Posted on 09/15/2012 7:55:52 AM PDT by KansasGirl
While the Obama administration says there was no "actionable intelligence" foreshadowing the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, there were at least four attacks on diplomatic and western targets in Benghazi leading up to the murder of the U.S. ambassador.
“This (the U.S. Consulate) was a place that was targeted months before with an IED (improvised explosive device)," Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House intelligence committee who has been briefed on the attack and investigation, told Fox News. “It's clearly a target that they wanted to hit and they wanted to cause casualties. ... It's just too many coincidences here”
On June 6, an IED was thrown at the perimeter of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. On June 11, the British ambassador's motorcade came under attack by a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG. Two security personnel were injured. Seven days later, on June 18, armed gunmen attacked the Tunisian consulate and burned its flag. And on Aug. 5, five weeks before the assault on the U.S. Consulate, the International Committee of the Red Cross building in Benghazi was also struck by RPGs.
On Friday, the chairman and ranking members of the Senate homeland security committee, Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins, sent a letter to the State Department inspector general requesting an investigation into the U.S. Consulate’s security posture at the time of the attack. The letter specifically references the previous attacks in June on the consulate and the British ambassador’s convoy, adding:
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Hillary has blood on her hands.
The Embassy in Tripoli had this on their OWN site in warnings on June 6th and June 11th.
(june 11th)
“U.S. citizens are advised that there was an armed attack on a UK diplomatic convoy in Benghazi on June 11. Two individuals sustained injuries. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. This incident is a reminder of the fluid security situation in Libya and is the latest in a series of attacks in Benghazi against diplomatic and international installations, including the IED attack against the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi on June 6. U.S. citizens in Libya are urged to exercise caution......”
(june 6th)
“U.S. citizens are advised that there was an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on the U.S. Office in Benghazi during the early morning hours of June 6. There were no casualties. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. This incident is a reminder of the fluid security situation in Libya......”
I can NOT stress the above enough. That is what has been PUBLIC knowledge on our OWN EMBASSY site. Imagine what the intelligence committees and military know? It was NO secret that they had been attacked before.
She is not the only one who does.
That old and tired term “unexpected”, the standard excuse of the Obama media lapdogs cannot stand.
Since it was so unexpected to this Administration, they are too incompetent to run the Govt. This is obscene. I feel so outraged by their feigned sorrow and Barry leaving to campaign. As God is my witness, they make me sick.
I guess Obama missed that Daily Briefing and just skimmed the pages in its report while on his way to golf, shoot hoops or pimp for cash!
sadly, you are probably spot on.
Gee, maybe it wasn’t “about the film” then.
How is an exploding IED not “actionable intelligence”? Team Obama really fumbled this and that is why they want to make this about Romney.
Shame on the “Republicans” like Huntsman who are helping them.
In my world an IED is actionable.
This man has done more damage to our Country than any other President. I despise him.
But it’s such a peaceful little moon cult.
Round the clock bombing of Bengazi leveling it to the freakin ground would stop all the sheite suni enough.
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Round the clock bombing of Bengazi leveling it to the freaking ground would stop all the sheite suni-ough.
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Weasel words.
Yes. This is it for her and I think she knows it.
Thanks for posting!
Multiple attacks in a hostile environment didn’t promote appropriate security upgrades by this administration.
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