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(New) AC-130U Gunship was On-Scene in Benghazi, Obama Admin Refused to Let It Fire
PJ Tatler ^ | 10-26-2012 | Bob Owen

Posted on 10/26/2012 10:19:39 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

If you don’t get torches-and-pitchforks irate about this, you are not an American:

The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours — enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive. Fox News has also learned that two separate Tier One Special operations forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazigate; benghazirescue; benghazistanddown; clintontreason; dnctreason; libya; muslimbrotherhood; panettatreason; treason
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To: billorites

The blogger who wrote this has made an irresponsible assumption that the planes were deployed over Benghazi that night. The Fox report doesn’t state that, nor do any other reports. The situation is bad enough without junk blogging like this being passed off as news.


61 posted on 10/26/2012 10:54:20 AM PDT by kristinn (Dump the Chump in 2012)
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To: Sir Napsalot

I speculate that the reason the ambassador was refused help is because he didn’t want to be Obama’s booty call. As a result Obama had him offed with the help of his Muslim Brotherhood pals.


62 posted on 10/26/2012 10:54:43 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Sir Napsalot
I have read both articles but it still seems unclear on this point - were the AC-130s in the air above Benghazi?

I would assume this based on this line from the Fox article:

The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Spectre gunship...but then in that same paragraph - enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive.

It had been my understanding that no aircraft other than drones were in the air that night. If in fact gunships were circling above and called off, that just seems criminal.

63 posted on 10/26/2012 10:54:54 AM PDT by Kandy Atz ("Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want for bread.")
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To: Sir Napsalot

Security DENIED, Rescue DENIED, Americans DIED, 0bama LIED, Hillary LIED, Rice LIED, Carney LIED, Biden LIED, Panetta LIED.


64 posted on 10/26/2012 10:54:57 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Sir Napsalot
Rush just had a call form an insider that gave information that should have Obama impeached.
65 posted on 10/26/2012 10:55:03 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: madison10

The more that comes out, the worse it is.

Wow the Obama Admin is very very Diverse, the more we learn (speaking in russian accent) “Da Verse it gets” (transmit that the Vladdy)


66 posted on 10/26/2012 10:56:17 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Sir Napsalot
Rush just had a call form an insider that gave information that should have Obama impeached.
67 posted on 10/26/2012 10:56:41 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“The mamma’s boy is a eunuch”
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I do feel he is a sort of mutant eunuch.


68 posted on 10/26/2012 10:58:04 AM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: billorites
It took 13 posts before someone actually read the article

sounds like these gunships were in Sigonella and their mission dating back to March had been to support the anti-Qadaffi militia

There is no indication they were capable or authorized to intervene in Libya without the consent of the Libyan govt (or NATO if they are NATO assets), against potential Libyan nationals rioting against one of our consulates (still a plausible explanation in the early hours of the fray/fog of war) to rescue a US Ambassador and CIA contract personnel

It would be great to know that Jack Ryan could get them re-tasked and over there in an hour but there can more bureaucracy than that in making up plan as you go along

Could strong leadership by a real POTUS like George Bush or Ronald Reagan have overcome this with some top level phone calls? Possibly yes.

But a pussy-whipped lead-from-behind axxhole like obama doing something presidential to save people who weren't supposed to get caught doing what they were doing? Nahhhh.

69 posted on 10/26/2012 10:58:34 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: Sir Napsalot

By all means, let’s have an invesigation two weeks after the election. Oh, and MSM, be sure to keep this under wraps now. UNBELIEVABLE CORRUPTION


70 posted on 10/26/2012 10:58:49 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: skeeter

Maybe thats what Woods & Doherty were doing on the roof of the annex when they were killed - pointing a laser and waiting for support from their commander & chief.

So they denied any support to the people protecting the ambassador and did the Obozo admin even have the decency (albiet very littl) to at the very freeking least tell the people at the consulate that Help was not going to come so they could at least try to escape on their own or something...

Or did they stand ontheir positions waiting, waiting, waiting for help that was never ever going to come....

No Hollywood like moment where the president talks to the ambassador saying “I’m sorry but you are on your own, if you cannot make it out on your own I will let america know of your sacrifice...”

Just silence and alone, waiting for help that never came...

I am so damned pissed off right now...


71 posted on 10/26/2012 10:59:29 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
A couple rounds of suppressing fire onto the spontaneous ‘mob’ could have created a safe zone for our people.

I understand it operates best under the cloak of darkness (hence Spooky), but the battle lasted close to (or over) 7 hours, there must be some opportune time during the (at least) three requests for aids.

72 posted on 10/26/2012 10:59:45 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: arrogantsob

Little known fact about radar equipped fighters: the radar can be used as an antipersonnel weapon. Fly low enough, train the emitter in the right direction and crank it up to full power and it’ll microwave the brains of anyone within a pretty decent sized swath. Especially for planes like F-15s that have very large and powerful emitters.

Combine that with the shockwave from a low level supersonic run ... Well there’d be four Americans still alive today.


73 posted on 10/26/2012 11:00:28 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Rush is talking about this now.. A Special Ops guy is on the phone live.. Or someone who REALLY knows the process for military ops.

Glenn Beck and a few others in Talk radio have been making appeals to people who know things to come forwards for the last few weeks.... maybe some people are realizing that if they don’t come forward and Obama gets relected they will NEVER have a chance to come forward...


74 posted on 10/26/2012 11:00:54 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: tanknetter

It doesn’t work against the brainless however.


75 posted on 10/26/2012 11:01:10 AM PDT by arrogantsob (The Disaster MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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To: Sir Napsalot
0bama Is A Deserter!

0bama was notified immediately and automatically when the Benghazi consulate triggered the "Critical Incident Report" alert. He did nothing.

Judge Jeanine Investigates Benghazi Gate Part 4 - 10/20/2012 video 6:53
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer (U.S. Army ret.), former CIA Station Chief Gary Burtson and former CIA operative Mike Baker

They confirm everything Col. Hunt said about automatic notifications to the WH and add more details.

Howie Carr interview with Col. Hunt On The Newest Libyan Revelations audio 28:37

There are three scandals here...

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For weeks now I have thought that the denial of requests for security were a dereliction of duty. I consider the lies and misdirection about the "video" after the attack to be fraud and malfeasance under the color of authority. I don't consider the inaction during the attack to be any of those.

The failure to act during the attack is the direct equivalent of desertion IMO.

ONE man had the authority to act that night.

ONE man deserted his post!


76 posted on 10/26/2012 11:01:11 AM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: Sir Napsalot

“I love the smell of dead Americans. Mission Accomplished!”



77 posted on 10/26/2012 11:01:35 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: tanknetter


Just by the sound of these I know what kind of plane it is.
If it's a mile away I know what it is.

78 posted on 10/26/2012 11:03:13 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: I want the USA back

Republicans were not going to be distracted by a fruitless impeachment debacle.

They have this bastard on the ropes now, so stop whining.

BTW welcome.


79 posted on 10/26/2012 11:05:21 AM PDT by arrogantsob (The Disaster MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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To: Sir Napsalot
Some orders are made to be ignored. "Sorry, you're breaking up ... did not copy your last. I think my radio is about to fail ..."

Target designated? Spooky should have hosed them into oblivion. Then headed for the White Hut.

80 posted on 10/26/2012 11:07:01 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Why not eliminate the middle man and have whoever feeds Obama his lines debate Romney directly?")
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