Posted on 09/12/2012 10:25:34 AM PDT by roses of sharon
The US official killed during a US consulate attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi was Sean Smith, otherwise known Eve Online player Vile Rat - director of the notorious Goonswarm alliance and former member of the player-elected Council of Stellar Management.
BBC News reported that armed militiamen raided the compound with grenades and then set it on fire. They had been protesting about a US-produced film they claimed insulted the Prophet Mohammed. One other American was injured.
Infamous Eve Online player Alex "The Mittani" Gianturco was a personal friend of Sean Smith.
"So: Vile Rat, Sean Smith, my friend for over six years, both in real life and in internet spaceships, was the 'State Department Official' killed in Benghazi by a mob of religious lunatics, who had been incited to violence on this September 11th by a movie that was apparently made sometime in July," Gianturco wrote on his website.
"Obviously, given the combined attacks in Egypt and in Libya, this was a coordinated act designed for maximum media exposure; rile up a mob, point them at an embassy or consulate on 9/11 in particular, aim for the press. Many were injured in these pointless, reprehensible acts, and one of my closest friends was killed as a result."
Gianturco shared a chat room message posted by Vile Rat, presumably from earlier that day.
"(12:54:09 PM) vile_rat: assuming we don't die tonight. We saw one of our 'police' that guard the compound taking pictures."
"We knew that Vile Rat was in Benghazi," Gianturco added, "he told us. He commented on how they use guns to celebrate weddings and how there was a constant susurrus of weaponry in the background. He was in situ to provide IT services for the consulate, which meant he was on the net all the time, hanging out with us on Jabber as usual and talking about internet spaceship games."
Gianturco said Sean Smith had been in a similar position in Baghdad "in 2007 or 2008".
"He would be on jabber, then say something like 'incoming' and vanish for a while as the Kayatushas came down from Sadr City - State had been in the former Saddam Hussein palace on the Tigris before they built that $2bn fortress-embassy later.
Chat room evidence that these murders of US officials was planned by host gov security.
Can they be any more inept?
Way to go, Obama. You are responsible for this man’s death, and you should be thrown in prison for it. Hag Hillary too.
And proof that 0bama and Hitlery are repulsive liars.
Grounds for impeachment?
IS this the orchestrated ‘”special emergency” that will give Hussein the right to suspend elections, thereby solidifying his dictatorship ‘ for the good of the country’?
Get ready- its time to find out if we are the American PEOPLE or the American SHEEPLE!
Its just soo crazy to think my game I have played since 2003 would have a place in history.
Deadest Lord, when will the Trader-in-Chief pay for his sin’s?
Yep, and for that reason I captured the article to Evernote in case it goes down the rat hole...
You’re a capsuleer too?
This is crazy! I despise the Goons, but I could never wish harm on a real person, just their POSes and cap ships!
Hopefully CCP will do what they can to help remediate any business he had outstanding with the Goonswarm.
Been playing a couple of years but not in nullsec. Even though I “know” a lot of the directorship of large corporations are working professionals, it is quite odd seeing that one of the best diplomats in the game works in a similar line of work IRL.
God bless him and his family.
I just recently escaped Fountain and re-established myself in high sec doing mining.
It is an odd thing when virtual reality imitates real life, but perhaps he was best suited to that line of work both in-game and out?
Prayers up for him for sure.
I am in FA today flew with alot of alliances since 2003 and most guys in the game are the real deal. I tell people its not about the game, it the comms for hours and being more than a game.
This is tragic not only in the senseless death but the impact it will have. 9/11 and nothing has really changed.
Never liked the goons, but I would never wish this on any of them.
No he was an American. You can play EVE from anywhere in the world and be on one server. Some days there ar 50k on at the same time.
There is every country repersented in game and all languages are supportted. You dont have to be ingame to be part of the whats going on. You keep in contact with Jabber as the Goons do for major assualts. Its very safe.
I was questioning who was providing physical security for a US Ambassador, and why we appeared to letting Libyans do it, vs highly skilled and trained US people.
A few of the members of my former corp were British soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
I was speaking of the eve player.
I agree where are the Marines
Vile-rat could not plan his own physical security. Who did? Who entrusted his safety with the Libyan nationals? As I see it, Hillary is ultimately responsible.
She should resign in disgrace!
More likely that “special emergency” will be thermonuclear attacks on Israel and on US interests in the ME, by Iran and/or Pakistan. Then, 2A suspended, emergency declared, Wall St meltdown, Obama to the rescue, too busy for election.
Remember they suspended the last campaign when the stock market melted down. It does not take much of an excuse.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.