The State Department
released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 survey on May 30, 2013, The section on the Middle East and North Africa includes a report on terror attacks in
Libya. All told, there were eleven terrorism-related attacks last year in
Libya prior to the 9/11 attack in Benghazi that took the life
of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others. Six of those eleven attacks
took place in Benghazi:
• On May 22, assailants
launched a rocket-propelled grenade at the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC)’s building in Benghazi. The violent Islamist extremist
group Brigades of Captive Omar Abdul Rahman claimed responsibility for the
attack. The ICRC evacuated Benghazi in mid-July.
• On June 6, violent
extremists attacked the U.S. facilities in Benghazi with an
improvised explosive device (IED). The group claimed that the attack was in
retaliation for the assassination of Abu-Yahya al-Libi, the second highest
ranking leader of al-Qa’ida.
• On June 11, a convoy
carrying the British Ambassador to Libya was attacked in Benghazi.
• In August, there was a
series of attacks against security personnel and facilities, including the
bombing of the Benghazi military intelligence offices on
August 1...
• On August 10, Army
General Hadiya al-Feitouri was assassinated in Benghazi.
• On August 20, a car
belonging to an Egyptian diplomat was blown up near his home in Benghazi
