I felt devastated when I read the news on twitter earlier today.
You had just called me a short while earlier, I was on the other line to London and when I tried calling you back very shortly after that, your line was constatntly enagaged, killed, by a cowardly sniper's bullet shot into your neck.
THE Queen has given the green light to award a medal to military heroes who helped topple Colonel Gaddafi in Libya, The News can reveal. Hundreds of naval personnel are now eligible to receive and wear the Nato medal after Her Majesty gave her assent for the award yesterday. At its peak, the UK had about 4,000 personnel committed to last year’s operation to "support Libyan civilians". [link]
Perhaps the British people should know about theRAF raid launched on Zlitan in August,(5) which killed 85 civilians including children. This raid was carried out by No. 9 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Marham. This is the very same squadron that is featured returning home, to RAF Marham, in The Daily Mail’s ‘puppy dog’ piece. The pilots pictured are very likely directly responsible for the deaths of those innocents.
Perhaps the British media could printthe story of Libyan man Khaled K. El-Hamedi,(6)whose entire family was murdered by NATO including his pregnant wife Sala, his 3 year-old son Khweldi, his 4 year-old daughter Khalida, his son Salam who was 1 year old, and 13 other family members and friends who were staying overnight at their home following the celebration of their son’s third birthday.
Maybe the people of the UK and the world should know that NATO haspractically levelled Sirte to the ground. Throughthe employment of ‘Fallujah tactics’
An unclassified report published in August highlights al Qaeda's strategy for building a fully operational network in Libya.
The report ("Al Qaeda in Libya: A Profile") was prepared by the federal research division of the Library of Congress (LOC) under an agreement with the Defense Department's Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office
The chart shows that, according to the US military, al Qaeda's operatives in Libya have already completed many of the tasks set forth by AQSL.
"AQSL in Pakistan dispatched trusted senior operatives as emissaries and leaders who could supervise building a network," the report notes.
They have been successful in establishing "a core network in Libya," but they still act clandestinely and refrain from using the al Qaeda name.
The report finds that al Qaeda "will likely continue to mask its presence under the umbrella of the Libyan Salafist movement, with which it shares a radical ideology and a general intent to implement sharia in Libya and elsewhere."
The following al Qaeda operatives in Libya, as well as other suspected al Qaeda-affiliated individuals, are identified by name in the report:
Image of al-Libi from the FBI poster seeking information to help in his capture
When NATO destroyed a Gaddafi family home on the night of April 31, killing three babies and Gaddafi's 29-year old son while narrowly missing the leader, it was a C3 center and who knows why or if the Gaddafis were there. A barracks hit in Tripoli's Tajoura district a month earlier was within a residential neighborhood, and reportedly killed 40 civilians.
If we accept both NATO's versions of these and other attacks, and the civilian deaths reported, the government complexes hit frequently have war-control facilities right next to or inside of homes, hospitals, schools, and sewage treatment plants.
They're hit anyways, damaging these civilian facilities over and over, with NATO always voicing regret for any civilian deaths that may have happened, and promising to "look into it" (it's the last we ever hear).
Considering this pattern, would Gaddafi find it a deterrent to run military operations from a building in Brega, and use the same place to house these pilgrims? He might possibly try, but again, it shouldn't be expected to work. NATO has only to fail to verify the claims, and they can be considered irrelevant.
If not a deterrent, perhaps he set things up this way as a trick - a human sacrifice to give NATO a black eye. This is just the kind of thing they're accused of frequently, and they are using the Brega strike for PR advantage against the "barbaric, inhumane NATO."
But really, they have plenty of excellent gripes already that have had little effect, and they stood much more to gain from a successful peace mission.
That would be quite a thing to throw away on more Gaddafi "human shield" brutality against his own people when any random religious leaders not engaged in something important could be slapped into some secret command bunker to similar effect.
Did NATO know anything about the clerics and the mission they were on?
Libya liberated of brain : Just 3 days after the Murder of US Ambassador to Libya, Benghazi imam curses Christians & Jewish... Benghazi Imam said: " Oh Allah destroy rancorous Christian and the corupting Jewish"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew a red line – literally – on Iran’s nuclear weapons program Thursday during his speech at the United Nations, raising pressure on President Obama to follow suit.
Armed with a red marker and a crude cartoon drawing of a bomb, the Israeli leader told the world that it will be too late to prevent the “medieval” regime in Iran from terrorizing the world once it has enough enriched uranium. He said the United States and Israel see eye-to-eye on the issue.
“What I have said today will help ensure that this common goal is achieved,” he said. “Israel is in discussions with the United States over this issue, and I am confident that we can chart a path forward together.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Photo by Reuters
His mother was with him in a street near their home in Homs when he was shot. In this interview, she relates what happened.
She explains that the people she believes were responsible for his death were intent on videoing her grieving over his body so they could send the video to Al-Jazeera.
Al-Jazeera was very quick to broadcast the footage and claim Sari had been killed by soldiers.
Most people know that we’ve been lied to about the attacks in Benghazi, but few realize the extent of those lies or the hidden secrets they cover. After all, the lie is different at every level. Thanks to a well placed source with extensive knowledge about the attack, the disturbing truth is slowly beginning to emerge and is lining up with information contained in my previous articles published here weeks ago (Here, Here and Here).
Update 16.09.2012.
A new video which shows Libyans apparently celebrating the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens as his body is recovered from a U.S. Consulate in Benghazi following last week’s attack has been spun by the New York Times to portray the men as rescuers who are trying to save the Ambassador’s life, when in fact they are reveling in his death.
The clip shows a crowd of men attempting to remove Stevens’ body from a window of the American mission after it was attacked with rocket propelled grenades by protesters [NATO backed freedom fighters 2011] militants last week. Source: Blacklisted News
Exclusive: Classified cable warned consulate couldn't withstand 'coordinated attack' The U.S. Mission in Benghazi convened an “emergency meeting” less than a month before the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, because Al Qaeda had training camps in Benghazi and the consulate could not defend against a “coordinated attack,” according to a classified cable reviewed by Fox News. Summarizing an Aug. 15 emergency meeting convened by the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Aug. 16 cable marked “SECRET” said that the State Department’s senior security officer, also known as the RSO, did not believe the consulate could be protected. “RSO (Regional Security Officer) expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons capabilities, host nation support, and the overall size of the compound,” the cable said. According to a review of the cable addressed to the Office of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Emergency Action Committee was also briefed "on the location of approximately ten Islamist militias and AQ training camps within Benghazi … these groups ran the spectrum from Islamist militias, such as the QRF Brigade and Ansar al-Sharia, to ‘Takfirist thugs.’” Each U.S. mission has a so-called Emergency Action Committee that is responsible for security measures and emergency planning. The details in the cable seemed to foreshadow the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. compound, which was a coordinated, commando-style assault using direct and indirect fire. Al Qaeda in North Africa and Ansar al-Sharia, both mentioned in the cable, have since been implicated in the consulate attack. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/31/exclusive-us-memo-warned-libya-consulate-couldnt-withstand-coordinated-attack/#ixzz2B5iXsBiN Update 21. September 2012.
Why didn't CNN reveal it had Libya ambassador's journal? CNN Reveals Finding Ambassador Christopher Stevens' Journal And Discloses Reporting With It ... on the floor of the largely unsecured consulate compound where [Stevens] was fatally wounded." ... CNN has done extensive reporting in the 10 days following the consulate attack and had senior international correspondent Arwa Damon reporting on the ground in Benghazi shortly after the attack. And according to the un-bylined article, CNN only used the journal for "tips" and therefore the "source familiar with Ambassador Stevens' thinking" is not Stevens' own writing. But it's still unclear to what extent the journal played into CNN's reporting, and most importantly, why the network did not reveal having seen it until Friday night on air. It's also unclear why CNN did not immediately return the journal to the authorities investigating the attack. (The State Department did not immediately offer comment Friday regarding the journal). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/22/cnn-christopher-stevens-personal-journal-libya_n_1905650.html
La Organización North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has a campaign against al-Gaddafi loyalists "to believe that we are afraid, but everything is on our side, everything is fine." He noted that in all regions the tribes "have received threats and what they could do is defend our country." He said the people that victory is near and they are the ones who have to leave our country. "
The NATO fighters "are people idiots, these people who are en Trípoli belong to Al Qaeda and terrorists and they are the ones controlling the operations," he said. He reiterated that the Libyan people are being cheated by the West, but "the rats are scared and are running away, they are simply cowards who are running for their lives." He urged Libyans to take to the streets, not to be afraid because it is a "war against treason and all the suburbs have to defend the country with their weapons, stand and come to the Green Square to celebrate the victory of our country ". Saif al-Islam reported that visited the residential complex Bab Al Aziziya and met people who claimed animated "continue the resistance until victory." "Unfortunately, NATO attacked and bombed some houses in the city there are several dead," he said while warning "while there are threats continue fighting," he said. "There are more than 20 thousand armed people who want to fight," said and insisted on calling people to navigate the streets of the North African nation, which was bombed for over six months for the Atlantic Alliance. Tripoli said that "there have been battles over many months," but stressed that contrary to what is said in the television networks, the alleged taking of Bab Al Aziziya (Executive's residence in Libya) "means nothing" because when the rebels arrived there armed forces loyal to al-Gaddafi had already been removed.
Saif Al Islam with Libyans at 2011
"Nobody is there (...) these rebels are always trying to cause disorder and should remember that our navy is fine, working perfectly," he said.
He insisted that the Libyans will defend their country from the British and French troops who want to destroy it, and also said that enemies "have to leave the country." 31 avgust 2011
Prince Harry naked - British newspaper The Sun ignored a warning from the palace and a regulatory ruling on Friday morning by controversially publishing the nude photos on its front pages. [USmagazine]
The nude photos on its front pages
But ... Media can't to sell to us a story about a hero who serves at NATO killing machine.
Prince Harry’s back in Afghanistan.
But… is the timing suspect? St. James’s Palace announced the scandal-happy prince will spend four months in NATO camp. That was quick. Oh, and now he’s considered a hero again.
What a difference two weeks make!
EGYPT: Christians and Muslims in Egypt unite and protest the film insulting the prophet Mohamad. It was designed to divide them. FALSE FLAG FAIL. So much for your clash of civilisation.
SYRIA: To Americans: I just hope that you will not be surprised next time.
So basically, every word from Susan Rice, et al abt Libya was a lie.
White House knew Benghazi attack was a terrorist act from day one
Photo: US consulate in Benghazi Libya
Update 01. November 2012. = Benghazi consulate attack was a CIA operation – report The US consulate attack in Benghazi, which claimed the life of Ambassador Chris Stevens on September 11th, was predominantly an intelligence operation, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Sources claim that two out of the four people killed in the attack, and 23 out of the 30 evacuated, were under CIA command. The US administration has been repeatedly challenged about the apparent lack of security at the site, and the report claims that a mix-up between the CIA and State Department branch of the consulate enabled militants to attain easy access to the consulate. http://rt.com/news/line/2012-11-02/#id39927
Hitlary Clinton with NATO gound trrops aka rebels Feb17
Second building in Benghazi had previously been described as an 'annexe'
Sources, emails point to communication breakdown in Obama administration during Libya attack Senior counterterrorism officials felt cut out of the loop the night of the attack on the Benghazi consulate, according to emails that were shared with Fox News by military sources who are familiar with discussions of how to respond the night of the Sept. 11 attack.
This part of the CIA timeline released by the agency on Thursday suggests that the night of the attack, the CIA's Global Response Staff, or GRS, agents knew that an Al Qaeda-linked group was at the hospital where the ambassador's body had been taken -- and yet days later the CIA provided talking points to the administration before U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice went on five separate Sunday talk shows and made no mention of terrorism.
Update 10. 2012. Most people know that we’ve been lied to about the attacks in Benghazi, but few realize the extent of those lies or the hidden secrets they cover. After all, the lie is different at every level. Thanks to a well placed source with extensive knowledge about the attack, the disturbing truth is slowly beginning to emerge and is lining up with information contained in my previous articles published here weeks ago (Here, Here and Here).
Update 16.09.2012.
A new video which shows Libyans apparently celebrating the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens as his body is recovered from a U.S. Consulate in Benghazi following last week’s attack has been spun by the New York Times to portray the men as rescuers who are trying to save the Ambassador’s life, when in fact they are reveling in his death.
The clip shows a crowd of men attempting to remove Stevens’ body from a window of the American mission after it was attacked with rocket propelled grenades by protesters [NATO backed freedom fighters 2011] militants last week. Source: Blacklisted News
Exclusive: Classified cable warned consulate couldn't withstand 'coordinated attack' The U.S. Mission in Benghazi convened an “emergency meeting” less than a month before the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, because Al Qaeda had training camps in Benghazi and the consulate could not defend against a “coordinated attack,” according to a classified cable reviewed by Fox News. Summarizing an Aug. 15 emergency meeting convened by the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Aug. 16 cable marked “SECRET” said that the State Department’s senior security officer, also known as the RSO, did not believe the consulate could be protected. “RSO (Regional Security Officer) expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons capabilities, host nation support, and the overall size of the compound,” the cable said. According to a review of the cable addressed to the Office of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Emergency Action Committee was also briefed "on the location of approximately ten Islamist militias and AQ training camps within Benghazi … these groups ran the spectrum from Islamist militias, such as the QRF Brigade and Ansar al-Sharia, to ‘Takfirist thugs.’” Each U.S. mission has a so-called Emergency Action Committee that is responsible for security measures and emergency planning. The details in the cable seemed to foreshadow the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. compound, which was a coordinated, commando-style assault using direct and indirect fire. Al Qaeda in North Africa and Ansar al-Sharia, both mentioned in the cable, have since been implicated in the consulate attack. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/31/exclusive-us-memo-warned-libya-consulate-couldnt-withstand-coordinated-attack/#ixzz2B5iXsBiN
Update: 27.09.2012. White House knew Benghazi attack was a terrorist act from day one
From day one, the Obama administration was aware that the September 11 assault on the US consulate in Benghazi was a pre-planned terrorist attack, despite offering up conflicting explanations in the weeks since. Unnamed officials confirm to Fox News that the White House knew that al-Qaeda-linked terrorists were behind the murder of four Americans in Libya, but only today did US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta publicly acknowledge the truth. Secretary Panetta now admits that the Pentagon knew within hours of the assault on America’s Benghazi consulate that left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others dead that it was an act of terrorism. The Obama administration has altered their explanation repeatedly in the weeks since Mr. Stevens and three others were killed on September 11, 2012 while on assignment in Libya. On Thursday, the Defense Department confirmed the attack as having been hatched by terrorists, despite earlier statements made by the White House that suggested an anti-American film produced in the US had triggered a spontaneous assault. "The reason I think it pretty clearly was a terrorist attack is because a group of terrorists obviously conducted that attack on the consulate and against our individuals," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey. "What terrorists were involved I think still remains to be determined by the investigation. But it clearly was a group of terrorists who conducted that attack against that facility." US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested earlier in the week that the attack in Benghazi may have been hatched by an al-Qaeda affiliate, yet another drastic change of heart from an Obama appointee this week. http://rt.com/usa/news/clinton-al-qaeda-benghazi-attack-130/
Update 20.09.2012. FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Intel Sources Say Libya Attack Tied to Al Qaeda and Ex-Gitmo Detainee Sufyan Ben Qumu [ VIDEO] According to his Gitmo files, he was also tied to 9/11 financiers, and his alias is “found on a list of probable Al Qaeda personnel receiving monthly stipends and family support.”
A former Guantanamo detainee named Sufyan ben Qumu has been tied to the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, including the US ambassador, FOX News has reported.
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The report details al Qaeda's plans for Libya , including the growth of a clandestine terrorist network that has attempted to hide its presence. The US military has concluded that al Qaeda is in the final phase of a three-step process for developing a full-blown al Qaeda affiliate.
One of the al Qaeda-affiliated parties inside Libya is called Ansar al Sharia -- a brand used by al Qaeda chapters elsewhere, including inside Yemen. According to the report, Qumu leads an Ansar al Sharia brigade...
In interviews with the press [before two days], a representative of Ansar al Sharia Libya has denied direct involvement in the consulate attack.
In the LOC report, Qumu is described as "a former al Qaeda operative believed to have links with the al Qaeda's clandestine network in Darnah," which is in eastern Libya and has exported jihadists to the battlefields of Iraq and elsewhere.... Qumu was first noticed in the press [like freedom fighters] during the uprising against Jamahiriya "Qaddafi's regime"...
Qumu was transferred from Guantanamo to Libya in 2007. In a leaked memorandum dated April 22, 2005...
Libyan authorities initially detained Qumu, but he was released from prison in 2010, reportedly as part of a general amnesty offered to jihadists during the Qaddafi regime's waning days.
JTF-GTMO pieced together the details of Qumu's career. He was trained as a tank driver in the Libyan military, but had some run-ins with the law. The Libyan government told the US that Qumu became a drug addict and was accused of a number of other crimes, including murder and assault.
He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but somehow escaped, making his way to Sudan, where he became a driver for one of Osama bin Laden's companies. When al Qaeda returned to Pakistan and Afghanistan, so did Qumu.
Qumu developed a constellation of connections to senior al Qaeda leaders, including some of the 9/11 conspirators. Qumu's alias was found on Mustafa Al Hawsawi's laptop. Al Hawsawi helped finance the 9/11 attacks. Qumu is listed on the computer "as an al Qaida member receiving family support."
Qaddafi's spooks told US officials that Qumu is a "dangerous man with no qualms about committing terrorist acts," according to the JTF-GTMO file. The Libyans added that Qumu "was known as one of the extremist commanders of the Afghan Arabs."
US officials agreed with this assessment. JTF-GTMO deemed Qumu "a MEDIUM to HIGH risk, as he is likely to pose a threat to the US, its interests and allies."
FULL ARTICLE --> HERE
= Mustafa A.G. Abushagur, calling him "a dear friend of mine" who "played a key role in helping to liberate Libya from the oppressive regime of Moammar Gaddafi."
USA , FRANCE A DEAR friends of REBELS FEB17
= TERRORIST BEHIND AMBASSADOR MURDER 'ALLY OF SORTS' TO OBAMA [BUSH, CLINTON, REGAN, ROMNEY ... US] ADMIN That’s where the story gets even more interesting. The Obama [BUSH, CLINTON, REGAN, ROMNEY ... US] administration promptly labeled Qumu an “ally of sorts,” according to the New York Times – that despite the fact that as of 2005, he was known as a “medium to high risk … likely to pose a threat to the US, its interests and allies .” What made him an ally? According to the Times, that status change was due to the Obama [BUSH, CLINTON, REGAN, ROMNEY ... US] administration’s “remarkable turnabout resulting from shifting American policies rather than any obvious change in Mr.[?] Qumu.” As a leader of the Libyan rebels, head of the Darnah Brigade, Qumu received support from NATO. And unnamed Western observers, according to the Times, felt that Qumu wasn’t a real threat: “We’re more worried about Al Qaeda infiltration from outside than the indigenous ones … Most of them have a local agenda so they don’t present as much as a threat to the West.” http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/19/Qumu-attacker-Libya-ally-of-sorts-US = US changes story on #Libya attack. On Sunday, Susan Rice claimed sparked by film protest. Now brands it "terror attack" So basically, every word from Susan Rice, et al abt Libya was a lie. Update 18.09.2012. One thing is clear ex-rebels hunted US Ambassador Stevens and caught him in a safe house.
The translation of the text below the video reads: "Moment directed the U.S. ambassador before his death" and the headline translates to: “U.S. Ambassador and the people of Benghazi rescue attempt before his death.”
The victim in the video appears to be wearing the same pants, belt and t-shirt seen in this photo of Amb. Stevens.
The validity of the video and the accuracy of the description of the events it depicts are still under investigation, but through Twitter and Facebook the video has already taken a life of its own. [link]
Update 16.09.2012.
A new video which shows Libyans apparently celebrating the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens as his body is recovered from a U.S. Consulate in Benghazi following last week’s attack has been spun by the New York Times to portray the men as rescuers who are trying to save the Ambassador’s life, when in fact they are reveling in his death.
The clip shows a crowd of men attempting to remove Stevens’ body from a window of the American mission after it was attacked with rocket propelled grenades by protesters [NATO backed freedom fighters 2011] militants last week.
A witness says U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens was still breathing as people pulled him from a room where he was found after last week’s attack on the American Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
MAIN ARTICLE [12. September 2012.]
The US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens has died as Feb17 " freedom fughters" stormed the US consulate and killed him. In Benghazi: The birthplace of NATO/USA/NTC's revolution. It was a professionally executed terrorist operation by a professional Al Qaeda assassination team, whose 20 members acted under the orders of their leader Ayman al Zawahri after special training. They were all Libyans, freed last year from prisons where they were serving sentences for terrorism.
The US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens
Ambassador Chris Stevens and the three US officials were killed in a rocket attack on their car, as they were rushed from a consular building. in Benghazi.
Hundreds of protesters, angered by an US movie that insulted Prophet Mohammad, broke into the US consulate building in Benghazi. Earlier, after angry Feb17 "freedom fighters" now "Islamists" stormed Washington's embassy in Cairo.
The rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the consulate from a nearby farm. Protesters then attacked the consulate and set fire to it.
The film, "Innocence of Muslims," was made by Israeli-American Sam Bacile, a 52-year-old real-estate developer from southern California who says Islam is a hateful religion.
US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens (AFP-Getty Images)
The US Embassy sent a military plane to take the four bodies first to Tripoli and then to the US.
"Chris was committed to advancing America’s values and interests. As the conflict in Libya unfolded, Chris was one of the first Americans on the ground in Benghazi." said H. Clinton
Libya, Benghazi : US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens
Christopher Stevens came ...
Stevens had already served two tours in Libya, including running the office in Benghazi during the NATO's war in Libya.
US Ambassador Chris Stevens withBERNARD-HENRI LÉVY or BHL,
French members of the Israeli lobby and The verbal fig leaf for the interests of Zionist
Last year Chris Stevens was very active in helping the Salafist rabble from Benghazi to overthrow the Libyan government:
Chris Stevens, a former U.S. Embassy official in Tripoli and the highest-ranking U.S. representative to travel to Libya since the uprising began, will explore ways to open the funding spigots for an opposition movement that is desperately short of cash and supplies, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.
“We’re well aware that there’s an urgency,” spokesman Mark Toner told reporters. “The Transitional National Council does need funding if it’s to survive, and we’re looking for ways to assist them.”
When the job to overthrow and kill Gaddhafi was done Stevens was named U.S. ambassador to Libya. Last night he was killed by exactly those lunatics Gaddhafi had warned of and had kept under control.[*]
Christopher Stevens arrived in Libya as ambassador in May this year. He had previously served as Special Representative to the Transitional National Council from March 2011 to November 2011.
John Christopher Stevens, US ambassador to Libya, shakes hands with Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil (R) after presenting his credentials during a meeting in Tripoli, June 7, 2012.
Christopher Stevens saw ...
Just a few days earlier the ambassador Stevens was at Ceremonial Lunch with Feb17 "the freedom fighters".
The ambassador Stevens was at Ceremonial Lunch - in middle
Yesterday ...
Ambassador Christopher Stevens was a short working visit to Benghazi on the anniversary of 9/11 attacks.
Yesterday in BENGHAZI [ update] First, a small group of NATO backed rebels [ at 2011] now ex-rebels arrived, then a crowd of NATO backed rebels and freedom fighters at 2011. Later, heavily armed men with armoured vehicles [from Qatar, USA and France] , some with rocket-propelled grenades, joined, swelling the numbers to more than 200.
The gunmen [ex-rebels] fired into the air outside the consulate. Libyan security guarding [ex-rebels, too] the site pulled out. There was shooting in the air from inside the consulate compound.
At this point, the protesters stormed the compound. The consulate was looted and burned by NATO-led freedom fighters [ at 2011] now militants, while plainclothes security men were sent to evacuate the personnel.
Burnt out - The U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi
Photo: Dailymail
U.S. officials have said attackers [NATO backed rebels at 2011] broke into the main consulate building at around 10:15 p.m. and set the compound on fire. Body of the ambassador Stevens was Missing for Five Hours. Ambassador Chris Was Locked Up When Found - US Benghazi consulate witness says Ambassador was laying unconscious on ground in a closed room when entered. Who locked him up? [feb17's channel]
ATTACK ON THE SAFE HOUSE
The next attack came hours later. Around 30 American staffers along with Libyans had been evacuated to the safe house while a plane arrived from Tripoli with a joint U.S.-Libyan security group [ of ex-rebels] that was to fly them back to the capital.
The original plan was for a separate Libyan security [ex-rebels] unit to escort the evacuees to the airport. Instead, the joint unit went from the airport to the safe house. The militant [ NATO backed rebels] attack coincided with the joint team's arrival at the safe house, he said.
That the NATO backed rebels [2011] knew the safe house's location suggests a "spy" inside the security forces tipped off the ex - freedom fighters[ at 2011] now militants.
The Body of the late US ambassador in Benghazi hospital [+18]
Meanwhile: State Deptartment has released the name of another US embassy official killed in Libya : Sean Smith, a Foreign Service Information Management Officer
US friends-Freedom fighters from Benghazi raided empty US consulate, walking off with chairs and washing machines, after killing ambassador.
An Feb17 "freedom fighters " waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire inside the US consulate compound in Benghazi late on September 11, 2012.(AFP Photo / STR)
The US diplomatic facility in eastern Libya was evacuated following violent clashes, and an enraged crowd of militia members stormed the building and set it on fire. Tunisian Salafis are now calling for an attack on their country's US embassy, Tunisian media reported. Salafis had previously attempted to attack the embassy, but were repelled by security forces. Many expect another attack.
A vehicle and the surrounding area are engulfed in flames after it was set on fire inside the US consulate compound in Benghazi late on September 11, 2012.(AFP Photo / STR)
A similar incident took place in Cairo, Egypt’s capital. In Benghazi like in Cairo - "peaceful protesters" , Feb17 rebels and "freedom fighters" joined together to pull down the American flag in the embassy's courtyard and tried to raise a AlQaeda flag with the words: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger."
Egypt: the American flag in the embassy's courtyard
Don't miss the fact that an Al Qaeda flag was flown during the demonstration, after the US flag was destroyed
Al Qaeda flag with the words: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger."
The Israeli-made movie "Innocence of Muslims" which mocks the prophet Muhammad has caused outrage among ultra-conservative Muslims. US missions have been attacked in Egypt and Libya where an American was killed. The director has gone into hiding.
"Islam is a cancer, period," writer and director Sam Bacile told The Associated Press by phone speaking from an undisclosed location.
US embassies in Cairo, Benghazi targeted over on-screen insults to Islam
YahooNews:Obama issues statement on the attack on the consulate in Syria [?] and the death of the ambassador.
Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate
"I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi," he said. "It's disgraceful that the Obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks."
At 18h today
Pentagon sending elite anti-terrorism Marines
The U.S. is deploying elite Marine counterterrorism teams to Libya in response to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
The Pentagon is sending Fleet Anti-Terrorism Teams, known as FAST teams, a U.S. defense official has confirmed to the E-Ring.
The official was unsure if the teams were actually en route to Libya yet. "Make no mistake, justice will be done," President Obama said
At 20h today
The US has evacuated its consulate in Benghazi after an attack, which killed the US Ambassador to Libya and three consulate staff members. 35 members of the consulate staff have already been pulled out, an Arab-speaking TV channel says.
US embassy in Benghazi, Libya
Update 21h today
Was U.S. Ambassador Lynched?
Subsequent reports speculated that Stevens’ car was attacked as he and the three other personnel attempted to escape from the Consulate. The other embassy staff were shot while Stevens’ died of “suffocation,” suggesting he was lynched and physically attacked by the mob. http://restrictednews.com/2012/09/12/was-u-s-ambassador-lynched/
Pro-al Qaeda group seen behind deadly Benghazi attack
"According to our sources, the attack against the consulate had two waves. The first attack led to U.S. officials being evacuated from the consulate by Libyan security forces, only for the second wave to be launched against U.S. officials after they were kept in a secure location." http://www.12newsnow.com/story/19524685/pro-al-qaeda-group-seen-behind-deadly-benghazi-attack
Update 23h today
It's believed the attacks were a response to this US film deemed offensive to Islam. But could it also be a side effect of US foreign policy in the region?
BS: Definitely. The whole story of the clash of civilizations and Christianity versus Islam – all these stories, they don’t show the real picture. The real picture is that the majority of Muslims are as peaceful as the majority of Christians or Jews or whoever.
The policy of supporting militant extremist Islamist groups as long as it serves geopolitical interests and fighting secular independent governments in the Middle East, or direct military intervention and war crimes, impoverishing of the whole region – certainly this leads to an increase of Islamic militant movements, which can turn out to be a threat to US citizens, as we’ve just seen.
BS: The US official propaganda has a very cynical term regarding civilian deaths during a bombing campaign, called “collateral damage.” Of course, they wouldn’t use this term when it comes to the death of a US citizen.
But I think in the mindset of the US establishment, in a certain way this also was collateral damage because it won’t make them stop their policies in the Middle East, even if it threatens the lives of American citizens. link
Update: 15. September 2012 BENGHAZI - Eight Americans, some from the military, were wounded in the attack which claimed the lives of Mr Stevens, Sean Smith, an information officer, and two US Marines. All staff from Benghazi have now been moved to the capital, Tripoli, and those whose work is deemed to be non-essential may be flown out of Libya. Tyrone Woods, a 41-year-old A security guard [like Black Water]A former ski instructor & Former Navy SEALs identified as consulate attack victims. A former ski instructor in Utah, Doherty reportedly trained as a sniper and medical officer after joining the Navy SEALs. He served for seven years before leaving to work at the private security firm. Doherty lived in Encintas, Calif., after leaving the Navy. He worked at the CrossFIT/SEALFIT gym as well as security firms. [FOXNEWS]
[CNN ] Glen Doherty was a sniper in Benghazi ?
Glen Doherty One of two security officers killed in the Tuesday night was a former Navy SEAL, a pilot who held multi-engine and commercial ratings [ to kill native people] and a onetime triathlete and ski pro. He left the Navy in 2005 and worked as a "security and intelligence specialist" for the U.S. government, and co-authored a 2010 book,
"The 21st-Century Sniper: A Complete Practical Guide," with a former comrade. The other security officer had not been publicly identified [why?] http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/13/us/benghazi-victims/index.html Death of Sean Smith at Benghazi consulate brings reality to online gaming world State Department official Sean Smith was chatting on the computer with a fellow online gamer Tuesday when attackers began gathering outside the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Smith, an avid gamer and married father of two, typed out a harrowing message to the friend: “assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ’police’ that guard the compound taking pictures.” http://m.mcclatchydc.com/dc/db_112234/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=PQQc5j1k
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REMINDER [07. March 2011.]
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi repeated his claim that al Qaeda was responsible for plunging the country into chaos and denied media reports of mass killings.
And Saif warned: "Just give them a couple of months or max one year and you will find out the reality but please don't deny that on the day Saif al Islam was taken prisoner he warned you of all that."
Article in Global Research US-Backed Terrorists Murder US Ambassador in Libya
“I have met with these brave fighters, and they are not Al-Qaeda. To the contrary: They are Libyan patriots who want to liberate their nation. We should help them do it.” – Senator John McCain in Benghazi, Libya April 22, 2011.
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Benghazi, 2011: Senator McCain and Christopher Stevens
McCain’s “Libyan patriots” have now murdered US Ambassador John Christopher Stevens in the very city McCain spoke these words. An assault on the American consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the epicenter of not only last year’s violent subversion and destruction of sovereign Libya, but a decade’s old epicenter of global terrorism, left Ambassador Stevens dead - link
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