Obama condemns Libya attack  Posted at 09/12/2012 11:31 PM
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama Wednesday condemned the
attack that killed 4 Americans, including the US ambassador in
Libya but vowed it would not break America's bond with the
liberated nation. In a somber statement in the White House Rose
Garden, Obama paid tribute to Ambassador Chris Stevens and his
colleagues, killed when an Islamist mob, angered by reports of a
film deemed insulting to Islam, stormed the US consulate in
Benghazi. But he took pains to note that the assault should not
be deemed as representative of Libya after the fall of Moamer
Kadhafi and noted that some Libyans fought to repel the assault
on the US consulate. "The United States condemns in the
strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack," Obama said
in a statement in the White House Rose Garden. "It is especially
tragic that Chris Stevens died in Benghazi because it is a city
that he helped to save," Obama said, praising the slain
ambassador for building partnershi