Libya

Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers during private hearings Friday that he believed all along that the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was a terrorist strike, even though that wasn't how the Obama administration initially described it publicly.

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Former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence committee Friday on events that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. Consulate at Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11.

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it was a "terrorist attack" that killed the American ambassador to Libya and three others, and she says the U.S. will not rest until those responsible are brought to justice.

Clinton told reporters Friday at the State Department that, quote, "what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack." And she said the U.S. would track down, quote, the "terrorists who murdered four Americans."

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There've been violent protests today in Afghanistan and Pakistan, against the anti-Islam film that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad.

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the turmoil raging across the Muslim world is likely to continue into the days ahead.

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Objections by Sudan's government are holding up the security mission of an elite Marine team that the U.S. planned to send to Khartoum.

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The U.S. is sending spies and drones to Libya to speed the search for suspected al-Qaida sympathizers who killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

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Authorities say federal probation officers have interviewed a Southern California filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic movie being blamed for inflaming protests across the Middle East.

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are visiting with families of the victims of this week's attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya.

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Egypt's president says it's up to Muslims as part of their Islamic duty to protect embassies and foreign diplomats who are guests in the country.

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