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US envoy dies in Benghazi consulate attack (4 dead)
Al Jazeera ^

Posted on 09/12/2012 2:48:41 AM PDT by nuconvert

The US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, has died from smoke inhalation in an attack on the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, security sources have told Al Jazeera.

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The ambassador was paying a short visit to Benghazi when the consulate came under attack on Tuesday night,

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He died of suffocation during the attack, along with two US security personnel who were accompanying him, security sources told Al Jazeera. Another consulate employee, whose nationality could not immediately be confirmed, was also killed.

Two other staffers were injured,

(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; chrisstevens; christopherstevens; libya; usconsulate
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To: griswold3

Good one. I will be posting it...


41 posted on 09/12/2012 10:05:28 AM PDT by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: griswold3

Good source. Thanks.


42 posted on 09/12/2012 10:12:01 AM PDT by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: nuconvert

Well Well...so the present Oval Office Idiot has finally managed to jack himself into an almost identical position as the previous owner of that title .....James Earl Carter-

Who’d thunk?!!!


43 posted on 09/12/2012 10:58:07 AM PDT by mo (If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: AlexW

I was referring to the US State Department personnel. Of course, when you add it all up, a lot of host country people work in an embassy. But they are not feeling quite as isolated and vulnerable, because they can walk out the gate and go home.


44 posted on 09/12/2012 1:08:36 PM PDT by Haiku Guy ("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; nuconvert

WE GOT THIS ISLAMO-COMMIE'S NUMBER FIVE YEARS AGO

45 posted on 09/12/2012 1:12:42 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Fakistan)
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