Tunisia makes arrest in connection with Benghazi consulate attack

Senior Republicans have repeatedly accused the president of misleading the
public over the attacks in order to protect his record on neutralising
al-Qaeda.

Mr Obama has ultimately acknowledged that the incident was a “terrorist”
attack carried out by militants with suspected links to al Qaeda affiliates
or sympathisers.

Initially, however, there was confusion over the deaths, with officials
believing the attack was triggered by the release of a controversial
anti-Muslim video made in California that insulted the Prophet Mohammad,
rather than by terrorist insurgents.

This week, official emails obtained by Reuters showed that both the White
House and State Department were advised two hours after the attacks that an
Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the assault.

By the morning of Sept. 12, the emails revealed there were indications that
members of both Ansar al-Sharia, a militia based in the Benghazi area, and
al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the North African affiliate of al-Qaida’s
faltering central command, may have been involved in organising the attacks.

Earlier this month, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said America had been
looking into the arrests of two Tunisian men being detained in Turkey,
reportedly in connection with the Libyan consulate attack. The State
Department today refused to comment on the arrest.

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