U.S. Hired al_Qaida-Linked Group to Defend Benghazi Mission

Newsmax ^ | 05/02/13 | John Rosenthal

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The Libyan militia group that the State Department hired to defend its embattled diplomatic mission in Benghazi had clear al-Qaida sympathies, and had prominently displayed the al-Qaida flag on a Facebook page for months before the deadly attack.

That organization, the February 17th Martyrs Brigade, was paid by the U.S. government to provide security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. But there is no indication the Martyrs Brigade fulfilled its commitment to defend the mission on Sept. 11, when it came under attack.

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Just another Obama payoff with the added bonus that they could kill Americans.

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Hoping Hillary 2016 won’t be the date of her first parole hearing. Hoping that that will be further out.

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Impeach!, Indict!, Incarcerate!

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Nobama and his criminal ilk should be in prison prior to being deported.

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[[U.S. Hired al_Qaida-Linked Group to Defend Benghazi Mission]]

Imagien IF thsi headline had been abotu a republican president- how hte left woudl be howling and demanding blood

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Can we go with impeach, indict, incinerate instead? I know I would be happier, after all someone enamored of a medieval religion should warrant a medieval result.

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A more recent entry[to February 17th Martyrs Brigade's Facebook page], dated March 2, features a graphic celebrating Jabhat al-Nusra, the offshoot of Al-Qaida in Iraq that has played a leading role in the Syrian insurrection against the rule of Bashar al-Assad.
The U.S. State Department had hired the February 17th Martyrs Brigade to provide security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi. A document recovered from the mission two days after the attack indicated the State Department had arranged for the Martyrs Brigade to act as a “Quick Reaction Force” to protect the mission. The Memorandum of Agreement states that “in the event of an attack on the U.S. mission, QRF will request additional support from the 17th February Martyrs Brigade.

Throughout the summer leading up to the attack, embassy officials repeatedly asked the State Department for additional security. But the State Department actually reduced security, pulling out a military detachment that had been tasked with defending diplomats in Libya.

One reason the requests for additional security may have been denied: They did not fit into the administration narrative that al-Qaida elements no longer posed a threat to U.S. interests.

One diplomatic cable to the mission indicated that the U.S.-based deputy assistant secretary for diplomatic security was “reluctant to ask for [additional security] apparently out of concern that it would be embarrassing to the [State Department] to continue to have to rely on [Defense Department] assets to protect our mission.”

When the mission’s regional safety officer expressed an interest in July 2012 asking State Department official to permit the military security team to continue to protect the mission, Charlene Lamb, the deputy assistant secretary in charge of diplomatic security, sent an e-mail that responded: “NO, I do not [I repeat] not want them to ask for the [military security] team to stay!”

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Somehow the link ended up with a period in front of it and isn’t working. Can someone provide a valid link to the article on the newsmax site?

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The left lets Obama do whatever he wants because he is black.

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Maybe give them the cell that they put the film maker who had nothing to do with it in.

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This link should work.

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Maybe they should have hired the 18th martyrs brigade...or something.

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Thanks.

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Al Qaeda also being used to turn over governments in countries for the Muslim Brotherhood..Libya, Syria. we are funding the supposed enemy

Hagel: WH Rethinking Opposition to Arming Syrian Rebels

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links

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Muslim Brotherhood seems to be acting as a terrorist organization in Egypt.
Are RINOs really siding with the Obama administration on all of this?

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I learned how this works when I hired the fox to guard my hens.