The attack on that facility, such as any precision mortar barrage, resulted inside the deaths associ...

1. Lawyer for Libyan militant tells court she's seen no evidence
tying him to Benghazi attack
The attack on that facility, such as any precision mortar barrage, resulted inside the deaths
associated with security officers Tyrone Snowden Woods and also Glen Anthony Doherty.
Associated Press author Pete Yost contributed to become able to this report.
Assistant U.S. other State Department personnel escaped to a nearby U.S. Magistrate Judge
Deborah Robinson that will there was absolutely no conditions this agreement Abu Khattala could
potentially be introduced that might ensure your safety with the community.
"What's been filed offers shown, very frankly, an utter not enough evidence of Mr. However the girl
additionally argued that prosecutors had failed to show, within their broad along with original
outlines in the case, he is at in whatever way connected towards the Sept. facility known because
the annex.
The court appearance has been the next throughout four times regarding Abu Khattala, who had
been captured a lot much more than two weeks in the past simply by U.S. special forces and then
transported for the Usa aboard the Navy boat exactly where federal agents interrogated him. "We
are left to glean coming from press reports what are usually the government's evidence is."
They alleged inside a court filing that he was motivated to participate within the attacks simply by
an extremist ideology and also that, inside the times leading up to the fiery assault, had spoken out
against the presence with the American compound within Benghazi.
Prosecutors disclosed a quantity of extra specifics of their own case against Abu Khattala as the
Libyan, believed being about 43 many years old, remains held with out bond.
The government says Abu Khattala would always be a commander involving Abu Obaida bin Jarrah
Brigade, an extremist team that was absorbed straight into Ansar al-Sharia following your current
Libyan revolution.
On the night time in the attacks, the government
says, regarding 20 militants -- equipped with Ak-47s
and also grenade launchers -- breached the
particular gate with the consulate compound and
hang buildings on fire. 11, 2012 attacks that killed
Ambassador Chris Stevens as well as 3 various
other Americans.
The fire led towards the deaths regarding Stevens
along with Details Management Officer Sean
Patrick Smith. He features pleaded not really guilty
to a cost involving conspiring to provide assistance
to terrorists, any crime punishable through up to
existence throughout prison, however the Justice

2. Department has said hello expects for you to bring extra charges soon that will could reveal more
details about the case.
. personnel evacuated your diplomatic mission, Khattala entered as well as "supervised the
exploitation associated with material at the scene," prosecutors say.
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WASHINGTON - Â A lawyer for any Libyan militant charged within the 2012 Benghazi attacks said
Wednesday that she had seen simply no evidence tying the girl client towards the violence, but a
new judge nonetheless directed Ahmed Abu Khattala for you to remain in custody as the Justice
Department builds its case against him.
Khattala then returned to a camp within Benghazi controlled through Ansar al-Sharia, the place
where a huge armed group began assembling with an attack around the annex, according towards
the court papers. Attorney Michael DiLorenzo recited some of the fundamental allegations with the
case, telling U.S. once U.S. He listened towards the proceedings via headphones being an
interpreter translated the particular conversation into Arabic. Khattala's involvement within the
incident throughout Benghazi," said Michelle Peterson, an assistant federal public defender.
Peterson requested that will while inside jail he always be served a halal diet and stay provided a
new copy in the Quran.
The lawyer, Michelle Peterson, conceded that Abu Khattala had zero reasonable potential for
becoming introduced in the moment, given the terrorism-related charge he faces and his insufficient
ties to the United States. Their State Department provides designated Ansar al-Sharia as an
overseas terrorist organization.
Abu Khattala appeared within court wearing any green prison jumpsuit and with a long, graying
beard