[DAC21]

How is it that a consulate that wasn’t very well fortified and had few defenders with weapons holds on for a six hour siege against Mortars, RPG’s and more? I have heard nothing about Muzzi casualties. Something is missing, or plain wrong in the reporting.

[dennisw]

Something smell rotten in Denmark Benghazi

[BerryDingle]

I have heard nothing about Muzzi casualties. Something is missing, or plain wrong in the reporting.

I've been wondering about that too. Should be bodies stacked up after 6 hours.

[TigersEye]

My hunch for some time now is that the personnel were not really the targets the intel was. Only two were killed in the main building and some 25-35 escaped there and went to the "annex." Where they were assaulted two more times and suffered only two fatal casualties there before escaping again to board a plane to Tripoli.

Reports from the beginning estimate as many as 125 attackers armed with AKs, RPGs, mortars and anti-aircraft guns. No one should have survived. It seems more like the attackers wanted to clear those compounds in order to search them.

US Intelligence Suffers Major Compromise in Libya ("catastrophic intelligence loss" US official)

U.S. intelligence set back when Libya base was abandoned