Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:00 PM

Libyan leader says 50 arrested in U.S. consulate attack

Source: REUTERS

WASHINGTON/TRIPOLI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The head of Libya's national congress said on Sunday about 50 people had been arrested in connection with a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week, although the interior minister put the figure far lower.

Tuesday's attack in Benghazi coincided with protests over a video made in the United States that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad. It resulted in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.

Libyan assembly head Mohammed Magarief was asked by the "Face the Nation" programme on the U.S. television network CBS how many people had been arrested in connection with the assault, and replied: "About 50."

But Libyan Interior Minister Fawzi Abdel A'al, when asked about that figure, told Reuters in Tripoli that only four arrests had been made and around 50 people were "wanted for investigation".

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* Assembly head says consulate attack "planned by foreigners"

* Minister says consulate guards may have been infiltrated

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Libyan leader says 50 arrested in U.S. consulate attack (Original post)	Omaha Steve	Sep 2012	OP
Thats good...	HooptieWagon	Sep 2012	#1
Good. I am really impressed with the Libyan government...	Drunken Irishman	Sep 2012	#2
Thanks for this, Omaha Steve..from your links..	Cha	Sep 2012	#3
When I heard the figure mentioned as 50 arrested	defacto7	Sep 2012	#4

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:10 PM

HooptieWagon (6,309 posts)

1. Thats good...

but I hope they have suitible evidence, and the accused get a fair trial.

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:24 PM

Drunken Irishman (24,587 posts)

2. Good. I am really impressed with the Libyan government...

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:49 PM

Cha (124,435 posts)

3. Thanks for this, Omaha Steve..from your links..

"It was definitely planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago and they were planning criminal acts since their arrival," he said, adding that some were from Mali and Algeria.

He said the security situation in Libya remained "difficult" for Americans, as well as for Libyans. The United States wants the FBI to investigate the consulate attack, but Magarief said it may be too soon to send in investigators.

"It may be better for them to stay away for a little while until we do what we have to do ourselves," he said.

Asked how attackers managed to launch the second assault, Abdel A'al said: "I think there may have been an infiltration within the group protecting the consulate.

"This will come out in the investigation but there are indications that this is a possibility."

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:02 PM

defacto7 (3,240 posts)

4. When I heard the figure mentioned as 50 arrested

I was a bit sceptical that 50, some possibly heavily armed, were brought in, though I was hoping. Since the report of 4 arrests and 50 wanted for investigation was made, it makes much more sense. I think they are doing their job and the latest figures seem realistic.

Thanks for putting this up.

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