US intelligence agencies have found no evidence that last month’s deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was ordered by Al-Qaeda, The Los Angeles Times reported late Friday. Citing unnamed US officials and witnesses, the newspaper said the attack, which killed ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, was “carried out following a minimum amount of planning.” “The attackers exhibited a high degree of disorganization,” the paper quotes one of the intelligence officials as saying. “Some joined the attack in progress, some did not have weapons and others just seemed interested in looting.” According to another official cited by the paper, “There isn’t any intelligence that the attackers pre-planned their assault days or weeks in advance.”
