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Unfolding Libyan scandal could sink Obama and end Hillary’s political career
Irish Central ^ | 10/26/12 | Ed Farnan

Posted on 10/27/2012 9:49:55 AM PDT by Libloather

Unfolding Libyan scandal could sink Obama and end Hillary’s political career
by Ed Farnan
Posted on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 04:57 PM

As more information comes out on the murder of our Libyan Ambassador and 3 other Americans during the assault in Benghazi…. the more incriminating it gets for the higher ups in Washington DC.

**SNIP**

The latest bombshell now shows the attack was a 7 hour ordeal. There was plenty of time to send help to the besieged Americans. Repeated pleas for help from those on the scene were denied by those higher up.

At one point during the battle a CIA operative pinpointed the mortar team which was bombarding the complex. He radioed for fire support from a Specter gunship, commonly used by U.S. Special Ops to provide support to teams on the ground. Even though an American airbase was only an hour away, no gunships arrived.

Further, Fox News learned, no Tier One Special operations forces, among them Delta Force operators, showed up to help, which were also within range and able to help if authorized.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; clinton; hillary; libya; nationalsecurityfail; obama
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To: patriotspride

Barack “stand down” Obama, the hero of Benghazi


21 posted on 10/27/2012 10:43:18 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Hehehe...Maybe it won’t be much help. It’s already weakened a bit! However, it could be quite a storm, who knows?


22 posted on 10/27/2012 10:51:03 AM PDT by dsutah
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To: pepsionice

“would have likely made the administration look good”

Yeah, but I guess they just can’t wrap their heads around “boots on the ground” looking good. Too many shots over the past ten years of guys with big guns looming over crying Iraqi children, maybe.


23 posted on 10/27/2012 11:13:14 AM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Former Proud Canadian

The possibility that it was primarily a CIA operation has crossed my mind also although it must have been operating with a front (quasi-consulate).


24 posted on 10/27/2012 11:14:03 AM PDT by what's up
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To: Libloather

A truly extraordinary twofer!


25 posted on 10/27/2012 11:26:43 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
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To: what's up
Hahaha. What is a "quasi-consulate". Is that like a state department front for a CIA operation? I'm sure that never happens.

I think this is a whole different animal if there really was no "consulate" in Benghazi. Just a "quasi-consulate".

26 posted on 10/27/2012 11:27:03 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: Libloather

The hag stood there and blamed the video while the remains of those heros were wheeled out at Andrews.

There’s a special corner in hell for trash like that.


27 posted on 10/27/2012 11:35:43 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: Libloather

If Congress won’t act on this Treason, then we need to nut up and march on Washington.

I’m not in any way kidding...


28 posted on 10/27/2012 11:39:32 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Libloather
Bttt.

5.56mm

29 posted on 10/27/2012 11:43:52 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Libloather

This might be the end if the press would actually do its job and report this story.

     


 

30 posted on 10/27/2012 11:49:58 AM PDT by Bon mots (Abu Ghraib: 47 Times on the front page of the NY Times | Benghazi: 2 Times)
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To: Libloather
Info on Benghazi keeps coming out.....

Check the keyword for Benghazi....absolute torrents of articles and statements.

Saw an abbreviated Brett Baer Special Report on the Benghazi coverup ,...attack this morning.

Expect more to be shown tonight and Sunday ...believe at 10 pm EST.

31 posted on 10/27/2012 11:59:19 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Former Proud Canadian

The CIA facility was near it, but this was a consular office that didn’t have a consul named to it (because of all the turmoil in Libya) and was visited by the Ambassador when it was necessary to transact business there, attend an event, etc. I’ve never been clear on whether he made it to the CIA facility and was killed there, or whether he died in some supposed safe room at the consulate.


32 posted on 10/27/2012 12:15:17 PM PDT by livius
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To: livius
He died in the "consulate". You haven't convinced me.

No consul named. What is the purpose of a consulate? As I understand it a consulate looks after US citizens in its area, issues visas and acts as the eyes and ears of the US government. There was no consul running things. There were not many US citizens in Benghazi to look after who were not CIA or CIA contract employees. Do you really want a consulate in Benghazi issuing visitors visas?

Was there a legitimate reason for a "consulate" in Benghazi?

33 posted on 10/27/2012 12:55:47 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: pepsionice
Ten Marines would have left a hundred of the attackers dead on the ground.

True. But it also would have left a TON of EVIDENCE, and Obama/Jarrett can't have that right now.

34 posted on 10/27/2012 1:53:38 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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To: patriotspride
Obama doesn’t understand “ no one left behind”.

But... he does understand "dead men tell no tales".

35 posted on 10/27/2012 1:55:27 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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To: Libloather

So other than that, Mr. Ceausescu, how did your career turn out?


36 posted on 10/27/2012 2:04:41 PM PDT by meadsjn
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Consulate or “mission,” there’s the rub. It appears the “consulate” might not have been an officially listed diplo facility.

So the “sovereign territory” rules (FWIW) might not have been applicable. Technically.


37 posted on 10/27/2012 2:54:35 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

did you see this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Oqm6xCCyU

2012.10.22 - TheBlazeTV - The Glenn Beck Program - Libya—The Real Story


38 posted on 10/27/2012 3:09:47 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum...)
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To: Travis McGee
I'm convinced that both facilities, the "consulate" and the "cia annex" were CIA facilities.

How does this sound? AQ was looking for a quick, easy victory. Two CIA outposts in Indian territory were ripe for the picking because of poor security, isolation, and no heavy weapons. 9/11 was a perfect day to strike. The dead ambassador was collateral damage.

39 posted on 10/27/2012 3:17:14 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Legitimate depends on your definition. We had a legitimate reason (protection) to have this consular office there. I’m sure you could have gotten a visa there had you turned up during office hours and applied, but that wasn’t its main purpose.

The consulate was clearly sort of a “back room” for the embassy. The papers were there and it seems that a lot of meetings took place there. Probably the diplomats assumed that the embassy was more likely to be under attack and had less protection, so they moved sensitive things to the consulate and made regular visits to it (Stevens was in Benghazi to dedicate a cultural center) to make sure it was perceived as part of the loop and thereby protected by the US.

Don’t forget that the jihadis were searching for papers after the attack, which is when they found Stevens’ body, because they knew that this was the purpose of the place.

However, does this mean it should have been allowed to be overrun by AQ? Does this mean the US has no obligation to support the people there, just because their main job is not issuing visas?

I don’t understand what you’re getting at. Do you think this made it OK for Obama to allow the Ambassador, the consulate building and its defenders to be taken out?


40 posted on 10/27/2012 4:46:07 PM PDT by livius
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