About Obama's Libyan success story ...

Telegraph:

Al-Qaeda 'intensifying efforts to establish new base in Libya'

 Al-Qaeda is intensifying efforts to establish a new base for its terrorist operations in Libya following the recent attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, according to the latest Western intelligence reports.
The leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the North African offshoot of the mainstream organisation, are making a concerted effort to link up with Ansar al-Sharia.

The CIA believes Ansar al-Sharia was behind the September 11 attack on the US consulate in which four people died, including US Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

AQIM leaders are also attempting to establish ties with other Libyan Islamist groups in the hope of establishing an al-Qaeda fiefdom there similar to the one it has created in nearby Mali.

Intelligence officials say that leaders of the AQIM movement have been travelling regularly to the desert town of Ghat in south-western Libya, close to the border with Niger.
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This gives an example of how short sighted Obama's policy in Libya has been.  The churning beneath the surface that was exposed by the Benghazi attack is much worse than the administration has been willing to acknowledge.  It will be harder to ignore as Congress digs into the Benghazi debacle.

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