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Thank you!! And that article is from October. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. An hour later, they called again to headquarters and were again told to "stand down."

[TigersEye]

That was the guys who were only a few blocks away. Then Glen Doherty put together a team in Tripoli and with no permission went to help. Teams who were ready to go outside Libya were only told to stand down when it became clear that they were not going to get the “go” order.