...that Ansar al-Sharia "didn't participate as a sole entity," and that the attack "was a spontaneous popular uprising" to an anti-Islam film. That was on the day of the attacks in Benghazi.Muhammad Jamal al Kashef, a main suspect in the Benghazi consulate assault, from a video posted by the Al Marsad News Network. Courtesy of SITE Intelligence Group.
Egypt arrests al Qaeda-linked Benghazi suspect (click here)
by Thomas Joscelyn
December 8, 2012
The Egyptian government has arrested Muhammad Jamal al Kashef (a.k.a. Abu Ahmed), a senior terrorist tied to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, according to The Wall Street Journal. Kashef has direct, longstanding connections to al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri.
Kashef served as an Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) terrorist in the 1990s and was imprisoned for years. The EIJ was headed by Zawahiri, who merged the group with Osama bin Laden's operation.
After his release from prison in 2011, Kashef established training camps in Egypt and Libya. Some of Kashef's trainees took part in the Benghazi attack, according to multiple published accounts.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Kashef "petitioned al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri to establish a new Qaeda affiliate he called al Qaeda in Egypt" and also received financing from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Al Hayat, a London-based Arabic newspaper, previously reported that Zawahiri gave Jamal the go-ahead to launch terrorist attacks in Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere....
Video reportedly shows key suspect from Benghazi attack (click here)
by Thomas Joscelyn
October 31, 2012
One of the main suspects in the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi appeared in a recent video posted online by an Egyptian media organization, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
Muhammad Jamal al Kashef (a.k.a. Abu Ahmed) is suspected of training some of the terrorists responsible for the consulate assault, during which Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
On Oct. 28, the Al Marsad News Network posted a short interview with Jamal on YouTube.
It is not clear where or when the interview was filmed, but Jamal says he "always came to this place inside a State Security vehicle, and this is the first time" he did not. Jamal does not add much more.
The interviewer concludes by congratulating him, according to SITE's translation. "A thousand congratulations, Sheikh Abu Ahmed, a thousand congratulations, Muhammad Jamal Abu al Kashef. Peace be upon you O Sheikh!"...
Hicks was responsible for the security in Libya, he should have been fired and not just reassigned to a desk! By becoming a sympathetic figure through all the GOP nonsense for political gain, Hicks is attempting to secure at least his desk job before he finds himself on the other side of the front door.
He is insubordinate. It is just that simple when the USA national security is involved. I was astounded by the lack of respect for the country's security at the Issa hearing. It was complete incompetency.
Hicks is playing the game and he should not be. Just that simple.
The USA intelligence was not complete in regard to Benghazi when the attacks occurred and the agencies were reliant on news reports from the area to make determinations. There were media reports about Benghazi stating the attacks were originally demonstrations following the video. One of the reports was in The Long War Journal. I know these media reports existed because I read them. They were there. The timing was correct as well. The attacks in Benghazi followed the activity in Cairo. It all made sense, but, details were elusive. Ambassador Rice was correct in contextualizing the agency reporting in a way that was digestible by the public until more facts were known. Why escalate the issue to the public when the agencies didn't have those facts before them.
No one bothers to talk about the damage that could have been done if the decision to deploy the military from Tripoli into Benghazi was up to Hicks. He did not have the authority, nor should he, to override the DOD. The decisions made on September 11, 2012 were the correct decisions, they weren't the heroic decisions, but they were correct. We didn't want any more dead than already was possible because the intelligence was bad.
No one in the DOD is allowed to throw away the rule book and send American personnel into a situation where they don't know what they are facing. I realize the military personnel, especially any Special Forces are heroic people, but, we can't afford to lose them. The DOD has to act for the greatest good and can't simply send specially trained personnel into a dangerous situation on a whim. That was done all to often during the Bush years. It is disrespect for the people that line the halls of our military. Their lives are not disposable because it would be better to be heroic than alive.
He is insubordinate. It is just that simple when the USA national security is involved. I was astounded by the lack of respect for the country's security at the Issa hearing. It was complete incompetency.
Hicks is playing the game and he should not be. Just that simple.
The USA intelligence was not complete in regard to Benghazi when the attacks occurred and the agencies were reliant on news reports from the area to make determinations. There were media reports about Benghazi stating the attacks were originally demonstrations following the video. One of the reports was in The Long War Journal. I know these media reports existed because I read them. They were there. The timing was correct as well. The attacks in Benghazi followed the activity in Cairo. It all made sense, but, details were elusive. Ambassador Rice was correct in contextualizing the agency reporting in a way that was digestible by the public until more facts were known. Why escalate the issue to the public when the agencies didn't have those facts before them.
No one bothers to talk about the damage that could have been done if the decision to deploy the military from Tripoli into Benghazi was up to Hicks. He did not have the authority, nor should he, to override the DOD. The decisions made on September 11, 2012 were the correct decisions, they weren't the heroic decisions, but they were correct. We didn't want any more dead than already was possible because the intelligence was bad.
No one in the DOD is allowed to throw away the rule book and send American personnel into a situation where they don't know what they are facing. I realize the military personnel, especially any Special Forces are heroic people, but, we can't afford to lose them. The DOD has to act for the greatest good and can't simply send specially trained personnel into a dangerous situation on a whim. That was done all to often during the Bush years. It is disrespect for the people that line the halls of our military. Their lives are not disposable because it would be better to be heroic than alive.
