Posted on 10/31/2013 5:02:09 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
EXCLUSIVE:
Masked from public view, two of the U.S. military’s elite special operations commandos have been awarded medals for bravery for a mission that further undercuts the Obama administration’s original story about the Benghazi tragedy.
For months, administration officials have claimed no special operations forces were dispatched from outside Libya to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012, al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA annex because none was within range.
The Pentagon, under intense public criticism for not coming to the aid of besieged Americans, published an official timeline in November that carefully danced around the issue.
It said time and distance prevented any commandos outside Libya from reaching a CIA compound under attack. The timeline disclosed that a reinforcement flight 400 miles away in Tripoli contained two “DoD personnel” but did not describe who they were. Later, the official State Department report on Benghazi said they were “two U.S. military personnel” — but provided no other details. It made no mention of special operations forces.
But sources directly familiar with the attack tell The Washington Times that a unit of eight special operators — mostly Delta Force and Green Beret members — were in Tripoli the night of the attack, on a counterterrorism mission that involved capturing weapons and wanted terrorists from the streets and helping train Libyan forces.
When word of the Benghazi attack surfaced, two members of that military unit volunteered to be dispatched along with five private security contractors on a hastily arranged flight from Tripoli to rescue Americans in danger, the sources said, speaking only on the condition of anonymity because the special operations forces’ existence inside Libya was secret.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Gun running...
-——There have been rumors since right after the attack that the D-boys and the GB’s kicked some ass that night-——
Oh come now....... surely you can do better than allude to rumors about rumors.
What rumors did you hear?
Did they allude to being deep in the Hürtgen Forest at the time?
The spec ops might well have been there but we really don’t know what they might have been doing there, do we?
OK so....
1. Use of Tripoli SF = OK
2. Use of Sigonella, Sicily SF = NOT OK.
Why cover this up?? Because it shows in stark clarity that the only factor at work was....
DENIAL OF CROSS BORDER AUTHORITY BY THE PRESIDENT
A majority of the American people now believe Obama’s administration is involved in a cover-up on Benghazi.
Every news report about Benghazi works to move public awareness and opinion more to that truth.
I agree. Among so many others!
I agree. Among so many others!
Well, those weapons are out there somewhere and I suspect they were manpads to shoot down american airliners sometime around the holidays.
And...We have a WINNER!!!
ANYTHING that keeps Benghazi in the public eye is a good thing. I am just saying for the people who have been following this closely, that at least for us, there is nothing new in this article except that these two brave Americans were given medals they richly deserved.
I want to know WHERE obama was that night and why he allowed the murders of Americans whose numbers would have been far greater if Woods and Doherty hadn’t disobeyed direct orders.
I hear you.
Here’s another article - filed today at Fox News by Catherine Herridge.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3085851/posts
You are SO right.
Yep. The first reports had these guys flying in on an old WWII era airplane. That changed to a Learjet. The point is, they flew something into Benghazi that morning and it didn’t get shot down. But, our military couldn’t send any jets to Benghazi because they might get shot down? Baloney.
soetoro doing what he does best: murdering Americans.
If you want to be snarky go do the work yourself. If you actually leave FR once a week you can learn it also. It is all out there on the interwebs. Common knowledge in Libya. Oh you might have to learn to translate Arabic using the evil Google.
“......Pressed why the Pentagon and administration officials did not publicly acknowledge the special operations forces’ contribution that tragic night, the sources said officials decided that their anti-terror work inside Libya was sensitive and closely guarded. In addition, U.S. officials did not have a Status of Forces Agreement in place that would have authorized the troops’ presence, the sources said.”.....
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/30/us-military-commandos-made-it-to-benghazi/print/
"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."
It appears the same thing is happening within DoD that is happening all across the fruited plain - good people are not responding in the manner our founders thought would keep our Constitutional Republic working. It is time for a non=violent REVOLUTION. It must happen in 2014 because soon there will be nothing left to save. IF the House goes back to Piglosi there will be no chance of capturing the Senate and it will be all over come 2016.
“...as a result of Obama’s incompetence and unwillingness to make a decision....”
Add Hillary in there. She was in charge as well. This goes on her doorstep too. She didn’t answer the “3am phone call”.
She should not get a pass on this, and it should be an Albatross on her neck when she tries to run for the Presidency.
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