Colum Lynch reports: Libya’s president Mohammed Magarief today contradicted American claims that the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate was a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Islamic film, telling NBC’s Anne Curry in an interview broadcast this morning.

“It has nothing to do with this attack,” said Magarief, noting that the assailants used rocket propelled grenades and mortar fire in the attack. “It’s a preplanned act of terrorism against American citizens.”

The remarks came more than one week after Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, argued that the attack, which killed four American nationals, including U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, had been triggered by popular anger from Libyan Muslim’s offended by the film.