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Ex-official describes confusion during Benghazi attack
Auburn Citizen ^ | 5/8/2013 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/08/2013 4:59:21 PM PDT by mdittmar

WASHINGTON | A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, with a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

In a slow, halting and sometimes emotional voice, Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission who was in Tripoli, described for a House committee how a routine day on Sept. 11, 2012, quickly devolved as insurgents launched two nighttime attacks on the facility in eastern Libya, killing Stevens and three other Americans.

The hours-long hearing produced no major revelation while reviving disputes over the widely debunked comments made by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice five days after the attacks and the inability of the U.S. military to respond quickly.

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More headlines;

Former US official in Tripoli describes confusion,call with Clinton during Benghazi attack

Former US official describes confusion during Benghazi attack

Official Offers Account From Libya of Benghazi Attack

The last one sounds about right,guess where it came from?;)

1 posted on 05/08/2013 4:59:21 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Yeah, if I worked for the United States diplomat in a dangerous foreign country, and I called for help and heard US Government employees calling for help while being attacked, and no help came and no word came from home telling me that help was on the way, I’d be confused.


2 posted on 05/08/2013 5:02:23 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: mdittmar

Someone was not following the script. Conspiracy theory was that the Ambassador and CIA were supposed to be captured and held ransom for the Blind Shake but things went wrong. Then thy tried to capture a bunch of oil workers and that fell through also.


3 posted on 05/08/2013 5:03:46 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mdittmar
TREASON is the reason.


4 posted on 05/08/2013 5:07:31 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Yeah, unfortunately not only is the msm complicit so is most of congress.


5 posted on 05/08/2013 5:19:59 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: mdittmar

The WH took F.E.S.T. out of the options early on, to paraphrase Thompson.


6 posted on 05/08/2013 5:29:40 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: Travis McGee

>Does Huma Abedin have a security clearance?<

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You bet your a$$ — the Muslim Brotherhood issued one with Hillary’s recommendation.


7 posted on 05/08/2013 5:45:37 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: Travis McGee

agree...but convinced this is not going anywhere...he’ll be given a pass...present...as usual!


8 posted on 05/08/2013 5:51:07 PM PDT by ldish (obama is finally in season...treason is the reason!!!!!)
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To: mdittmar

The really suspicious part is when Hitlery was prominently thanking “the good Libyan people who tried to help the Ambasador by taking him to the hospital...”

Yet she KNEW the “Good Samaritans” were the SAME group as the ATTACKERS..!

And that they “rescued” him also to a hospital controlled by THEIR group —why would they hang around there for FIVE HOURS if their objective had not been to revive and KIDNAP him...?

They attacked him out of hate, but then attempted rescue after a change of heart? Very dubious.

I think the “blind sheik/Ambassador” swap story might not be so crazy, after all.


9 posted on 05/08/2013 6:22:15 PM PDT by gaijin
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Whoops, I nearly forgot:

The video of when the “rescuers” found Stephens —what did they scream? ALLAH AKBAR...! And their body language was like gangsters who’ve successfully robbed a liquor store —clearly “hi 5’ish”.

And yet, so determined were our leaders to lie that they claimed —ridiculously— “They’re screaming that out of relief they’d FOUND SOMEONE ALIVE....”


10 posted on 05/08/2013 6:34:54 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: mdittmar

Confusion my a$$. Bozo is still blowing smoke. He is gonna start a war, aright, but it won’t be the one overseas he wants.


11 posted on 05/08/2013 6:50:10 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: mdittmar

The only confusion was what the excuse would be after they sentenced their ambassador to death.

Pray for America to Wake Up


12 posted on 05/08/2013 7:03:43 PM PDT by bray (Surviving to spite Obama)
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"I am the AP. There was nothing new in today's hearings. No 'revelations'. Nothing to see. No need to view the hearing for yourself. Go back to sleep."


13 posted on 05/08/2013 8:12:18 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: TigersEye
One of the problems for Obama and crew was that they had armed drones in Libya, and were watching the whole thing from Drone Feeds.

They couldn't use the drones because they claimed the drones were not armed. But they were. Obama was in a "hell if you do, hell if you don't" situation, and he picked (by refusing to pick) the "hell if you don't" and went to bed.

Hillary was trying to keep US presence in Libya, and her success would have helped her Presidential run. Obama/Jarrett are assisting the Muslim Brotherhood in a takeover of the rest of the world. The Armed Drones are Obama's private army used to assassinate enemies of the MB.

Hillary and Stevens got in the way of that, and they both lost.

It's why Hillary resigned so quickly.

14 posted on 05/08/2013 8:23:07 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: mdittmar

No confusion. Just a terrorist attack to which our leaders were unwilling to respond properly.


15 posted on 05/08/2013 8:26:58 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: mdittmar

“the inability of the U.S. military to respond quickly.”

It was NOT the inability of the military to respond quickly. It was a total failure of leadership at the very top levels of the State Dept/White House and DOD.


16 posted on 05/08/2013 8:31:07 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: mdittmar

Sorry, Hilary missed the 3:00am call... Confusion is not the response!


17 posted on 05/08/2013 8:40:12 PM PDT by Deagle (quo)
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To: UCANSEE2
They couldn't use the drones because they claimed the drones were not armed. But they were.

Could you give me a link to that? I'm trying to collect as many sources on this story as possible.

18 posted on 05/08/2013 8:50:26 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: TigersEye
Could you give me a link to that?

Better than that. Go to GOOGLE and type "armed drones libya 2012"

There will appear multiple links/sources.

19 posted on 05/08/2013 9:18:08 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: UCANSEE2

OK, I did that and found nothing. Only articles about flying armed drones during the NATO action in Libya.


20 posted on 05/08/2013 9:41:18 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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