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REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubaz]<http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTXD05R> Inside Iran<http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTXD05R> The people and places that define the nation. Slideshow<http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTXD05R> [image: The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori] By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON | Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:11pm EDT (Reuters) - Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show. The emails, obtained by Reuters from government sources not connected with U.S. spy agencies or the State Department and who requested anonymity, specifically mention that the Libyan group called Ansar al-Sharia had asserted responsibility for the attacks. The brief emails also show how U.S. diplomats described the attack, even as it was still under way, to Washington. U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Benghazi assault, which President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials ultimately acknowledged was a "terrorist" attack carried out by militants with suspected links to al Qaeda affiliates or sympathizers. Administration spokesmen, including White House spokesman Jay Carney, citing an unclassified assessment prepared by the CIA, maintained for days that the attacks likely were a spontaneous protest against an anti-Muslim film. While officials did mention the possible involvement of "extremists," they did not lay blame on any specific militant groups or possible links to al Qaeda or its affiliates until intelligence officials publicly alleged that on September 28. There were indications that extremists with possible al Qaeda connections were involved, but also evidence that the attacks could have erupted spontaneously, they said, adding that government experts wanted to be cautious about pointing fingers prematurely. On Wednesday, October 24, 2012, Travis wrote: > I got no use for either the socialist democrats or the fascist > republicans. > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:45 PM, plainolamerican < > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> We simply must remove Barack Hussein Obama from office. >> --- >> and replace him with a soon-to-be-god who wears magic underwear? >> >> that option sucks. >> >> On Oct 24, 3:33 pm, Travis <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, >> 'cvml', '[email protected]');>> wrote: >> > ** ** >> > >> > *This keeps coming up. The question of Obama's competence. Here is what >> I >> > think....* **** >> > >> > ** ** >> > >> > *Yes, he is incompetent as a President, but there have been other >> > incompetent presidents and our Nation has survived them. Usually because >> > they did little or nothing during their term in office.*** >> > >> > ** ** >> > >> > *But Obama is different. He isn't looking to be graded on his being >> > President. He has other more important duties. He is singularly bringing >> > about vast changes in the Islamic world. Maybe you have not been >> thinking >> > about what he has accomplished there, but it is quite significant. Two >> > large and important countries have been rid of a President and a >> Dictator. >> > Each stood in the way of their country becoming a true Islamic State. >> When >> > Obama spoke, Mubarak and Qadaffi were taken out.*** >> > >> > ** ** >> > >> > *He said it was to give "Democracy" a chance. It had nothing to do with >> > that. Nothing at all. He of all people knows that Democracy and Islam >> > cannot co-exist. His real purpose was to open the door to the Islamic >> > Brotherhood. In both Egypt and Libya, the Islamic Brotherhood has taken >> > over. They will usher in Islamic Law. As such, they fill two holes in >> the >> > Great Caliphate. Under Islam the Great Caliphate will stretch from >> Morocco, >> > Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt .... all of North Africa. Then one >> day >> > throughout the other states of the Middle East to Central Asia.*** >> > >> > ** ** >> > >> > *Obama also has singularly reduced the United States to a smaller >> player on >> > the world stage. We are no longer the Super Power we once were. We are >> > saddled with debt so great that our grandchildren will not be able to >> pay >> > it off. If he is given four more years, he will accomplish the >> remainder of >> > his goals. Congress will be redundant and unneeded by him. With Czars >> and >> > Executive Orders, he can shape and change America as he wishes. He will >> not >> > be tasked with creating jobs, but he will need more money. There is only >> > two ways for him to get it. Print more money and/or collect more tax. Or >> > both. *** >> > >> > ** ** >> > >> > *We have all studied American History, and I think we can agree....the >> > coming election will be the most important election in our history. 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