LIBYAN EMBASSY ATTACK TESTS OBAMA CLAIM THAT AL QAEDA IS "ON THE RUN"
US drones and warships are now menacing post-coup Libya in response to an al Qaeda-linked Benghazi consulate assault that killed four Americans, including the ambassador. Anti-American protests escalate in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and elsewhere, ostensibly over an islamophobic film.
President BARACK OBAMA vows retaliation for the killing of two diplomats and two Marines by militant militias in lawless Libya on 11 Sep 2012;
Hon. EDWARD PECK, former US Ambassador to Egypt, discusses the difference between the Egyptian and Libyan diplomatic assaults; and
JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN, co-director of Middle East Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison [ chomskyfund.org ], discusses US mideast policy, cultural bigotry, and the state of American education on international issues.
Anchor: Robert Knight Producer: Thiago Barrozo Engineer: Michael G. Haskins Origin: WBAI/Pacifica