[Ohiobelle]

The marines in Libya did not have live ammo.

[TigersEye]

Yes, I'm sure they did. They were not attached to the State Dept. they flew in from a ship in the Mediterranean. Thus the helicopters. If you have info to the contrary I'd love to see your source but this is from the original article...

"As I was dragging the wounded Marine to safety, some Marines who were located on the roof of the villa as snipers shouted and the rest of the Marines all hit the ground."

You don't station snipers if they have no ammo.