Months before the murder of a U.S. ambassador in Benghazi, American
intelligence analysts documented a massive al-Qaida rally a few miles
from the ambassador's residence.
At that rally, terror leaders called for the murder of American diplomats.
Three U.S. intelligence reports, unearthed by the American Media
Institute and detailed here for the first time, offer vivid descriptions
of the al-Qaida meeting.
Flying the black flag of al-Qaida, some 300 armed men gathered in
Benghazi's Al-Tahrir Square on June 7 and 8, 2012. They brandished
machine guns, rocket launchers and a truck mounted with an anti-aircraft
cannon.
The two-day meeting, which included outdoor prayers and a parade of
armed vehicles, was attended by a baker's dozen of North African
al-Qaida affiliates.
"It was like a team pep rally before the game, only for jihad," said a
U.S. intelligence analyst who monitors North Africa. "Organized and
deadly. You saw what followed. People died."
In the face of these three reports, the State Department continued to
deny requests for additional security for the U.S. ambassador in Libya.
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