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.
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Add 9-11-01 to the Clinton spreadsheet too. We can lay that one at their doorstep as well. Remember Sandy Berger stealing documents from the Nat’l Archives to protect his former boss?
In a better time, these folks would be in jail already.
Don’t worry. Obama’s military buttboy Gen. Martin Dempsey (Jt Chiefs of Staff) will find some reason to courtmartial these real heroes.
That’s the way this SOB coward operates and is destroying our military command structure and ability to operate.
In a sane world, he would be tried for treason, along with Obama.
Hagel would be sent to an insane asylum for life.
Hillary would be shot for treason and cowardice.
Kerry would also be shot for treason and cowardice.
If you want to see who is destroying America from within, I just named some of the biggest worms and termites.
Okay, so at that point he’s got nothing to lose. Why hasn’t he opened up about it? Is he afraid that because some salty scandal wounded him that he’ll be discredited?
Best explanation I’ve heard so far, quite plausible. Thanks;^)
Interesting indeed. I want to know what zero was doing at that point, why such a secret?
Because the US military is full of Obama-appointed liberal general officers. All little Wesley Clarks.
iT IS FROM THE HEART AND MIND. I BELIEVE IT
I agree 100%.
I never thought I’d pray for a fifth column in America.
What we need is an American version of Al Sisi and the Tamarod people.
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