Posted on 10/10/2012 4:52:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The size and "lethality" of the attack on the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, that left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead was "unprecedented," a senior State Department official said today.
Senior State Department officials today gave the most detailed account to-date of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other diplomats. One official said the nature of the assault was unparalleled in recent history.
"The lethality and number of armed people is unprecedented," one of the officials said. "There was no attack anywhere in Libya -- Tripoli or Benghazi -- like this, So it is unprecedented and would be very, very hard to find a precedent like that in recent diplomatic history."
Though the timeline of events outlined on the call was similar to the last official account of the incident, which was given on Sept. 12, some stark differences and new details were revealed.....
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Bttt
Does anyone know what time hearings will be today?
Or the attacks against two of our African embassys in the 90’s.
What happened between 10 pm and 4 am?
The official timeline shows a huge gap in which NOTHING apparently happened.
And nixon was fried for a few minutes gap in a tape.
May the truth be liberated from the committee’s witnesses lips.
Question: Were arms supplied by the 0bama Administration to Libyan rebels used in the attack and assasination of Ambassador Stevens?
ABC and the Administration needs a nice training film.
http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/55daysatpeking-trailer/v293/1_1715/
and its good advice in that clip too!
Thanks for the history of “unprecedented” attacks. I almost always forget about wiki. I’m surprised this bit hasn’t been purged.
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