Article: U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in Benghazi attack
Purpose: To simplify and describe the events that happened in Benghazi Libya and allegedly how and why the ambassador and embassy were attacked.
Accomplished?: Yes, the article made it simple to get up to speed with the events that transpired in Libya and raised many questions in my mind and no doubt many others as to the motives of the "Al-Qaeda-linked" gunman.
Agree?: Although no clear biased statements are made by the author, President Obama called the gunman's actions an "outrageous attack" to which I agree. They claimed that because of the film released, depicting Mohammad as a fool, they took action for being insulted religiously.
Disagree?: I feel that that is not the only reason for the acts, that it was a terrorist act as well. It could have easily been retaliation to the insulting film, but I believe that they took the initiative to attack claiming that it was only because of the film.
Not Understand?: I don't understand why Al Qaeda would go as far as killing our ambassador for just an insult. I don't clearly see their motives which as previously stated could have simply been aggresion.
Connections?: I can connect this article to other actions preformed by Al Qaeda (9/11 and such) due to their unclear motives then and now.
Take responsibility for my learning: By doing what I am doing now and making my own inferences about the current events happening now.
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