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In the call, the alleged attacker said the locals went forward with the attack only after watching the riots that same day at the U.S. embassy in Cairo.

This suggests nothing other than the attacks occurred after the riots in Cairo. Not that they were related.

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But the Republican arguments appear to conflate purely local extremist organizations like Ansar al-Shariah with Al Qaeda’s international terrorist network. The only intelligence connecting Al Qaeda to the attack was an intercepted phone call that night from a participant in the first wave of the attack to a friend in another African country who had ties to members of Al Qaeda,

But you just posted this

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The mob included members of the Ansar al-Sharia militia, about four members of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, and members of the Egypt-based Muhammad Jamal network, along with other unarmed looters.

And you interestingly left out this from your post.

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However, the intercept was one of several monitored communications during and after the attacks between members of a local militia called Ansar al-Sharia and AQIM, which, taken together, suggest the assault was in fact a premeditated terrorist attack, according to U.S. intelligence and counter-terrorism officials not authorized to talk to the press.

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Posted by NHTIGER

Central New Hampshire

Member since Nov 2003

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Posted on 1/3/14 at 3:15 pm to GeauxxxTigers23

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And you interestingly left out this from your post.

Damn man, you're getting good.

While I was slowly and carefully writing my post, which included the very same thing you posted just above me, you were taking care of business. Nevertheless, we both looked at his link and were both immediately struck by the obvious contradiction of the consecutive paragraphs. (Have you been secretly copying my Benghazi files? - j/k