Report: Drones headed to Libya

Source: Politico




By DONOVAN SLACK |
9/12/12 12:48 PM EDT


A senior U.S. official tells CNN that U.S. unmanned surveillance drones are expected to begin flying over Benghazai and other locations in eastern Libya to look for jihadi encampments and targets that may be tied to the attack on U.S. State Department personnel.
The proposal for use of drones is expected to be approved shortly by the Pentagon and the White House, CNN's Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr reported. The official said the plan is for U.S. surveillance drones to gather the intelligence and then hand it off to the Libyans to strike the targets.

POLITICO has not independently confirmed this report. CNN is also reporting that the attacks were planned in advance, and "the attackers used the protest outside the consulate as a diversion, U.S. sources told CNN Wednesday.

"The sources could not say whether the attackers instigated the protest or merely took advantage of it. The sources do not believe Ambassador Chris Stevens was specifically targeted."

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