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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.”

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 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 a satirical youtube video in which hundreds breached the U.S. Embassy compound 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 a satirical youtube video in which a mob breached the U.S. Embassy compound and tore down the American flag. Rice repeated the false claim throughout her talk-show appearances and later blamed U.S intelligence services for giving her incorrect information.<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 said the leading suspected jihadis in the murders and terrorist attack are a local Benghazi militia, Ansar al-Shariah, known to have ties to a leading African terror group, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).<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>

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