Posted on 01/27/2015 3:11:54 PM PST by jazusamo
WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official is confirming the death of one U.S. citizen in Tuesday's attack on a Libyan hotel.
The official isn't providing any further details.
Libyan officials said four foreigners and five guards were killed Tuesday after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. The ensuring standoff ended when two assailants set off a grenade that killed them, officials said.
The attack on the Corinthia Hotel, which sits along the Mediterranean Sea, started in the morning hours and included a car bombing, said Essam al-Naas, a spokesman for a Tripoli security agency.
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What was an American doing in Libya in the first place?
What difference, at this point, does it make? /s
Must have been a Dem.
My bet is that he was an oil guy. Or a gun guy.
Its not like Libya comes up on Expedia hot spots for vacation deals.
Might be interesting to know who the American was? And why that person was in Libya?
Quick, find a YouTube video to blame it on.
I am sorry... why are Americans in Libya?
They have a Sandals Resort thats just Bitchen… /sarc
I just found this excerpt from another article.
“David Berry was working for the Crucible private security firm when he was gunned down inside the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, company CEO Cliff Taylor told the Daily News.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/gunmen-hostages-libyan-hotel-kill-3-guards-article-1.2093208
Surprise
There are still luxury hotels in Libya and there are still Americans in Libya
“What was an American doing in Libya in the first place?”
apparently, he was a “Contractor”.
Yes, and a former U.S. Marine.
Semper Fi.
ISIS said it was after the Prime Minister, so that would explain the extra security, and he wasn’t harmed. Sad we lost an American security expert. Thanks for info.
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