The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was set alight on the evening of September 11, and the armed group returned the following day, with deadly results
Why Did The CIA Let A Crazed al-Qaeda Mob Kill America's Ambassador? Moment By Moment, The Atrocity That's Sent The U.S. Into A Frenzy Of Suspicion And Recrimination -- Daily Mail
* The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was attacked on September 11, 2012
* A group of armed jihadists attacked the building and set it alight
* Four people died in the attack, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens
Fumbling in the dark, the American ambassador hurriedly pulled on bullet-proof body armour over his blue trousers and T-shirt. A shrill warning siren was sounding and the crash of gunshots could be heard, getting closer by the second.
‘Follow me, sir,’ urged a diplomatic bodyguard, gripping his M4 assault rifle, shouldering an additional pump-action shotgun and looking anxiously around him as they set out along blacked-out corridors. ‘We are under attack.’
It was 9.40pm in the United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi, the second city of strife-torn Libya, a country trying to re-build itself in the aftermath of civil war and the ousting and killing of its mad dictator, Colonel Gaddafi.
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My Comment: This is my must read post for today .... but you will need a strong stomach to finish it. This account comes from the book UNDER FIRE by Fred Burton and Samuel Katz.
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