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Libyan witnesses recount organized Benghazi attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - It began around nightfall on Sept. 11 with around 150 bearded gunmen, some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic militants, sealing off the streets leading to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. They set up

Libyan militia takes former Gadhafi stronghold

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated Press BANI WALID, Libya (AP) - Libya's government declared Wednesday that it had taken control of one of the last strongholds of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi's loyalists, as its fighters in the heart of the city fired their guns into the air to celebrate

Libyan turmoil persists year after Gadhafi death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - On the anniversary of the capture and killing of Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is still grappling with the legacy of his four decades of rule as the interim government and the dictator's former spokesman engaged in a war of words amid the

Libyan turmoil persists year after Gadhafi death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

Timeline of events, comments surrounding Benghazi

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has become a major issue in the presidential campaign, focused on the evolving Obama administration explanations. Before the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, a

Timeline of events, comments surrounding Benghazi

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has become a major issue in the presidential campaign, focused on the evolving Obama administration explanations. Prior to the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three

Persecuted Hazaras flee Pakistan; some die trying

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By KATHY GANNONAssociated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - As he knelt in prayer to mark one of Islam's holiest days, Ali Raza Qurban saw a childhood friend and dozens of others die in a suicide attack on their Shiite mosque. Sunni militants were again targeting minority ethnic Hazaras in this

White House ponders a strike over Libya attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House, under political pressure to respond forcefully to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, is readying strike forces and drones but first has to find a target. And if the administration

US says Hezbollah is part of Assad's war machine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States said Monday that Lebanon's Hezbollah militia is stepping up support for the Syrian government and has become part of President Bashar Assad's "killing machine." U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice told the U.N. Security

White House mulls how to strike over Libya attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali - if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group