we’ve seen around the region has been in reaction to a video that Muslims, many Muslims, find offensive,}}

{{Cquote|The unrest that we’ve seen around the region has been in reaction to a video that Muslims, many Muslims, find offensive,}}

the White House said. When pressed by reporters who pointed out evidence that the violence in Benghazi was a terrorist attack, Carney said that “news reports” had speculated about the motive. He noted again that “the unrest around the region has been in response to this video.”

the White House said. When pressed by reporters who pointed out evidence that the violence in Benghazi was a terrorist attack, Carney noted again that “the unrest around the region has been in response to this video.”

By Sunday, September 16, 2012 the evolution of the Obama administration story was complete when [[Susan Rice]], the U.N. ambassador, showed up on all five major morning talk shows to make the most direct public connection yet between the Benghazi assault and the incendiary video. Couching her remarks in caveats – “based on the information we have at present,” for example – Rice clearly intended to make the link before a large American audience. Rice told ABC’s ''This Week,'' the attack was “a spontaneous – not a premeditated – response to what had transpired in Cairo” – a reference to a demonstration triggered by the anti-Muslim video in which hundreds breached the U.S. Embassy compound there and tore down the American flag. Rice repeated the claim throughout her talk-show appearances and later blamed intelligence services for giving her incorrect information before she went on air.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/18/171933/obama-administration-officials.html</ref>

By September 16, 2012 the evolution of the Obama administration story was complete when Susan Rice, the U.N. ambassador, showed up on all five major Sunday morning talk shows to make the most direct public connection yet between the Benghazi assault and the incendiary video. Couching her remarks in caveats – “based on the information we have at present,” for example – Rice clearly intended to make the link before a large American audience. Rice told longtime Democratic partisan [[George Stephanopoulos]] on ABC’s ''This Week,'' the attack was “a spontaneous – not a premeditated – response to what had transpired in Cairo” – a reference to a demonstration triggered by the anti-Muslim video in which hundreds breached the U.S. Embassy compound there and tore down the American flag. Rice repeated the claim throughout her talk-show appearances and later blamed intelligence services for giving her incorrect information before she went on air.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/18/171933/obama-administration-officials.html</ref>

U.S intelligence officials say the leading suspected jihadis are a local Benghazi militia, Ansar al-Shariah, known to have ties to a leading African terror group, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.<ref>http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/10/19/when-an-obama-adviser-called-benghazi-an-al-qaeda-hotbed/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway</ref>

U.S intelligence officials say the leading suspected jihadis are a local Benghazi militia, Ansar al-Shariah, known to have ties to a leading African terror group, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.<ref>http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/10/19/when-an-obama-adviser-called-benghazi-an-al-qaeda-hotbed/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway</ref>