[xzins]

Sure, ComPost...our Seals were painting a mortar with a laser because they believed in Libyan militia airpower, predators, and AC130 gunships.

They also believed in the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy.

[SeattleBruce]

"our Seals were painting a mortar with a laser" This CIA interview/interpretation/article disputes that. Here's the source of Ignatius article: "The CIA timeline was described to me Thursday by a senior intelligence official." Do we have independent validation that the Seals were painting the target? I'm putting together my own LibyaGate file: ●5:15 a.m.: A new Libyan assault begins, this time with mortars. Two rounds miss and the next three hit the roof. The rooftop defenders never “laser the mortars,” as has been reported. They don’t know the weapons are in place until the indirect fire begins, nor are they observed by the drone overhead. The defenders have focused their laser sights earlier on several Libyan attackers, as warnings not to fire. At 5:26 the attack is over. Woods and Doherty are dead and two others are wounded.