BURNING FLAG: ANTI-US video: VIOLENT protest of American made ANTI-ISLAM FILM continues

	BURNING FLAG: ANTI-US video: VIOLENT protest of American made ANTI-ISLAM FILM continues BURNING FLAG: ANTI-US video: VIOLENT protest of American made ANTI-ISLAM FILM continues BENGHAZI, Libya — Heavily armed militants used a protest of an anti-Islam film as a cover and may have had help from inside Libyan security in their deadly attack on the US Consulate, a senior Libyan official said Thursday As Libya announced the first four arrests, the clearest picture yet emerged of a two-pronged assault with militants screaming "God is great!" as they scaled the consulate's outer walls and descended on the compound's main building. The rampage killed the US ambassador and three other Americans. Eastern Libya's deputy interior minister, Wanis el-Sharef, said a mob first stormed the consulate Tuesday night and then, hours later, raided a safe house in the compound just as US and Libyan security arrived to evacuate the staff. That suggested, el-Sharef said, that infiltrators within the security forces may have tipped off the militants to the safe house's location. The attacks were suspected to have been timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist strike in the United States, el-Sharef added, with the militants using the film protest by Libyan civilians to mask their action. Killed in the attack were US Ambassador Chris Stevens, information management officer Sean Smith, and private security guards Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods. El-Sharef said four people were arrested at their homes Thursday, but he refused to give any further details <b>...</b>	From: WYNKnews Views: 19 4 ratings
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