Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Americans in Benghazi attack sent distress calls, pleading for their lives
DC Clothesline ^ | 11/22/2013 | Dr. Eowyn

Posted on 11/23/2013 4:26:13 AM PST by IbJensen

Clockwise from top left: Ambassador Christopher Stevens; Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith; former Navy SEALS Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. Rest in Peace

This makes me weep . . . .

Americans trapped in Benghazi that awful night of Sept. 11, 2012, were pleading for their lives — for someone to rescue them.

But their Commander In Chief was thousands of miles away that night in the White House and disappeared for hours – hours about which the White House refuses to account. Their Commander In Chief was so blasé, he actually went to bed and slept, then hopped onto Air Force One the next day to fly to Las Vegas for a fundraiser.

Later that month, in an interview, their Commander In Chief airily dismissed their deaths as mere “bumps on the road“. Later still, when she was hauled before a Congressional hearing, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, too, dismissed their deaths with the quip, “What does it matter?”

See also “Former Ambassador: Benghazi “Stand Down” Order Came from Obama,” July 31, 2013; “Obama thinks 4 Americans being killed in Benghazi is funny,” Jan. 28, 2013..

~Eowyn

Catherine Herridge reports for Fox News, Nov. 20, 2013:

State Department employees at the Benghazi compound knew they were in a death trap and made a series of radio distress calls to the CIA annex during the terror assault last year, according to congressional sources familiar with recent testimony on the attack from five CIA personnel.

Sources told Fox News that the radio calls, which were described in closed testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, were characterized as almost frantic, with State Department employees who knew they could not defend themselves “pleading” for their lives.

When the CIA team arrived from the annex about a mile away, they found the State Department employees without guns that could adequately protect them; one of the agents was found hiding in the consulate, apparently in a closet. The testimony lends more weight to repeated claims, in the wake of the attack, thatthe consulate was not adequately protected despite being located in a volatile and violent area prone to attack.

When the CIA personnel were asked for their reaction to the administration’s initial explanation that an anti-Islam video and a demonstration gone awry were to blame for the attack, Fox News is told they were seething with anger because everything on the ground — from their perspective — showed it was a premeditated attack.

At least three of the five — who were all in Benghazi — responded to the scene that night. The witnesses testified that five mortars rained down on the annex in less than a minute. They pointed to those details as more evidence of a professionally trained team, describing the attack on the annex as akin to a professional hit on the operation in order to drive it out of Benghazi.

Congressional sources say the testimony seems to further conflict with and undercut the briefing three days after the attack by then-CIA Director David Petraeus, who likened the attack to a flash mob.When pressed on the number and precision of the mortars, Petraeus offered that Benghazi was flooded with mortars, and played down their accuracy by suggesting they could have been fired from the back of a pick-up truck.

When Petraeus appeared on the Hill in November, following his resignation from the CIA over his admitted affair, he tried to claim that he knew it was a terrorist attack all along and insisted that he did not put the emphasis on the anti-Islam film.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; evilobamaregime; hillary; liarsincharge; navyseals; obamaspeople; terrorism; threatmatrix
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-33 next last
Most here realize that our nation is in the hands of the worst enemies of America. How to get rid of all of them is the dilema.

The scumbag in the Kikuyu White Hut , and Hillary, will never have to worry about suffering a torturous death that they dealt to our Navy Seals and Ambassador in Benghazi. I believe Hillary Clinton should be immediately burned at the stake for witchcraft before people start forgetting her treachery. She and the pervert she's wedded to INO are used to dealing death out to others.

Too damned many 'Americans' will vote for the Benghazi and Kosovo -itch (W or B works) Hillary in the next election in 2016. We need to keep her name viral to keep her out of office.

We must never forget “We will find out the truth.” Those responsible for this cowardly treachery must never be forgotten for the dishonoring this declining nation. Hang your heads low you traitors!

1 posted on 11/23/2013 4:26:13 AM PST by IbJensen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: IbJensen


2 posted on 11/23/2013 4:32:52 AM PST by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen
...worry about suffering a torturous death that they dealt to our Navy Seals and Ambassador in Benghazi.

Thank you for that lovely image on this fine morning!

Mmmm...picturing it now - hit her again - harder! HARDER!!

3 posted on 11/23/2013 4:36:40 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Remember who the real enemy is!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

It’s a hard lesson, but 0 and hil hate this country and love jihadis.


4 posted on 11/23/2013 4:41:12 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

“What difference does it make?” The corrupt shrew, who lied with Obama in front of the four caskets of those they allowed to be killed, wants to be the first woman president.


5 posted on 11/23/2013 4:43:31 AM PST by txrefugee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back

I THINK THAT THEY JUST HATE THIS COUNTRY!


6 posted on 11/23/2013 4:45:47 AM PST by BilLies ("Will none rid me of this lying bastard ?")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen; 1_Rain_Drop; 2111USMC; 2ndDivisionVet; Absolutely Nobama; acapesket; AirForce-TechSgt; ...
Hang their heads low? Just hang them. Period.

This is a Threat Matrix list documenting threats within and without. Anyone wanting on or off please advise.

This is the Benghazi Index for reference.


Benghazi Index

7 posted on 11/23/2013 5:08:30 AM PST by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen


"What difference does it make?"


8 posted on 11/23/2013 5:20:34 AM PST by Diogenesis
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: txrefugee

“What difference does it make?” The corrupt shrew, who lied with Obama in front of the four caskets of those they allowed to be killed, wants to be the first woman president.”

And she will be, make no mistake about it.


9 posted on 11/23/2013 5:24:09 AM PST by Toespi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

I wonder how America would react if the recordings of those pleas for help were made public? Just saying ...... it will never happen, but it might shake some people up who need to come to their senses and hold Obummer/Hillary accountable for leaving Americans to die. Might make a difference to some people if they realize this regime is now in charge of their healthcare and they also will be left to DIE as a result of Obamacare right here on these shores, don’t have to be under fire in a foreign country ... while the occupant of the White Hut lies every time his lips move, campaigns, parties, generally destroys the country, and doesn’t lose a minute’s sleep over what he’s doing.


10 posted on 11/23/2013 5:24:51 AM PST by MissMagnolia (You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

11 posted on 11/23/2013 6:08:04 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

Dr. Eowyn,

When talking about the response, it should be noted:
Initial phone call to Washington, approx 3:40pm:

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/10/198791.htm

SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL:“...I neglected to mention from the top that that agent from the top of this incident, or the very beginning of this incident, has been on the phone. He had called the quick reaction security team, he had called the Libyan authorities, he had called the Embassy in Tripoli, and he had called Washington.”


12 posted on 11/23/2013 7:04:57 AM PST by Son House (Democrats want you to use 'Great Recession' instead of 'Jobless Recovery', recession ended June 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

TRANSCRIPT: Presidential debate on foreign policy at Lynn University
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/22/transcript-presidential-debate-on-foreign-policy-at-lynn-university/

“Now with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when we received that phone call, I immediately made sure that, number one, that we did everything we could to secure those Americans who were still in harm’s way;”


13 posted on 11/23/2013 7:05:42 AM PST by Son House (Democrats want you to use 'Great Recession' instead of 'Jobless Recovery', recession ended June 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

US Benghazi Hero Waited 20 Hours For Help With a Shredded Leg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3048007/posts

Diplomatic security agent David Ubben, like former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, ran into the Special Mission Compound (SMC) to help save US officials under siege in Benghazi. Ubben was struck by a mortar round that killed Woods and Doherty. His leg was shredded. Ubben was forced to wait twenty hours before a plane was sent to pick him up.


14 posted on 11/23/2013 7:10:36 AM PST by Son House (Democrats want you to use 'Great Recession' instead of 'Jobless Recovery', recession ended June 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Iron Munro

The butcher of Benghazi!


15 posted on 11/23/2013 7:15:03 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (Obama is a proven liar, an admitted liar, an unrepentent liar.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: VRW Conspirator
The butcher of Benghazi!

The Butchering *itch Of Benghazi"


16 posted on 11/23/2013 7:25:46 AM PST by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

This is the one hour and 18 minutes before the meeting:

(3:42 Washington—Initial call) 9:42 p.m. — Armed men begin their assault on the U.S. Consulate.

(5:00 Washington) 11 p.m. — Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey meet with President Obama at the White House where they discuss the unfolding situation and how to respond.

Pentagon releases official timeline of Benghazi attack
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/world/africa/libya-benghazi-timeline/index.html

September 11 (Events are listed using the time in Benghazi)

9:42 p.m. — Armed men begin their assault on the U.S. Consulate.

9:59 p.m. — A surveillance drone is directed to fly over the U.S. compound, but it is unarmed.

10:32 p.m. — The Office of the Secretary Defense and the Joint Staff are notified of the attack by the National Military Command Center at the Pentagon. “The information is quickly passed to Secretary Panetta and General Dempsey.”

11 p.m. — Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey meet with President Obama at the White House where they discuss the unfolding situation and how to respond. The meeting had been previously scheduled.

11:10 p.m. — The surveillance drone arrives over the Benghazi facility.

11:30 p.m. — All surviving U.S. personnel are evacuated from the consulate. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and State Department computer expert Sean Smith were killed in the initial assault.

September 12

Midnight to 2 a.m. — Panetta and other senior leaders discuss possible options for further violence if it were to break out. Panetta gives verbal orders for Marine anti-terrorist teams from Rota, Spain, to prepare to deploy to Tripoli and Benghazi. Panetta also orders a special operations force team training in Croatia and an additional special operations force team in the United States to prepare to deploy to a staging base in southern Italy.


17 posted on 11/23/2013 7:35:35 AM PST by Son House (Democrats want you to use 'Great Recession' instead of 'Jobless Recovery', recession ended June 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

This is “Thirty minutes later the president was directing the Pentagon to do all it could”.

After the 5pm meeting started, this is 1 hour and 48 minutes after the “Initial phone call to Washington”:

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/09/obama-administration-continues-explanations-on-benghazi-decision-making/

According to the timeline Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were told of the attack about an hour after it started, as both men were on their way to the White House for an already scheduled meeting with President Barack Obama. Thirty minutes later the president was directing the Pentagon to do all it could to assist, according to senior Pentagon officials.


18 posted on 11/23/2013 7:41:36 AM PST by Son House (Democrats want you to use 'Great Recession' instead of 'Jobless Recovery', recession ended June 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

The question is, Putting the previous post together, who dropped the ball when it comes to the response?

There is on hour and 48 minutes difference between [3:42pm] “Initial phone call to Washington” and during the meeting [5:30pm] “Thirty minutes later the president was directing the Pentagon to do all it could”.


19 posted on 11/23/2013 7:50:21 AM PST by Son House (Democrats want you to use 'Great Recession' instead of 'Jobless Recovery', recession ended June 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

We had drones over Benghazi. We had a plane with reinforcements that flew from Tripoli to Benghazi without being fired upon. We had paid, armed protection forces in Benghazi. We had about 40 CIA employees at the CIA Annex. I’ve never been in the CIA, but how can you have CIA employees in a place as hostile as Benghazi without weapons? If there were 40 CIA employees at the CIA facility, you would think the place would look like Fort Apache with everyone running around with an automatic rifle and a grenade launcher. They had to bring in people from Tripoli who were armed and knew to get on the roof to get good fields of fire? FREE THE BENGHAZI 40!!!!! We need to hear from them.


20 posted on 11/23/2013 7:52:17 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-33 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson