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Writer: Maggie Michael. Paul Schemm

October 28, 2012
1:43 am

A Libyan man explains that the bloodstains on the column are from one of the American staff members who grabbed the edge of the column while he was evacuated, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Libyan witnesses describe planned attack on US consulate

Outrage over anti-Islam film was used as convenient cover, expert says, as officials struggle to unpack assault on Benghazi property

By Maggie Michael. Paul Schemm