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Confusion or Coverup? What We Knew About The Benghazi Attack and When We Knew It
the Weekly Standard ^ | October 22, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Posted on 10/27/2012 2:37:01 AM PDT by uncitizen

September 9, Egypt – Clips of The Innocence of Muslims are shown on Egyptian television.

September 10 – Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri releases through jihadist websites a video eulogy for slain al Qaeda leader Abu Yahya al Libi and says that his organization and its ideology are alive. Zawahiri says that Libi’s “blood is calling, urging and inciting you to fight and kill the crusaders.” Ayman al Zawahiri uses the video to boast that al Qaeda has not been defeated, but its “message has spread amongst our Muslim Ummah, which received it with acceptance and responded to it.” A clip of Mohammed al Zawahiri, Ayman’s brother (who told CNN earlier this year that al Qaeda’s strength is “not in its leaders but in its ideology”) is included in the video.

September 11, Cairo, Egypt (early morning) – The U.S. embassy issues a statement indirectly denouncing The Innocence of Muslims. According to the Washington Post, the embassy condemns efforts made by “misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims—as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions.” Parts of the statement are also released via Twitter.

September 11, Cairo (morning) – A large crowd carrying numerous al Qaeda flags protests outside the U.S. embassy. Protesters scale the embassy’s wall, raise the flag commonly used by Al Qaeda in Iraq, and burn the Stars and Stripes. The protesters chant in Arabic: “Obama! Obama! We are all Osama!” A similar refrain is spray-painted on walls near the embassy. Mohammed al Zawahiri is interviewed by a jihadist propaganda outlet in front of the embassy. He admits to CNN he helped stage the protest.

September 11, Benghazi, Libya (about 2:30 p.m. EDT) – Stevens walks his guests out of the compound and onto the street. no sign of a protest.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazicoverup; benghazigate
this is only an excerpt from the middle but this is a 3 page timeline of events and its really interesting to see it all layer out like that. In the first paragraph it reminds us of something I'd forgotten which is that following the Benghazi attack on the 11th, there were 2 more attacks on US Embassies. (I know that Benghazi was not an embassy or a consulate). those US embassies that were attacked supposedly by al qaeda were Yemen on the 13th and Tunisia on the 14th. Those attacks were of a less extreme nature than Benghazi.

It also shows tho, how the media, Wolf Blitzer for one, had called this out as terrorism on the 12th, before the other 2 embassies were assaulted.

and on the 14th, after the Tunisia embassy attack, Hillary makes a speech at Andrews AFB talking about "rage and violence directed against our embassies about some violent video ".

Putting it all in sequence like the timeline does makes me think that on the 12th, O and Hill were getting worried. Too much heat on Benghazi. maybe we spread the violence out somewhat and take attention away from Benghazi. so yes, I'm saying maybe the other embassy violence was also of Obama ans Hillary's own making! she mentions all three events at Andrews together like they are all related to some video, which we know she knew wasn't true. so if she wasn't involved with the Yemen and Tunisia attacks, then shouldn't they be doing an investigation as to what happened in those embassies too? Or do they only "investigate" when we pin them to the wall about something that doesn't smell right?

1 posted on 10/27/2012 2:37:11 AM PDT by uncitizen
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To: uncitizen

Quote from his campaign press secretary:

“President Obama is he only candidate in this race who is going to continue to fight for Big Bird & Elmo.”


2 posted on 10/27/2012 2:48:31 AM PDT by Bertha Fanation
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To: Bertha Fanation

Well yeah, there are priorities and then there are priORities.


3 posted on 10/27/2012 2:51:21 AM PDT by uncitizen (be Gone Traitor!)
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“There’s a broader lesson to be learned here,” Mr. Obama told “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft at the White House. “And I — you know, Governor Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later. And as president, one of the things I’ve learned is you can’t do that. That, you know, it’s important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts. And that you’ve thought through the ramifications before you make ‘em.”


4 posted on 10/27/2012 3:12:00 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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Not sure of ur point there tiger. But I will say this, Obama has forfeited his right to give advice to anyone. as if he really meant a single word that comes out of his mouth.

I wouldn’t be the least shocked if it turned out that Hill and O started trouble at the other embassies to divert attention away from Benghazi, would you?


5 posted on 10/27/2012 3:19:47 AM PDT by uncitizen (be Gone Traitor!)
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To: TigerClaws

Not sure of ur point there tiger. But I will say this, Obama has forfeited his right to give advice to anyone. as if he really meant a single word that comes out of his mouth.

I wouldn’t be the least shocked if it turned out that Hill and O started trouble at the other embassies to divert attention away from Benghazi, would you?


6 posted on 10/27/2012 3:20:00 AM PDT by uncitizen (be Gone Traitor!)
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To: sodpoodle

Ping


7 posted on 10/27/2012 3:40:15 AM PDT by uncitizen (be Gone Traitor!)
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FWIW, many of the activities identified with planned terrorism, at the hands of Al Qaeda, when promulgated on a global level, never seem to involve more than about 3-5 concurrent operations. Ever since 9-11, this is true of publicized events attributed to Al Qaeda.

In 9-11, 4-5 planes involved.
for 9/11/12 only several embassies involved, this time at the embassies in somewhat of a sequential fashion, but probably all commenced concurrently with decentralized control of each operation.

This trait, though, flies in the face of their training and planning philosophy. Their objective is global Islam by decentralized militant actions. Their incentive is not just a handful of highly publicized events, but rather a global mayhem.

This leads me to consider these campaigns are characterized by a limited span of control, indicative of the organizing structure’s capacity to control with centralized command and centralized control, up to a point of plausible deniability.

I’d dare say all the embassy attacks/protests on 9/11/12 were ultimately orchestrated by this Administration, using them as resources to maneuver other social events. The span of control matches their lust for power and control of events.


8 posted on 10/27/2012 8:19:03 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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You are right. it’s all suspect. I’m sorry for those people with family in the military like my sisters son. To have a CIC that thinks the military are just people who work under him.


9 posted on 10/27/2012 10:30:49 AM PDT by uncitizen (Arrest him for treason today!)
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10 posted on 10/27/2012 10:47:42 AM PDT by CodeToad (Padme: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
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