[maggief]

“AQ ambushed the Ambassador and possibly stole
valuable intelligence data from the compound.”

And the safe,
cash on hand,
weapons,
and British weapons ...
wiping out the Benghazi intelligence base and
canceling any deal Stevens had brokered for the recovery of US weapons now in the hands of terrorists.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/americas-secret-plan-to-arm-libyas-rebels-2234227.html

America’s secret plan to arm Libya’s rebels
Obama asks Saudis to airlift weapons into Benghazi
By Robert Fisk , Middle East Correspondent

Monday 07 March 2011

[hoosiermama]

Holy SHite Maggie, send that link to FOX. ASAP.

[rodguy911]

wiping out the Benghazi intelligence base and canceling any deal Stevens had brokered for the recovery of US weapons now in the hands of terrorists.

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I think you just hit on it.

[rodguy911]

Here is some copy from maggief's link from 2011. Very interesting about how the Saudias may have bought arms from us and given them to the rebels in Libya. Kinda like what is going on in Syria right now,IMHO. Desperate to avoid US military involvement in Libya in the event of a prolonged struggle between the Gaddafi regime and its opponents, the Americans have asked Saudi Arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in Benghazi. The Saudi Kingdom, already facing a "day of rage" from its 10 per cent Shia Muslim community on Friday, with a ban on all demonstrations, has so far failed to respond to Washington's highly classified request, although King Abdullah personally loathes the Libyan leader, who tried to assassinate him just over a year ago. Washington's request is in line with other US military co-operation with the Saudis. The royal family in Jeddah, which was deeply involved in the Contra scandal during the Reagan administration, gave immediate support to American efforts to arm guerrillas fighting the Soviet army in Afghanistan in 1980 and later – to America's chagrin – also funded and armed the Taliban. But the Saudis remain the only US Arab ally strategically placed and capable of furnishing weapons to the guerrillas of Libya. Their assistance would allow Washington to disclaim any military involvement in the supply chain – even though the arms would be American and paid for by the Saudis. The Saudis have been told that opponents of Gaddafi need anti-tank rockets and mortars as a first priority to hold off attacks by Gaddafi's armour, and ground-to-air missiles to shoot down his fighter-bombers. Supplies could reach Benghazi within 48 hours but they would need to be delivered to air bases in Libya or to Benghazi airport. If the guerrillas can then go on to the offensive and assault Gaddafi's strongholds in western Libya, the political pressure on America and Nato – not least from Republican members of Congress – to establish a no-fly zone would be reduced. US military planners have already made it clear that a zone of this kind would necessitate US air attacks on Libya's functioning, if seriously depleted, anti-aircraft missile bases, thus bringing Washington directly into the war on the side of Gaddafi's opponents.

[rfp1234]

Oops. Now that it’s in the British press, it really has legs.

[rfp1234]

Oh, it’s from 2011. But it’s been out there long enough, the US media
cannot bury it anymore. Popcorn time.