Libyan President says foreigners were involved

[malaise]

in the attacks on the Consulate.

[DonViejo]

1. When? Where?

Will you provide a link to the news article (if there is one) quoting the Libyan leader?

[malaise]

2. Interview with NBC journalist who interviewed him

earlier today - was on GEMSMNComcast

[chill_wind]

3. MSNBC Video

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc/49045965/#49045965

[malaise]

4. Thanks chill_wind

[chill_wind]

6. Thanks for catching the interview.

Media was lucky to get that much out of him. State Dept here has closed the door on any more questions from U.S. media here until DOJ is done.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021350925

In the meantime, there is still this floating around:

In a statement posted Saturday on Islamic militant websites, Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen praised the killings and called for more attacks to expel American embassies from Muslim nations, suggesting the terrorist organization is trying to co-opt the angry protests over a film produced in the United States denigrating the Prophet Muhammad.

Intelligence officials are reviewing telephone and radio intercepts, computer traffic, satellite images and other clues from the days before the attacks — the kinds of material routinely gathered in a conflict zone where al-Qaida affiliates are known to operate — and Libyan law enforcement has made some arrests. But investigators have found no evidence pointing conclusively to a particular group or to indicate the attack was planned, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, adding, “This is obviously under investigation.”

Early indications suggest the attack was carried out not by the main al-Qaida terror group but “al-Qaida sympathizers,” said a U.S. intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

One of the leading suspects is the Libyan-based Islamic militant group Ansar al-Shariah, led by former Guantanamo detainee Sufyan bin Qumu. The group denied responsibility in a video Friday but did acknowledge its fighters were in the area during what it called a “popular protest” at the consulate, according to Ben Venzke of the IntelCenter, a private analysis firm that monitors Jihadist media for the U.S. intelligence community.

Read more: http://world.time.com/2012/09/15/u-s-scrambles-to-rush-spies-drones-to-libya/#ixzz26ZcVW6O9

[pampango]

5. Certainly puts a different light on the motivations for the attack. n/t