CNN: US Intel believes some Benghazi attackers tied to al Qaeda in Iraq

CNN ^ | October 24, 2012 | Suzanne Kelly, Pam Benson and Elise Labott

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And the same Al Qaeda that we were coordinating NATO airstrikes with against Kaddafi. Article from April 2011:

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/17/world/la-fg-libya-qaeda-20110417/2

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There was only one place for Mohammed to go: back to Afghanistan, under the protection of the Taliban....longing for the day when they could kill Kadafi and rule Libya in accordance with Islam.

Here Mohammed would have his encounter with the two men who shaped the future of radical Islam: Bin Laden and his chief lieutenant, Ayman Zawahiri....

But with the revolt against Kadafi that started in February, he once again found himself in an uneasy alliance with the United States...

Five days before he died, with gray in his hair and bags under his eyes, Mohammed climbed a concrete tower on the outskirts of Ajdabiya and phoned in positions to the rebel government so NATO could drop bombs on Kadafi’s forces.

Putting down his Thuraya satellite phone, Mohammed waved a shiny black 9-millimeter pistol...

A few hours later, Mohammed and his Omar Mukhtar brigade, one of the new military units officially sanctioned by the opposition government, rejoiced as blasts shook the city. A few started dancing and singing “God is great.”