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[[File:Gaddafi and Mandela 1.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner [[Nelson Mandela]] greets an old friend and ally, Muammar Gaddafi, who supported the [[ANC]] during their struggle against [[apartheid]]. ''[[Reuters]]'' reports President Obama secretly ordered support for [[al Qaeda]] terrorists seeking Gaddafi's ouster.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgMDJIpkn0</ref>.]]

[[File:Gaddafi and Mandela 1.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner [[Nelson Mandela]] greets an old friend and ally, Muammar Gaddafi, who supported the [[ANC]] during their struggle against [[apartheid]]. ''[[Reuters]]'' reports President Obama secretly ordered support for [[al Qaeda]] terrorists seeking Gaddafi's ouster.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgMDJIpkn0</ref>.]]

The '''Libyan War of 2011''' started as the '''Benghazi rebellion''', a series of protests in eastern [[Libya]] on February 16, 2011 after the successful uprisings in [[Tunisia]] and [[Egypt]]. The scale of violence contrasts markedly with the more peaceful uprisings that toppled the Tunisian and Egyptian regimes. The [[Islamist]] terror group [[Al-Qaeda]] in North Africa vowed to do everything in its power to help the uprising against the Libyan [[secular]] strongman [[Muammar Gaddafi]].<ref> [http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/24/al-qaeda-in-n-africa-backs-libya-uprising-site.html Al Qaeda in N. Africa backs Libya uprising: SITE] </ref><ref> [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/07/libya-uprising-live-updates Libya uprising.] </ref> Journalist David Wood has reported,  

The '''Libyan War''' started as the '''Benghazi rebellion''', a series of protests in extremist dominated eastern [[Libya]] on February 16, 2011 after the successful uprisings in [[Tunisia]] and [[Egypt]]. The scale of violence contrasts markedly with the more peaceful uprisings that toppled the Tunisian and Egyptian regimes. The [[Islamist]] terror group [[Al-Qaeda]] in North Africa vowed to do everything in its power to help the uprising against the Libyan [[secular]] strongman [[Muammar Gaddafi]].<ref> [http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/24/al-qaeda-in-n-africa-backs-libya-uprising-site.html Al Qaeda in N. Africa backs Libya uprising: SITE] </ref><ref> [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/07/libya-uprising-live-updates Libya uprising.] </ref> Journalist David Wood has reported,  

{{Cquote|Eastern Libya has been described by U.S. diplomats as a breeding ground for Islamist [[extremism]]. In diplomatic cables released by [[Wikileaks]], the region’s young men were said to have "nothing to lose" by resorting to violence. Sermons in the local [[mosque]]s are "laced with phraseology urging worshippers to support [[jihad]]," one diplomat reported.<ref>http://91.214.23.156/cablegate/wire.php?id=08TRIPOLI120&search=</ref>}}

{{Cquote|Eastern Libya has been described by U.S. diplomats as a breeding ground for Islamist [[extremism]]. In diplomatic cables released by [[Wikileaks]], the region’s young men were said to have "nothing to lose" by resorting to violence. Sermons in the local [[mosque]]s are "laced with phraseology urging worshippers to support [[jihad]]," one diplomat reported.<ref>http://91.214.23.156/cablegate/wire.php?id=08TRIPOLI120&search=</ref>}}

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===FBI investigation===

===FBI investigation===

Around a week after the attack President Obama ordered an investigation and portions of the the Ansar al-Sharia militia were driven out of Benghazi by 'hundreds' of unarmed protesters.  11 protesters were killed while storming one of the Obama=backed jihadi's base.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/22/unarmed-people-power-libya</ref>  As of October 2012 it was reported the militia is operating from the mountainous Jebel Akhdar area,<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/09/libyan-army-militia-us-ambassador</ref> however a boastful commander of the terrorist group spoke with the ''[[New York Times]]'' in Benghazi<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/election-year-stakes-overshadow-nuances-of-benghazi-investigation.html?pagewanted=2&ref=world</ref> while President Obama's investigators did not interview him.<ref>http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/frappe-libya-attack/</ref>

Around a week after the attack President Obama ordered an investigation and portions of the the Ansar al-Sharia militia were driven out of Benghazi by 'hundreds' of unarmed protesters.  11 protesters were killed while storming one of the Obama-backed jihadi's base.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/22/unarmed-people-power-libya</ref>  As of October 2012 it was reported the militia is operating from the mountainous Jebel Akhdar area,<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/09/libyan-army-militia-us-ambassador</ref> however a boastful commander of the terrorist group spoke with the ''[[New York Times]]'' in Benghazi<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/election-year-stakes-overshadow-nuances-of-benghazi-investigation.html?pagewanted=2&ref=world</ref> while President Obama's investigators did not interview him.<ref>http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/frappe-libya-attack/</ref>

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