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CNN says Libya mission attackers targeted

A small American flag is seen in the rubble at the United States consulate, one day after armed men stormed the compound and killed the U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others in Benghazi, Libya on September 12, 2012. The gunman were protesting a little known film by an American amateur filmmaker that angered Muslims as it was deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad. UPI/Tariq AL-hun
A small American flag is seen in the rubble at the United States consulate, one day after armed men stormed the compound and killed the U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others in Benghazi, Libya on September 12, 2012. The gunman were protesting a little known film by an American amateur filmmaker that angered Muslims as it was deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad. UPI/Tariq AL-hun | License Photo

WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has updated its plan for capturing the reputed terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate in Benghazi, sources told CNN.

Details of the proposed strategy were not revealed but sources said the list of potential targets inside Libya was updated as recently as last week.

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The Obama administration has been under increasing pressure to track down the attackers, believed to be linked to al-Qaida, who overran the compound last fall and killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

The current course of action includes a "capture or kill" operation that could involve U.S. troops entering Libya in some form, the sources said.

Other sources said there had been no orders given to commence an operation, and there were concerns among planners that a U.S. raid could damage the fledgling Libyan government that overthrew Moammar Gadhafi. It was unclear if the Libyans would be involved in any operation by the Americans.

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