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Africa North
Report: U.S. Tracking Libya Consulate Attackers
2012-10-04
[An Nahar] The U.S. military and intelligence agencies are compiling detailed dossiers on those believed to have attacked the U.S. consulate in Libya ahead of possible retaliation, the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported.

Citing U.S. officials, the Times reported late Tuesday that the top-secret Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) was collecting information on the deadly attack last month that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

U.S. President Barack Obama
On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today...
has vowed to bring those behind the attack to justice, but has faced mounting criticism as officials have struggled to explain how it happened and who was behind it.

The Times said the information now being compiled could be used to launch drone strikes or commando raids against suspects, but that no decision has yet been taken on any potential target.

"They are putting together information on where these individuals live, who their family members and their associates are, and their entire pattern of life," the Times quoted an American official as saying.

The September 11 attack came just weeks before the November 6 presidential election, in which Obama hopes to secure a second term.

The president has touted his foreign policy achievements, especially the killing of the late Osama bin Laden
... who has left the building...
in May 2011, but has faced accusations of lax security at the consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Operational security be damned. Let's tell them what we're doing. Good grief. This administartion can't get out of it's own way.
Posted by: OCCD   2012-10-04 10:17  

#1  The Times said the information now being compiled could be used to launch drone strikes or commando raids against suspects, but that no decision has yet been taken on any potential target.

.....but we're trying desperately to find something to kill before the next presidential debate.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-04 01:37  

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