Author Topic: Lybian Militias attack U.S. embassy in Benghazi (Read 24489 times)

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #50 on:** September 12, 2012, 07:14:00 AM »

Quote from: whork on September 12, 2012, 07:07:31 AM

You dont backup shit and you know it. Worst lawyer ever!!

And talk about sucking cock get the GOP's out of your mouth fag.

Whatever moron - this is yet another example of obama cultists and drones falling flat on their faces once again.

whork · « **Reply #51 on:** September 12, 2012, 07:16:11 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on September 12, 2012, 07:14:00 AM

Whatever moron - this is yet another example of obama cultists and drones falling flat on their faces once again.

No this is an example of a GOP cucksucker who should get a job instead of his 95.000 posts.

Move out of your moms basement and start contributing to society then lets talk again

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #52 on:** September 12, 2012, 07:26:16 AM »

Marine unit dispatched to secure consulate in Benghazi after deadly attacks
FoxNews.com ^ | September 12, 2012

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:21:36 AM by Hunton Peck

A team of about 50 Marines has been dispatched to the Libyan city of Benghazi to secure the U.S. Consulate after attacks Tuesday left four Americans dead including the U.S. ambassador, a senior U.S. military official told Fox News.

The official said a Marine "fast team" is being sent from the U.S. Naval base in Rota, Spain. They are not yet on the ground.

The move comes after President Obama ordered "all necessary resources" provided to Libya to support the security of U.S. personnel in the country.

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Soul Crusher · « **Reply #53 on:** September 12, 2012, 07:29:45 AM »

How murder of U.S. ambassador to Libya plunges Obama's re-election campaign into crisis
Daily Mail UK ^ | 09/12/2012 | Toby Harnden

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:15:35 AM

The Obama administration is engulfed in a full-blown foreign policy crisis just two months before the presidential election with the two campaigns trading angry accusations over events in Libya, Egypt and Israel.

Footage of the body of Christopher Stevens, United States ambassador to Libya, slung over the back of a protester, was reminiscent of the 1993 'Black Hawk Down' incident in Somalia in 1993 when militia fighters lynched American aircrew in the streets of Mogadishu.

President Barack Obama's staff will also be mindful that a shadow was cast over Jimmy Carter's presidency by the Iranian hostage crisis after the US embassy in Tehran was stormed by Islamist extremists following the Iranian revolution.

A year after the 52 Americans were taken hostage, Carter lost the 1980 election. The hostages were released just as President Ronald Reagan, who defeated Carter, was sworn in.

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Shockwave · « **Reply #54 on:** September 12, 2012, 07:31:14 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on September 12, 2012, 07:26:16 AM

Marine unit dispatched to secure consulate in Benghazi after deadly attacks
FoxNews.com ^ | September 12, 2012

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:21:36 AM by Hunton Peck

A team of about 50 Marines has been dispatched to the Libyan city of Benghazi to secure the U.S. Consulate after attacks Tuesday left four Americans dead including the U.S. ambassador, a senior U.S. military official told Fox News.

The official said a Marine "fast team" is being sent from the U.S. Naval base in Rota, Spain. They are not yet on the ground.

The move comes after President Obama ordered "all necessary resources" provided to Libya to support the security of U.S. personnel in the country.

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About fucking time, I'd be happier with a fucking battalion, but a FAST team will have to suffice.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #55 on:** September 12, 2012, 07:32:35 AM »

CBS: Libyan security team fingered US ambassador to be killed; Libyan president issues apology
Hotair ^ | 09/12/2012 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:21:08 AM

In the confusion surrounding the murders of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya yesterday, the Libyan government --- which exists due to the military intervention of the US and NATO --- initially left the impression that loyalists to dead dictator Moammar Qaddafi conducted the assassinations. CBS, however, now reports that the Libyan government has changed its tune. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and the other diplomatic personnel got moved to another building by Libyan security forces when the consulate was attacked, and then betrayed by them to the attackers:

Military officials told CBS News an anti-terrorism team of U.S. Marines was being deployed to Libya to help secure U.S. interests in the country following the attack. The State Department said, however, that no Americans were remaining at the facility in Benghazi. State officials would not confirm how many Americans were evacuated, or to where.

Wanis al-Sharef, a Libyan Interior Ministry official in Benghazi, said the four Americans were killed when the angry mob, which gathered to protest a U.S.-made film that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, fired guns and burned down the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

He said Stevens, 52, and other officials were moved to a second building, deemed safer, after the initial wave of protests at the consulate. According to al-Sharef, members of the Libyan security team seem to have indicated to the protesters the building to which the American officials had been relocated, and that building then came under attack.

Stevens, 52, was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in the line of duty since 1979.

The dispatch of more Marines to Libya comes a little late, writes Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart, who wonders why the US didn’t have more Marines stationed at this mission in the first place. Or did they have any?

Security at the consulate was apparently provided by Libyan nationals hired by the United States. While security for American embassies is typically provided by our own Marines, the two Marines reported killed in yesterday’s attacks appear not to have been stationed at the embassy, but were sent there from another unknown location as the violence erupted. There is also no indication if these two Marines were the only American military personnel on site at the time of Ambassador Stevens’s death.

All reports indicate that the security forces at the consulate were overwhelmed by the size of the militant crowds and offered no resistance as they stormed the building, looted it, and killed the four Americans.

As the facts surrounding the destruction of the American consulate and death of Ambassador Stevens become known, investigators will focus on these question: Did the State Department provide adequate security for our embassy staff there? If not, why not?

And finally, the most important question of all: Where were the Marines?

We’d better get those answers quickly … perhaps as quickly as tomorrow. The Muslim Brotherhood, which now controls Egypt, has called for a “peaceful protest” on Friday throughout all the country — and wants “all national forces” to participate in it:

Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday called for nationwide protests Friday after a film deemed offensive to Islam sparked a deadly attack in Libya and furious protests in Cairo.

The Brotherhood calls “for peaceful protests on Friday outside all the main mosques in all of Egypt’s provinces to denounce offenses to religion and to the Prophet,” the Muslim Brotherhood’s Secretary General Mahmud Hussein said in a statement.

He also urged all “national forces to join the protests.”

The Muslim Brotherhood, from which President Mohammed Morsi emerged, is the largest and most organized political force in the country.

We’d better figure out our security in Cairo ASAP, or get our people out of there. This is going downhill fast, and the weak-sauce responses from the Obama administration is very clearly not dissuading radicals from their purpose.

Update: Libya’s interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, issued an explicit apology for the murders of Stevens and the three other Americans:

Mohammed el-Megarif described the attack as “cowardly” and offered his condolences on the death of Ambassador Chris Stevensand the three other Americans. Speaking to reporters, he vowed to bring the culprits to justice and maintain his country’s close relations with the United States. He said the three Americans were security guards. ….

“We extend our apology to America, the American people and the whole world,” el-Megarif said.

Contrast that with the silence coming from Egypt’s leadership after the attack on the US embassy.

Kazan · « **Reply #56 on:** September 12, 2012, 07:48:32 AM »

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“We extend our apology to America, the American people and the whole world,” el-Megarif said.

Now the government of Libya is directly involved in this, now it is an act of war.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #57 on:** September 12, 2012, 08:03:42 AM »

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obamas-going-las-vegas

unreal.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #58 on:** September 12, 2012, 08:05:52 AM »

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Obama Presser on Attacks on US on 9/11/12

Fox News Live | 9/12/12

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:50:48 AM

Obama at the teleprompter now.

We will seek the people responsible.

Libyans acted responsibly by carrying Steven's body to the hospital.

It takes courage to bond with the revolutionaries that over-threw Gaddafi.

The young diplomats of the US in Libya were courageous and their legacies will live on far from our shores.

yesterday was already a painful day -- 9/11 -- I was at the graves of those who gave their lives in that tragedy and I visited the wounded at Walter Reed.

Freedom is only free when people lay-down their lives for it, both civilian and military.

No acts of terrorism will ever shake this great nation.

Today we mourn for four brave Americans.

Make no mistake -- justice will be done!

These four Americans stood-up for freedom and the hope that our flag represents.

Let us join with them in seeking peace.

-- Obama walks of stage --

Reporter shouts: "Mr. President, is this an act of war?" Obama walks away, will answer no questions.

Kazan · « **Reply #59 on:** September 12, 2012, 08:09:06 AM »

They are carrying him to the hospital

OzmO · « **Reply #60 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:32:47 AM »

Animals.

a_ahmed · « **Reply #61 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:31:12 AM »

These are American animals:

a_ahmed · « **Reply #62 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:32:06 AM »

Bombing schools, hospitals killing hundreds of thousands of people:

Results of America:

GigantorX · « **Reply #63 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:33:51 AM »

Quote from: Kazan on September 12, 2012, 08:09:06 AM

They are carrying him to the hospital

That's what Obama and the media want us to believe.

OzmO · « **Reply #64 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:38:58 AM »

Quote from: a_ahmed on September 12, 2012, 10:32:06 AM

Bombing schools, hospitals killing hundreds of thousands of people:

Results of America:

I like it. Maybe next time some one comes up the ignorant idea to slam jets into skyscrapers killing thousands of innocent people they might think twice.

Or maybe not, Muslims in the ME aren't very high on the advanced civilization scale ATM.

a_ahmed · « **Reply #65 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:41:14 AM »

Lets for sake of argument agree that it was not your government or israel that did 911. Lets say muslims did it. Some 2000 people died.

You killed over a million people and started war in SEVEN COUNTRIES and you want to start MORE WARS.

Are you fucking brain dead?

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #66 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:45:28 AM »

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -- 1:16 PM EDT
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Obama Administration Officials Say Attack in Libya May Have Been Planned

The Obama administration suspects that the fiery attack in Libya that killed the American ambassador and three other diplomats may have been planned rather than a spontaneous mob getting out of control, American officials said Wednesday.

Officials in Washington studying the events of the past 24 hours have focused on the differences between the protests on the American embassy in Cairo and the attack on the consulate in Benghazi, the Libyan city where Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and the other Americans were killed.

The protesters in Cairo appeared to be a genuinely spontaneous unarmed mob angered by an anti-Islam video produced in the United States. By contrast, it appeared the attackers in Benghazi were armed with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. Intelligence reports are inconclusive at this point, officials said, but indications suggest the possibility that an organized group had either been waiting for an opportunity to exploit like the protests over the video or perhaps even generated the protests as a cover for their attack.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/world/middleeast/us-envoy-to-libya-is-reported-killed.html?emc=na

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #67 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:49:40 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on September 12, 2012, 10:45:28 AM

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -- 1:16 PM EDT
-----

Obama Administration Officials Say Attack in Libya May Have Been Planned

The Obama administration suspects that the fiery attack in Libya that killed the American ambassador and three other diplomats may have been planned rather than a spontaneous mob getting out of control, American officials said Wednesday.

Officials in Washington studying the events of the past 24 hours have focused on the differences between the protests on the American embassy in Cairo and the attack on the consulate in Benghazi, the Libyan city where Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and the other Americans were killed.

The protesters in Cairo appeared to be a genuinely spontaneous unarmed mob angered by an anti-Islam video produced in the United States. By contrast, it appeared the attackers in Benghazi were armed with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. Intelligence reports are inconclusive at this point, officials said, but indications suggest the possibility that an organized group had either been waiting for an opportunity to exploit like the protests over the video or perhaps even generated the protests as a cover for their attack.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/world/middleeast/us-envoy-to-libya-is-reported-killed.html?emc=na

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No shit. Like it was a coincidence it happened on 9/11

OzmO · « **Reply #68 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:50:33 AM »

Quote from: a_ahmed on September 12, 2012, 10:41:14 AM

Lets for sake of argument agree that it was not your government or israel that did 911. Lets say muslims did it. Some 2000 people died.

You killed over a million people and started war in SEVEN COUNTRIES and you want to start MORE WARS.

Are you fucking brain dead?

I don't need to say for argument sake that it wasn't the USA or Israel the did 9/11, the EVIDENCE DOES!

As far as killing over a million people.... facts say otherwise.

I will give you that the Iraq war was wrong, I was always against it, but in the end, Saddam who was RAPING muslims was removed.

During that process, your Muslims had no problem suicide bombing local markets and killing hundreds.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #69 on:** September 12, 2012, 10:52:32 AM »

Report: Drones headed to Libya
politico ^ | 9/12/12 | DONOVAN SLACK

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:26:10 PM

A senior U.S. official tells CNN that U.S. unmanned surveillance drones are expected to begin flying over Benghazai and other locations in eastern Libya to look for jihadi encampments and targets that may be tied to the attack on U.S. State Department personnel. The proposal for use of drones is expected to be approved shortly by the Pentagon and the White House, CNN's Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr reported. The official said the plan is for U.S. surveillance drones to gather the intelligence and then hand it off to the Libyans to strike the targets.

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Dos Equis · « **Reply #70 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:26:01 AM »

This is tragic. A colossal foreign policy failure.

Animals.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #71 on:** September 12, 2012, 11:30:18 AM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on September 12, 2012, 11:26:01 AM

This is tragic. A colossal foreign policy failure.

Animals.

Hey beach - here is a clue for you - this is not a failuire at all for obama.

For Obama this is what he wants.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #72 on:** September 12, 2012, 12:37:26 PM »

Libyan ambassador blames ex-Qaddafi forces for consulate attacks

Posted By Josh RoginWednesday, September 12, 2012 - 1:10 PM Share

Libya's Ambassador to Washington Ali Aujali said Wednesday that associates of disposed tyrant Muammar al-Qaddafi were behind the Tuesday attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that resulted in the deaths of four American officials, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

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"We know that Qaddafi's associates are in Libya. Of course, they took this chance to infiltrate among the people," Aujali said in today in an interview. His claim contradicts most reports, which place the blame on radical Islamist groups that claimed to be reacting to an obscure American film they viewed as insulting to Islam.

Aujali said that the Libyan government has intelligence that unspecified Qaddafi forces were involved.

"I think it is not clear who [the attackers] are exactly but I am sure they were infiltrated by these people. They still have money. They still have support in countries like Tunisia and Mauritania and other countries who work together with them and finance these kinds of terrorists attacks."

His claim was viewed with skepticism in Washington, where analysts said Aujali's statements fit a pattern of the Libyan government refusing to confront the hundreds of militias that remain powerful, heavily armed, and beyond the reach of the law.

"The Libyan government has been blaming amorphous pro-Qaddafi elements for everything that goes wrong in their country," said Tom Malinowski, Washington director of Human Rights Watch. "It's a way of denying the hard truth that the biggest threat they face to their hopes for democracy and the rule of law comes from among their own fellow former revolutionaries."

The Libyan government has failed to respond to a series of provocations by these groups, Malinowski said.

"The responsibility for this crime falls squarely on the people who perpetrated it and on the Libyan authorities, who have failed thus far to rein in armed elements that defy the law in Libya with impunity, whether by destroying Sufi shrines, attacking aid groups, or now murdering a U.S. ambassador," he said. "The majority of Libyans are not responsible for this, but they are responsible for stopping it by confronting these armed groups once and for all."

Aujali also said that the Libya government didn't have any direct advance knowledge of the attack and pledged that the Libyan government would work closely with the U.S. government to investigate the incident.

Aujali emphasized that the Libyan people are grateful for American support and he expressed confidence that the U.S.-Libya relationship would be maintained.

The Libyan government's failure to protect the consulate is due to a lack of resources and progress in rebuilding the security infrastructure in Benghazi, he said.

"Qaddafi left no intstitions. We have no army, no police forces. We have to build everything from zero, unfortunately. We still need some time," he said.

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/09/12/libyan_ambassador_blames_ex_qaddafi_forces_for_consulate_attacks

Roger Bacon · « **Reply #73 on:** September 12, 2012, 12:50:09 PM »

How did they get to the Ambassador? I don't know anything about this particular embassy complex and security but it seems like they could have held the mob off easily? At least until backup could arrive?

They had RPG's and Guns?

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #74 on:** September 12, 2012, 12:54:06 PM »

Quote from: P.I.P on September 12, 2012, 12:50:09 PM

How did they get to the Ambassador? I don't know anything about this particular embassy complex and security but it seems like they could have held the mob off easily? At least until backup could arrive?

They had RPG's and Guns?

The lybian security detail tol the mob of animals where he was.