US: al-Qaida link to consulate attackers

PARIS (AP) ? The head of the U.S. military's Africa Command says some of those who attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya were linked to al-Qaida's North Africa arm.

Gen. Carter Ham told reporters in Paris on Wednesday, "clearly some of these individuals have some linkages" to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM.

However he said the attack was not necessarily "an AQIM-planned or organized or led activity."

U.S. Ambassador in Libya Chris Stevens and three others were killed in the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi. Investigations are under way into what happened.

Ham also discussed African and international efforts toward a possible military intervention in northern Mali, which is controlled by AQIM and other extremists.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2012-11-14-France-US-Libya%20Attack/id-b4e0d6ff189d4d739d4ba5091b71a4c7

Revolution TV Show Carly Rae Jepsen bankofamerica nfl schedule revolution rosh hashanah rosh hashanah