The US ambassador to Libya is among four Americans killed
in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, President Barack Obama has
confirmed.
Unidentified armed men stormed the grounds overnight amid uproar among Muslims over a US-produced film said to insult the Prophet Muhammad.They shot at buildings and threw handmade bombs into the compound.
It has not been confirmed how the ambassador, J Christopher Stevens, and the others died.Protesters against the film also attacked the US embassy in Cairo on Tuesday night.Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House, President Obama told reporters the attack would not break the bonds between the US and the new Libyan government. It is almost inevitable that this attack will put President Obama's foreign policy centre stage in the election campaign, at least for a while”
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa
Unidentified armed men stormed the grounds overnight amid uproar among Muslims over a US-produced film said to insult the Prophet Muhammad.They shot at buildings and threw handmade bombs into the compound.
It has not been confirmed how the ambassador, J Christopher Stevens, and the others died.Protesters against the film also attacked the US embassy in Cairo on Tuesday night.Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House, President Obama told reporters the attack would not break the bonds between the US and the new Libyan government. It is almost inevitable that this attack will put President Obama's foreign policy centre stage in the election campaign, at least for a while”
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa
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