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Brian4Liberty
11-01-2012, 12:31 PM
Case closed?


TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A jailed Tunisian man is "strongly suspected" of being involved in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans, a top Tunisian official has confirmed.

Interior Minister Ali Larayedh said were "major assumptions" that Ali Harzi, who was arrested and repatriated from Turkey, had a link to the attack in the Libyan city that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans on Sept. 11 this year. It was unusual for Larayedh to speak so publicly about the sensitive investigation in the television interview late Wednesday.
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His comments came a day before the government decided Thursday to extend the North African nation's state of emergency for three months, reflecting the persistent unrest almost two years after a popular uprising overthrew long-ruling dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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Harzi's lawyer, Ouled Ali Anwar, told The Associated Press there was no solid evidence against his client and claimed he was being used as a "scapegoat to satisfy the Americans."
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http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-11-01/tunisia-suspect-in-us-consulate-attack-held