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Posted on 05/10/2013 9:14:31 AM PDT by IbJensen
(CNSNews.com) -- Elements of the February 17 Martyrs Brigade, the Libyan militia hired by the U.S. State Department to station members as residents inside the U.S. compound in Benghazi and to protect the U.S. diplomats there, were “complicit” in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack that killed Amb. Chris Stevens and three other Americans, according to the testimony of Greg Hicks, who was the department's second-ranking diplomat in Libya at the time of the attack.
“Certainly, elements of that militia were complicit in the attacks,” Greg Hicks, the State Department’s former deputy chief of mission in Libya told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday. “The attackers had to make a long approach march through multiple checkpoints that were manned by February 17 militia."
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R.-Texas), who asked Hicks about the militia's complicity in the attacks, also asked Eric Nordstrom, who had been the State Department’s regional security officer (RSO) at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli until July 26 of last year, whether the department was aware that the militia had any ties to Islamic extremists.
“Absolutely,” said Nordstrom. “Yeah, we had that discussion on a number of occasions, the last of which was when there was a Facebook posting of a threat that named Ambassador Stevens and Senator McCain, who was coming out for the elections that was in the July time frame. I had met with some of my agents and then also with some Annex personnel. We discussed that.”
Farenthold expressed his incredulity that the State Department would hire militia of this nature to provide security.
“I'm stunned that the State Department was relying on a militia with extremist ties to protect American diplomats,” said Farenthold. “That doesn't make any sense. How does that happen?”
“You mean like in Afghanistan where Afghanis that are working with our military that are embedded and turn on them and shoot them?” asked Nordstrom rhetorically. “Or Yemen, where our embassy was attacked in 2008 by attackers wearing police uniforms? Or in Saudi Arabia, in Jedda, we had an attack in 2004? The Saudi National Guard that was protecting our facility reportedly ran from the scene, and then it took 90 minutes before we could get help.”
Nordstrom added that the February 17 Martyrs Brigade “was the unit that the Libyan government had initially designated for VIP protection” for Americans and that it would be “very difficult to extract ourselves from that.”
According to a report published by the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Dec. 30, 2012, a member of the February 17 Martyrs Brigade had warned the RSO at the State Department compound in Benghazi on Sept. 8, 2012, that the militia would no longer protect the movements of Americans diplomats in the city. That specifically included the then-imminent visit of Amb. Stevens.
“In early September, a member of the February 17 Brigade told another RSO [State Department regional security officer] in Benghazi that it could no longer support U.S. personnel movements,” said the Senate committee report. “The RSO also asked specifically if the militia could provide additional support for the Ambassador’s pending visit and was told no.”
On Sept. 9, 2012, the day before Amb. Stevens left for Benghazi, Alec Henderson, the RSO in Benghazi, relayed the warning from the February 17 militia to John Martinec, who was then the RSO in Tripoli.
“[O]n September 8, 2012, just days before Ambassador Stevens arrived in Benghazi, the February 17 Martyrs Brigade told State Department officials that the group would no longer support U.S. movements in the city, including the Ambassador’s visit,” said a report on Benghazi released last month by the chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, Oversight, Judiciary and Armed Services committees.
The report, in a footnote, attributed this information to an “Email from Alec Henderson to John B. Martinec, ‘RE: Benghazi QRF agreement,’ (Sep. 9, 2012 11:31 PM).”
The Accountability Review Board report published by the State Department said that the February 17 militia had stop protecting the movements of U.S. diplomats in Benghazi because of the pay and working hours they got from the State Department.
“At the time of Ambassador Stevens’ visit, February 17 militia members had stopped accompanying Special Mission vehicle movements in protest over salary and working hours,” said the ARB report.
The ARB report also said that normally four members of the militia lived inside the State Department's Benghazi compound, but that on Sept. 11, 2012 one of these four "had been absent for several days, reportedly due to a family illness."
When all four February 17 Martyrs Brigade members were resident at the Benghazi compound they out-numbered the U.S. Diplomatic Security officers stationed there four to three.
America is doomed as idiots are running and ruining our country while the bed-wetting politicians stand idly by adjusting their makeup. They can't even provide security to the people who are forced to report to them. Benghazi, the FBI fumbling the Boston Bomber case both before and after. Absolute, utter idiots! Something drastic is going to have to be done before thinking people people revolt and tear down this rabble who are turning our nation into a banana republic without the bananas.
‘Militia’ = Muslim mercenaries receiving American tax-payer dollars.
Washington paid them to kill our personnel.
Swillary wont outlast the summer!
Her State Department MATTERED!
We’ve sat idly by and allowed imbecilic, muslim-loving, baby killing, climate hoaxing, money blowing wierdos to run things.
Were these guys SEIU?
Muslim Brotherhood al-Qaida-Linked Group "hired" to protect Americans. Yeah right.
So Obama (On the advice of his #1 advisor Valerie Jarrett I'm sure, Muslim Brotherhood member and an Islamic terrorism/Sharia Law supporter) hired Islamic Jihad American hating Islamic terrorists to "protect" our Americans on that day, who just coincidentally are proficient at kidnapping and torturing and killing infidels.Newsmax Exclusive: US Hired al-Qaida-Linked Group to Defend Benghazi Mission
Friday, 03 May 2013 12:12 PM
The Libyan militia group that the State Department hired to defend its embattled diplomatic mission in Benghazi had clear al-Qaida sympathies, and had prominently displayed the al-Qaida flag on a Facebook page some months before the deadly attack.
That organization, the February 17th Martyrs Brigade, was paid by the U.S. government to provide security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. But there is no indication the Martyrs Brigade fulfilled its commitment to defend the mission on Sept. 11, when it came under attack.
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Several entries on the militia’s Facebook page openly profess sympathy for Ansar al-Sharia, the hardline Islamist extremist group widely blamed for the deadly attack on the mission. The State Department did not respond to a Newsmax request for an explanation as to why the February 17th Martyrs Brigade was hired to protect the mission.
On April 23, House Republicans released an interim progress report on their investigation into the Benghazi killings. It cited “numerous reports” that "the Brigade had extremist connections, and it had been implicated in the kidnapping of American citizens as well as in the threats against U.S. military assets."
The report also stated that just a few days before Stevens arrived in Benghazi, the Martyrs Brigade informed State Department officials they no longer would provide security as members of the mission, including Stevens, traveled through the city.
Bastard, dirty rotten traitorous American Citizen MURDERER!
Click on the link and read the rest of that article, it's pretty revealing.
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“I’m stunned that the State Department was relying on a militia with extremist ties to protect American diplomats,” said Farenthold. “That doesn’t make any sense. How does that happen?”
“You mean like in Afghanistan where Afghanis that are working with our military that are embedded and turn on them and shoot them?” asked Nordstrom rhetorically. “Or Yemen, where our embassy was attacked in 2008 by attackers wearing police uniforms? Or in Saudi Arabia, in Jedda, we had an attack in 2004? The Saudi National Guard that was protecting our facility reportedly ran from the scene, and then it took 90 minutes before we could get help.”
THIS was one of the most interesting parts of the whole hearing. I am sick of the fake roe in Afghanistan getting our guys killed for nothing!
A song dedicated to Dear Leader and his exemplary handling of the Benghazi crisis (do I really need a /sarc tag here? Really?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UdXbMyo1rU
There’s a big surprise, huh?
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We gotta get this country out of that handbasket, we know where it is headed...
I’ve been thinking about this and hope someone can answer for me. I was under the impression that US Military - and typically US Marines - were assigned security at our embassies around the world. Did that change at some point? Do some embassies have US Marines while others have Al Qaeda operatives or some kind of local security?
I’m serious...I don’t know the answer...help
staff and personal aide, Huma Abedin, to the Brotherhood?
I am asking about the possible link here to the Security
breach in Bengazi, that maybe Huma had something to do
with the hiring of a private "Brotherhood connected" security firm, instead of
having a proper military force ...
which might be why the "cover up" ... Obama not wanting to have
Hillary and her aide being responsible for security
break-down.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/12/06/Sen-McCain-Graham-Need-To-Acknowledge-Real-Threat-Of-Muslim-Brotherhood-Influence?page=%2FBig-Peace%2F2012%2F12%2F06%2FSen-McCain-Graham-Need-To-Acknowledge-Real-Threat-Of-Muslim-Brotherhood-Influence
Here are some examples from Free Republic
she’s (Hilliary) fully capable of betraying the US and US forces on her own. But her orders to “handle it” as she did came from Obama or at least whoever it is that makes his decisions for him.”And
Valerie Jarret - Mother and Brother are high-up in Muslim Brotherhood and she has these TIES to Muslims / loves Muslims and is O’s right hand gal. He doesn’t make a trip to the loo without her.
Mrs. Anthony wanna see my photos Weiner / Huma Abedin who is Hillary’s right hand gal since Bubba’s administration is of Islamic parents and has Islamic ties.
Because Chris Stevens was a lynchpin in the running of arms by the Obama regime and Clinton's State Department in full cooperation with each other to the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda through Libya.I highly recommend reading The Thread were I found that.And yes, it is absolutely sane and appropriate to assume that Huma Abedin (Hillary's consigliore and daughter of high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood leaders) figures into this. Both Obama's White House and Hillary's State Department were mutually and equally tied to this arms running
Huma is all over this thread, posted 2 months after Obama, Huma, Hilliary and Jarrett had the 4 Americans murdered in Banghazi:
Who Conceived 'Protest Over a Video' As the WH Cover Story For Benghazi?
November 16, 2012 | Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Posted on Friday, November 16, 2012 11:29:35 AM by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
After much thought and consideration of the fact that Hillary fled to Australia in advance of the Benghazi hearings, today it finally dawned on me who possibly brainstormed the White House' cover story for the terrorist attack in Benghazi. That person would be Hillary Clinton's top aide, Huma Abedin.
Huma: "Here. Try this idea.. How about a protest over a video on YouTube?"
It is known that Huma Abedin has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and as a Muslim would be the White House's logical choice when looking for propaganda to explain away the attack in Benghazi.
As a result of Petraeus' testimony today, we now know that someone in the White House changed his stated cause of the Benghazi terrorist attack to a 'protest over an Anti-Islam video'. It would seem logical that someone intimately familiar with Islam or Muslim culture be consulted to assist in developing the cover story that 0bama was looking for.
In brainstorming a cover story at the White House, "What are some things that could trigger a protest there?" would be the first question asked. Next, the first person to come to mind would be Huma Abedin. "Yeah, SHE would know!".. Hillary was probably involved at this point and with Huma's brilliant 'video' idea, a cover story was born. This set the stage for Susan Rice's appearances on all the Sunday news programs for a propaganda tour aimed at saving Obama's re-election.
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KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazigate; coverup; obama; vanity; videoHuma Abedin would be the point-woman for developing a cover story for the attack on our Embassy. Add another player to the growing list of conspirators in this pathetic cover-up.
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