CTC Sentinel
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The Sentinel is a monthly, independent publication that leverages the Center’s global network of scholars and practitioners to understand and confront contemporary threats posed by terrorism and other forms of political violence.
Most Recent CTC Sentinel | Volume 5, Issue 9 (September 2012)
Published by Combating Terrorism Center
Cover Story Overview
The Attack on the U.S. Consulate: Emerging Signs of Jihadist Sentiment in Libya
By Geoff D. Porter
On September 11, 2012, armed militants attacked the U.S. Consulate in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, resulting in the deaths of four U.S. Foreign Service members, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. The Benghazi incident was preceded by other manifestations of extremist violence in Libya, such as earlier attacks on Western diplomatic facilities and personnel, a violent assault on the Tunisian Consulate in Benghazi in protest of an art exhibit in Tunisia, and the destruction of Sufi shrines throughout the country that Salafists had deemed un-Islamic. These incidents suggest that violence in Libya is evolving from predictable militaristic violence characteristic of guerrilla warfare to now include Salafi-jihadi terrorism.
In This Issue
CTC Sentinel Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Erich Marquardt
Editorial Board
COL Michael J. Meese, Ph.D.
Department Head
Department of Social Sciences (West Point)
COL Cindy R. Jebb, Ph.D.
Deputy Department Head
Department of Social Sciences (West Point)
MAJ Bryan Price, Ph.D.
Director, CTC
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