Benghazi. A view from Turkey (the Iskanderun port & Ali Sait Akin)

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[Katechon]

The Libyan-flagged vessel Al Entisar (The Victory) was on the port of Malta on Ausgust 27 2012.

According to a Fox News investigation, shipping records confirmed that the Al Entisar docked at the Turkish port of Iskenderun on September 6. Iskanderun, or 'Alexandrette' on the map below is quite close to Idlib (where the Syrian revolution is raging now). [source]

Fox News reported that, according to a report by the Times of London (September 14, 2012), the Al Entisar was carrying 400 tons of cargo when it dock in Iskanderun.

Some of it was humanitarian, but also reportedly weapons, described by the report as the largest consignment of weapons headed for Syria's rebels on the frontlines.

The cargo reportedly included surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and shoulder-launched missiles.

According to Fox News, the ship's Libyan captain told the Times of London that "It was reported there was a FIGHT about the weapons and who got what between the Free Syrian Army and the Muslim Brotherhood."

Back to Benghazi

According to a briefing of the State Department, Ambassador Christopher Stevens held his last meeting of the day on September 11 with Turkish Consul General Ali Sait Akin from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. At that point, the briefing said, “Everything is calm at 8:30 p.m. There’s nothing unusual.”

But the AP witnesses said that, “[the] neighbors all described the militants setting up checkpoints around the compound at about 8 p.m.” The checkpoints were described as being manned by bearded jihadis in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns and bearing the logo of Ansar al-Shariah, which is an al-Qaeda Front.

So the Turk had to pass out through the blockade as he departed the American compound and left the area. Did he phone a warning to Ambassador Stevens? Nope, he didn't.

And how did the Turkish Consul General get through the newly-established terrorist checkpoint? -- since “no one could get out or in,” (according to a neighbor interviewed by AP.

This point to the Turkish diplomat being complicit with the al-Qaeda-linked terrorists.

Could the discussion between Stevens and Akin has been related to the fight between the Free Syrian Army and the Muslim Brotherhood in the Al Entisar? How is al-Qaeda related to the Muslim Brotherhood? The group accused of operating the Al Entisar is the Foundation for Human Rights, and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), “an islamic Turkish NGO.” IHH was behind the “Free Gaza Movement.” It is a registered charity based in Cyprus, and banned by Israel in 2008. According to the Jewish Chronicle Online, FSA commanders have indeed told The Times that “a boat containing weapons,” [probably the Al-Entisar] that docked in Syria the week of September 14, 2012, was “registered to members of the IHH.” “IHH,” wrote the BBC, “raises some of its money from Islamic religious groups and has strong sympathy among Turkey’s Islamist-rooted ruling party.”

According to the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, the islamic Turkish organization is an overt supporter of Hamas, which is an islamic militant group (founded by the Muslim Brotherhood) that seized power in Gaza in 2007. According to the BBC, “The ITIC says it also has evidence the IHH has helped provide weapons and funds for ‘Islamic terrorist elements in the Middle East‘.” The ITIC has reliable information indicating that in the past IHH had links with global jihad and Islamic terrorist elements in the Middle East. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon said, “The organisers are well-known for their ties with global Jihad, al-Qaeda and Hamas. They have a history of arms smuggling and deadly terror.”

So we shall speculate tat the IHH has been involved in the gun-running from Libya to Syria on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Samar Srewel, reportedly an FSA activist who had helped to organise the naval consignment, reportedly told The Times:

The Muslim Brotherhood, through its ties in Turkey, was seizing control of this ship and the cargo. This is what they do. They buy influence with their money and guns.

So let's speculate from those elements... The U.S. mission in Benghazi was participative in running weapons from Libya to Syria via Turkey. Then something went wrong at delivery, Free Syrian Army members fought elements of the Muslim Brotherhoo over the cargo.

This fight between the FSA and the Muslim Brotherhood is reported to the Istanbul Control Room. The Room then command the Turkish diplomat to help set up the assassination of Ambassador Stevens, and the subsequent looting of the CIA annex, which was full of weapons and cash. ====================

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest.

[penelopesire]

Thank you for the ping. Trying to catch up tonight.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks TigersEye.

[Fractal Trader]

I scanned the entire page for a mention of “Russia” or “Putin” and got zero hits. I have heard reference made that the plot to kill the Americans was instigated by Putin and Iran as a response to the US taking a position against their client state, Syria.

Certainly, in terms of motive, this is highly plausible. I would like someone to sort the wheat from the chaff to look at possible Russian interference in this incident. I, personally, do not have knowledge enough to answer this question, but I hope that some dedicated researchers will explore thi.

[TigersEye]

You’re welcome, SunkenCiv. Gotta drag you out of those dusty tombs once in a while! ;-)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Just mythoughts]

bttt

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That was in one of the four articles by Hagmann....don’t remember which one....or whether he qualified in some way.

[piasa]

Speaking of IHH:

And IHH has had operations in the United States. According to a Turkish news article, IHH spent up to 10 weeks delivering relief supplies in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. In doing so, Yildirim was harshly critical of the U.S. In a news release by IHH,..." -----------IHH's Deep, Longstanding Terror Ties , INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News ^ | June 8, 2010 | n/a Posted on 06/10/2010 3:22:46 AM PDT by Cindy

I suspect they were up to more than just trying to win hearts and minds. Training, perhaps?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

dusty tombs

ROFL!

I was reading an article last night in the April 2012 Smithsonian Mag regarding the Titanoboa....a gigantic snake.... 40 foot long swamp dweller that could take out the gigantic crocs of the swamps 50+ million years ago.

Major videos on the giant critter out or coming soon to your TV,

[TigersEye]

If not in dusty tombs SunkenCiv might be thousands of light years out there in the frozen darkness of space taking pics of twinkly little multi-colored lights. Don't expect him to answer a knock on the door if you just drop by. lol

I think I saw something on that Titanoboa. I know I did on a gigantic ancient croc. They made a life-size model of it. Just to scare themselves I guess. It was big enough to eat a cow in two or three bites.

[Cindy]

Nah, don’t be cynical (LOL)...they were probably just another bunch of kind hearts who care.

[piasa]

Turkish police raid charity accused of sending arms to Syria (the Gaza flotilla ‘charity’)
AFP via Yahoo News ^ | January 14, 2014 5:49 AM
Posted on 1/16/2014, 9:33:29 AM by Olog-hai
Turkish anti-terror police on Tuesday raided the offices of an Islamic charity which has been accused of trying to ship arms to neighboring Syria.
Police searched the premises of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) in southern town of Kilis near the Syrian border, the charity’s vice president Huseyin Oruc told AFP. […]
The IHH, which is considered close to the Turkish government, organized the flotilla of ships carrying aid to Gaza that was raided by Israeli commandos in 2010. …
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...