WARSAW (AFP) – Al-Qaeda may have played a
role in the killing of four Americans in an attack on
a US consulate in Libya, including the US
ambassador, Poland’s President Bronislaw
Komorowski said Wednesday.
“It’s possible that what happened is tied to
worrying developments in eastern Libya and
probably also in Egypt where we see extremist
activities by Al-Qaeda playing on peoples’
emotions,” Komorowski told reporters, citing an
intelligence report by Poland’s interior ministry.
Washington’s envoy to Libya Chris Stevens and
three other Americans were killed when a mob
outraged over a low-budget American-made
Internet video mocking Islam stormed the US
consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday.
“While we support the Arab Spring, this
development is a cause for concern,” the Polish
leader said. “We’re worried about seeing a
resurgence of political elements thinking in terms
of Islamic fundamentalism or radical political or
military methods.”