After the Attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya -- PICTURES

By National Journal Staff

Updated: September 12, 2012 | 9:26 p.m.
September 12, 2012 | 2:37 p.m.

On Tuesday night, a crowd of rioters stormed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, setting fires and firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died during the attack.

Below are photos taken by Associated Press photographer Ibrahim Alaguri of scenes in Benghazi in the aftermath of the attack.

Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday after an attack that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Obama administration officials told The New York Times they believed the attack did not spontaneously spin out from protests over a little-known U.S. film that Muslims found offensive, but had been planned ahead of time. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

Glass, debris, and overturned furniture are strewn inside a room in the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

Libyans gather outside the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

A man walks through a room in the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

A man walks by the U.S. Consulate. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

A burnt car is seen after an attack on the U.S. Consulate. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

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