New York Times: Benghazi Attack Fueled by Anti-Islam Video

The New York Times says that the September 11, 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, was led by fighters who benefited directly from NATO's extensive air power and logistics support during the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi. Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick writes that contrary to claims by some U.S. lawmakers, the attack was fueled in large part by anger at an amateur video made in the United States denigrating Islam. His report is based on...

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