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EXPLOSIVE REPORT: FORCES WERE AVAILABLE TO HELP AMERICANS UNDER ATTACK IN BENGHAZI
The blaze ^ | 4-29-2013 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 04/29/2013 6:26:39 PM PDT by crosslink

The U.S. government had the ability to “react and respond” to the Benghazi terrorist attack and could have had forces on the ground before the second wave of the assault began, a special operator with knowledge of the response told Fox News in an exclusive interview. Due to the explosive nature of his allegations, the special ops member asked to remain anonymous.

“I know for a fact that C 110 the UComm CIF was doing a training exercise, not in the region of northern Africa, but in Europe. And they had the ability to react and respond,” he told Fox News.

The C 110 is a 40-man Special Ops force capable of rapid response and deployment, a group trained specifically for an event like the Benghazi attack, Fox News reports. The unit was training in Croatia on Sept. 11, 2012, just 3.5 hours away from Benghazi.

“They would have been there before the second attack,” the anonymous special operator said. “They would have been there at a minimum to provide a quick reaction force that could facilitate their exfil out of the problem situation.”

He continued: “Nobody knew how it was going to develop, and you hear a whole bunch of people and a whole bunch of advisors say, ‘Hey, we wouldn’t have sent them there because the security was unknown situation.’ If it’s an unknown situation, at a minimum you send forces there to facilitate the exfil or medical injuries. We could have sent a C 130 to Benghazi to provide medical evacuation for the injured.”

The special operator said there are members of special ops and other officials who are still active and involved in the situation. “They would be decapitated if they came forward with information that could affect high-level commanders,” he added.

While he says he doesn’t “blame them for not coming forward,” the special operator said members of the community feel betrayed and believe the betrayal goes all the way to the top. Further, the Special Ops community feels like the Americans in Benghazi were left to fend for themselves.

The White House has said from the beginning that there were no forces available to assist Americans in Benghazi on Sept. 11.


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To: Grampa Dave

Somehow I don’t see “rear” admiral obama authorizing any of that today...


261 posted on 04/30/2013 9:32:25 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: Darksheare; Norm Lenhart
one obvious troll would come into a thread and give cover to two or more not so obvious cohorts?


262 posted on 04/30/2013 9:48:52 AM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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To: Old Sarge; Norm Lenhart

Yeah, pretty much like that!


263 posted on 04/30/2013 9:51:38 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: Admin Moderator

B-b-but, he was a retired colonel!

(Feigned confused look that slowly turns into a wry grin...then runs away before he pushes his luck with a mighty admin too much)

hehe


264 posted on 04/30/2013 10:00:57 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: rodguy911

“Somehow I don’t see “rear” admiral obama authorizing any of that today...”

Not if the order was to protect the lives of Americans and put the lives of Islamofascists trying to kill Americans at risk.


265 posted on 04/30/2013 10:01:13 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm afraid to go visit any American college because of all the foreign students with bombs.)
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To: advertising guy; Norm Lenhart; rodguy911
I promoted me to General.....why not...he did

Well, since your initials are A-G, you could be Adjutant General, now couldn't you?

266 posted on 04/30/2013 10:10:02 AM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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To: rodguy911

the second you do...the ONE will fire me


267 posted on 04/30/2013 10:13:42 AM PDT by advertising guy (clearly, semi automatic high capacity pressure cookers should be banned)
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To: advertising guy

Claim you are the first Gay General...Problem solved!


268 posted on 04/30/2013 10:17:33 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: advertising guy
I was up most of the night battling the fool.....it was GLORIOUS

Ursula The Viking Kitten praises your valor in battle with the foe:

THOU DOST SPINNETH A FINE TALE, BROTHER...
NOW, WHAT DOST THOU DESIRE UPON THY SAMMICH?

269 posted on 04/30/2013 10:21:38 AM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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To: wastedyears

Being questioned under oath won’t matter, he’ll lie and get away with it, and Congress won’t pursue the matter any further.


Nice Stratocaster; lousy attitude. We have to keep pushing, pushing, pushing.....until everything just cracks wide open.

Keeping the information in front of the public all the time, everywhere. Here, and other forms of social media. We blew up the internet on Twitter when Rand Paul filibustered.

Drip, drip, drip-constant dripping information. From all directions.


270 posted on 04/30/2013 10:26:31 AM PDT by MWestMom ( "I will not sit quietly and let [the president] shed the constitution." Senator Rand Paul)
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To: Norm Lenhart

read that and puked


271 posted on 04/30/2013 10:30:41 AM PDT by advertising guy (clearly, semi automatic high capacity pressure cookers should be banned)
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To: Old Sarge

now that dog will hunt !


272 posted on 04/30/2013 10:32:04 AM PDT by advertising guy (clearly, semi automatic high capacity pressure cookers should be banned)
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To: advertising guy

It’s your civil right!

Don’t feel bad. It mad me nauseous typing it.


273 posted on 04/30/2013 10:33:32 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: crosslink; ExTexasRedhead

KA-POW for later read ........................................................................................................................................... FRegards


274 posted on 04/30/2013 10:50:03 AM PDT by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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To: Typical_Whitey

State Department stonewalling attorneys representing Benghazi whistle-blowers. Claimed they knew nothing about Benghazi whistle blowers after Darell Issa had sent two letters to SD in April requeseting clearance for their attorneys.


275 posted on 04/30/2013 11:25:23 AM PDT by MWestMom ( "I will not sit quietly and let [the president] shed the constitution." Senator Rand Paul)
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To: Norm Lenhart
Her nic escapes me but I’ll post if it when I think of it. Windflier may remember as he and I hammered her relentlessly.

That was DRey. She's still around. Last post on Saturday, 20 April '13.

276 posted on 04/30/2013 11:46:10 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

What was wrong with those posts?


277 posted on 04/30/2013 11:47:52 AM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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To: Windflier

YUP!

I remembered the D but couldn’t remember the full nic. Old age ;)


278 posted on 04/30/2013 11:51:18 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Old Sarge

Sarge, do you feed poor Ursula? Methinks she could use a sammich her badself ;)


279 posted on 04/30/2013 11:54:08 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: TheOldLady; Admin Moderator; RetiredColonel

RetiredColonel was a retread wasn’t he?


280 posted on 04/30/2013 11:56:19 AM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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