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Obama condemns US envoy's killing in Libya
Wednesday September 12, 2012 08:27:01 PM,
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Washington: US
President Barack Obama Wednesday condemned the killing of the
American ambassador to Libya, and said he was a "courageous and
exemplary representative" of the country.
Christopher Stevens was killed in a rocket attack by unidentified
armed men who stormed the American consulate in the eastern city
of Benghazi late Tuesday. The armed men protested over a
US-produced film said to insult Prophet Muhammad, BBC reported.
Al Jazeera TV said Stevens, who was on a short trip to Benghazi,
Libya's second biggest city, died of suffocation as smoke engulfed
the consulate after the mob set it on fire.
"Chris was a courageous and exemplary representative of the United
States," the Washington Post quoted Obama as saying in the
statement about the ambassador.
"Throughout the Libyan revolution, he selflessly served our
country and the Libyan people at our mission in Benghazi. As
ambassador in Tripoli, he has supported Libya's transition to
democracy."
"His legacy will endure wherever human beings reach for liberty
and justice. I am profoundly grateful for his service to my
administration, and deeply saddened by this loss," Obama said.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the attack "in the
strongest terms".
She said she had called Libyan President Mohamed Yusuf al-Magariaf
"to coordinate additional support to protect Americans in Libya".
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