the same video that sparked protests in egypt and elsewhere in the muslim world over the last day or so. but that protest was quickly joined and then supplanted by a well-armed, organized group of fighters that arrived all at once in pickup trucks and who then launched essentially a military assault on the u.s. consulate. a group that s being described as a sort of umbrella group for islamist militants in the area is claiming pseudo responsibility for the attack. but they re also trying to describe it as a popular uprising. it does not appear to have been much of a popular uprising. similar and possibly overlapping militant groups also claimed credit for a firebombing in benghazi in april that targeted the head of the u.n. mission in libya. they also claimed credit for a firebombing in may that targeted the red cross office in benghazi. they also claimed credit for
exactly happened is as yet hard to come by, but the picture that is emerging is of a smallish, but basically peaceful protest in benghazi, a protest over an anti-muslim video. the same video that sparked protests in egypt and elsewhere in the muslim world over the last day or so. but that protest was quickly joined and then supplanted by a well-armed, organized group of fighters that arrived all at once in pickup trucks and who then launched essentially a military assault on the u.s. consulate. a group that s being described as a sort of umbrella group for islamist militants in the area is claiming pseudo responsibility for the attack. but they re also trying to describe it as a popular uprising. it does not appear to have been much of a popular uprising. similar and possibly overlapping militant groups also claimed credit for a firebombing in benghazi in april that targeted the head of the u.n. mission in libya. they also claimed credit for a firebombing in may that targeted the red c