“It is beyond incompetence. I am not one for conspiracy theories, but this was so outrageously stupid that I can’t help but wonder if the murder of our ambassador and the three others was allowed to happen for some reason for which I can’t fathom.”
Here is one possibility that is entirely plausible given what we know at this point:
They have our arms.
We want them back before they blow up a plane with them.
We make a deal.
Give us the arms.
We give you the Blind Sheik (along with God knows what else)
To sell this to the American Public we have to stage a kidnapping.
It helps get Obama reelected. It serves a muliple purposes.
But as the whacko operation unfolds - it goes wrong - because you can’t trust a Muzzie.
I believe this CIA FUBAR involves missing arms and the Blind Sheik. Stevens and 3 others are collateral damage.
Perhaps the suddenly found Stevens journal was planted to shift focus to the the State Department.
There are a few good stories at the site.
http://www.tripolipost.com/
Denmark Criticises Last Year’s NATO’s Libya Mission
13/10/2012 13:25:00
NATO’s lack of military intelligence hampered Denmark’s bombing campaign in Libya in 2011, according to a confidential report.
The problems arose after the Air Force was moved from American to NATO leadership on March 31 last year. Before the switchover, Denmark’s missions were guided by the US, which had superior military intelligence.
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Arqaam Capital To Purchase Libyan Financial Services Firm
10/10/2012 12:21:00
Arqaam Capital (Arqaam), the emerging markets investment bank, announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Al Rashad Finance and Management Advisory JSC (Rashad).The purchase agreement includes the business, operations and financial services licence of Rashad.
Following the close of the acquisition, the company will operate under the name Arqaam Capital Libya. Rashad has obtained initial approval for a financial services licence from the Libyan Stock Market and will request that the company’s final licence will allow the company to buy and sell securities; advise on investments in securities; manage security portfolios and investment funds; promote subscriptions in securities; margin funding; and proprietary trading.
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IMF Predicts Economic Growth for North Africa
10/10/2012 09:34:00
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, said on Tuesday, that due mainly to a strong rebound of activity in Libya, the Middle East and North Africa’s oil exporting countries will see economic growth accelerate in 2012 to 6.6 percent.
The forecast marked a rare upgrade in the IMF’s semi-annual World Economic outlook report after it downgraded its expectations for global growth, Reuters has reported.
The IMF had forecast growth of 4.8 percent across the oil producing economies of the Middle East and Africa in its previous semi-annual review in April. Growth in 2011 was 3.9 percent.
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Slow Economy and Higher Output Set to Ease Oil Prices
13/10/2012 13:14:00
The world could see a gradual easing of oil prices over the next five years due to sluggish economic growth and rising energy efficiency and as production increases steeply in Iraq and North America, the West’s energy watchdog said on Friday.
The International Energy Agency, IEA,which advises industrialised nations on energy policy, cut its global oil demand growth projection for 2011-2016 by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) compared to its previous report in December 2011, Reuters has reported.
As a result, the pressure on OPEC to produce more oil will ease dramatically and the cartel will have to cut production to no more than 31 million bpd until 2017 to balance global demand. It has been producing between 31 and 32 million bpd this year.