The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group on September 11, 2012. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
The Benghazi Attack’s Person of Continuing Interest -- Time
Ahmad Abu Khattallah does not dispute claims he was at the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi the night it was attacked. “We had heard there was some shooting at the area,” says the man with a beard down to his chest. “February 17th [a brigade tasked with protecting the mission] asked us to help them extricate some of their men holed up in the mission.” But when asked who was behind the Sept. 11, 2012 assault that took the life of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, Khattallah gazes without emotion at his mobile phone as he sits for one of several interviews with TIME in a local hotel. “The attack came from the people,” he says, pausing to capture his thoughts. “I don’t know if anything was planned.” He grows vehement when confronted with allegations that he masterminded the raid (the Associated Press interviewed a witness who claims that Khattallah, who heads a militia called Abu Obaida Bin Jarra, guided fighters around the compound.) “The attack,” Khattallah insists, “that was not us.”
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My Comment: I am not surprised that he is very cautious in his responses .... if implicated in the Benghazi attack he would become a top target for CIA kill squads and not some Libyan prison cell that he is use to .... a prospect (i.e. martyrdom) that I suspect he is not ready for yet. Unfortunately .... as long as Libyans who can help us continue to get killed, the likes of Ahmad Abu Khattallah will continue to freely walk the Benghazi streets.
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