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===Benghazi becomes an al-Qaeda stronghold===

===Benghazi becomes an al-Qaeda stronghold===

A March 29, 2011 article in the ''Washington Post'' that included these paragraphs:

A March 29, 2011 article in the ''Washington Post'' reported,

{{Cquote|"It’s almost a certitude that at least part” of the Libyan opposition includes members of al-Qaeda, said Bruce Riedel, a former senior CIA analyst and adviser to President Obama. Riedel said that anti-Gaddafi elements in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi have had “very close associations with al-Qaeda” dating back years....I would hope that we now have a good sense of the opposition in Libya and can say that this is 2 percent, not 20 percent,” Riedel said. “If we don’t, then we are running the risk of helping to bring to power a regime that could be very dangerous.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-opposition-includes-a-small-number-of-al-qaeda-fighters-us-officials-say/2011/03/29/AFRlXWyB_story.html</ref>}}

{{Cquote|"It’s almost a certitude that at least part” of the Libyan opposition includes members of al-Qaeda, said Bruce Riedel, a former senior CIA analyst and adviser to President Obama. Riedel said that anti-Gaddafi elements in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi have had “very close associations with al-Qaeda” dating back years....I would hope that we now have a good sense of the opposition in Libya and can say that this is 2 percent, not 20 percent,” Riedel said. “If we don’t, then we are running the risk of helping to bring to power a regime that could be very dangerous.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-opposition-includes-a-small-number-of-al-qaeda-fighters-us-officials-say/2011/03/29/AFRlXWyB_story.html</ref>}}

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 of 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 of the United States consulate in Benghazi resulting in the deaths of Americans was a terrorist attack.