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US diplomats, Marine rescue team were also attacked at safe house, Libyans say
Reuters via NBC ^ | 9/12/12 | Alastair MacDonald

Posted on 09/12/2012 10:07:34 PM PDT by Kartographer

U.S. troops dispatched by helicopter across the Libyan desert to rescue Ambassador Chris Stevens and other diplomats in Benghazi ran into a fierce overnight ambush that left a further two Americans dead, Libyan officials told Reuters. Accounts of the mayhem at the U.S. consulate, where the ambassador and another diplomat died after a chaotic protest over a film insulting to Islam, remain patchy. But two Libyan officials, including the commander of a security force that escorted the U.S. rescuers, said a later assault on a supposedly safe refuge for the diplomats appeared professionally executed. Miscommunication that understated the number of American survivors awaiting rescue -- there were 37, nearly four times as many as the Libyan commander expected -- also meant survivors and rescuers found themselves short of transport to escape this second battle, delaying an eventual dawn break for the airport.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911ii; libya
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1 posted on 09/12/2012 10:07:39 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

How can I get that picture for facebook?


2 posted on 09/12/2012 10:09:51 PM PDT by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: Kartographer

The White house version of events seems to be unraveling,
now 34 made it to a safe house?
The ambassador was raped before he “died of smoke inhalation”.

“My god Valerie, I can’t tell them THAT!”


3 posted on 09/12/2012 10:12:54 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: scooby321

Right click, save it to your hard drive, then go to FB and upload it to your status.


4 posted on 09/12/2012 10:16:06 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Election 2012 - America stands or falls. No more excuses. Get involved.)
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To: scooby321
"How can I get that picture for facebook?"

Right click on the picture. Go down to where it says Properties. Copy the address and then paste it to your facebook wall where it asks "What's on your mind today" Then hit post. That is what I do.

5 posted on 09/12/2012 10:22:06 PM PDT by Spunky (Those)
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I keep wondering why the other two killed have not been identified. I guess it’s because the death of a couple of Marines would add too much of a shock to the public if reported at the same time as the death of the ambassador.


6 posted on 09/12/2012 10:58:21 PM PDT by BBell (And Now for Something Completely Different)
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