Posted on 05/09/2013 8:28:27 PM PDT by smoothsailing
May 9, 2013
Eliana Johnson
A travel warning circulated by the State Department this afternoon warns American citizens against all travel to Benghazi and elsewhere in Libya, including the entire southern region of the country.
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Libya and strongly advises against all but essential travel to Tripoli and all travel to Benghazi, Bani Walid, and southern Libya, the warning says, including border areas and the regions of Sabha and Kufra. Because of ongoing instability and violence, the Departments ability to provide consular services to U.S. citizens in these regions of Libya is extremely limited.
The Department notice indicated that the security situation in Libya remains unpredictable, citing civil unrest and demonstrations occuring throughout the country.
The warning comes the day after a House Oversight Committee hearing on the terrorist attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, during which whistleblowers alleged that the Obama adminsitration misled Americans about the nature of the attack and attempted to silence witnesses in order to protect its reputation.
Unfortunately, this dovetails with information I’ve seen both on FR and other sources: The terrorists supposedly run off by the Libyan people* themselves, in reaction to the events of 9/11/12, are back.
*This was one of those stories I really wanted to believe, even if it sounded like a narrative Obama and the MSM would want us to believe. Perhaps it WAS largely true at one point, but it did not and perhaps could not stay true... Probably the only way the Libyans could really rid themselves of the terrorists is to kill them all.
Maybe it’s time to make a big move of guns to Syria via turkey. Nah jus kiddin
-PJ
very propitious....
I guess I should cancel my Carnival Cruise Libya trip.
I think people are missing the elephant here.
The State Dept. conveniently made this statement to restrict Benghazi travel not for peons like us, but to keep government employees and investigative journalists from digging up dirt in Libya.
The House is sniffing hard. Mark my words.
Horse, meet Barn Door.
Dang - I wonder if I can get a refund for this ticket...?
Now they figured it out. Better late than never.
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