It is thought that a militia, Ansar al-Shariah, headquartered in Benghazi, may have been responsible for the attack. Benghazi citizens, angry at the attack on the US mission, stormed the two (or five) compounds of the militia and ran the militia membeers out of town. Other militias were also attacked, including one pro-democracy one.
John McCain, who is lusting after the chairmanship of a special Benghazi committee (which will not be created) lest he fall irretrievably into a well-deserved obscurity, would have Americans untangle this mess. Only one crazed by a lust for the public stage would make such a fuss.
A small illustration of the complexity: A doctor in a hospital where Ansar al-Sharia had been providing security for the past six weeks is reported to have said the group had prevented anarchy. “I don’t know about their religion or ideology, but they solved problems,“ said Abdulmonin Salim. “I don’t care if they come from another planet. I want a secure hospital."
Ansar al-Sharia is one of many islamist brigades in Libya . It opposes democracy as being contrary to Islamic principles. Islamists in Turkey Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and other pro-democracy nations in which Islam is he principal religion, disagree. Most Libyans support democracy and strongly and violently disagree.
Here are some images of the US investigating team and of Ansar al-Sharia:
If more need be aid about the difficulty of forensic discovery, here is a team of US investigators at work in Benghazi.
Demonstrators chanted "No more al Qaeda!" as they entered the Ansar al-Sharia compound on Friday night
Ansar al-Sharia brigade members guarding the hospital in Benghazi.
The city of Benghazi, as shown in Google:
