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The recent attack on the US consulate in Libya that killed four American officials including envoy Christopher Stevens, was a joint operation orchestrated by nearly 100 attackers from an Al Qaeda affiliate and an Islamist militia, intelligence sources have revealed. Intelligence sources citing evidence collected so far in the investigation said that attackers from the Al Qaeda affiliate in North Africa and the Islamist militia Ansar Al-Sharia, carried out the 'coordinated assault'. The new report is contrary to earlier Obama administration claims that the deadly attack was a 'spontaneous' outburst in response to an anti-Islam film, Fox News reports. According to the report, Ansar Al-Sharia is not directly affiliated with Al Qaeda, but has sympathetic goals. Ansar has tried and failed to establish an Islamic state in eastern Libya , the report said. According to the report, Libyan officials are now 'absolutely convinced' the attack was preplanned, sources said, adding to recent indications that Al Qaeda was involved, specifically a former Guantanamo detainee named Sufyan Ben Qumu.

100 Al Qaeda attackers carried out assault on Libya's US consulate