FOOLS AND KNAVES, PART 2 (Powerline publishes my emails to them)

powerlineblog ^ | 9/16/2012 | scott johnson

[barryobi]

A reader has forwarded links to a number of sources strongly suggesting, Susan Rice to the contrary notwithstanding, that the Benghanzi murders constituted a premeditated and organized attack:

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/09/13/4257683/guard-at-consulate-in-libya-says.html

A Libyan security guard who said he was outside the U.S. Consulate when it was attacked Tuesday night has provided new evidence that the assault that left four Americans dead, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, was a planned attack by armed Islamists and not the result of anger over an online video that mocks Islam and its founder, Muhammad.

The guard was interviewed Thursday in the hospital where he is being treated for five shrapnel wounds in one leg and two bullet wounds in the other.

He said that the consulate area was quiet — “there wasn’t a single ant outside” — until about 9:35 p.m., when up to 125 armed men descended on the compound from all directions.

He said they struck without warning.

“Wouldn’t you expect if there were protesters outside that the Americans would leave?” the guard said. The guard, who said he had been hired seven months ago by a British company to protect the compound, said the first explosion knocked him to the ground and he was unable to fire his weapon.

Four other contracted guards and three members of Libya’s 17th of February Brigade, a group formed during the first days of the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi and now considered part of Libya’s military, were protecting the perimeter of the compound

[barryobi]

I have been sending Powerline links and comments for the last few days and I am happy they finally picked up the ball and are out exposing the lies of the Administration.

Glad they added their commentary to mine and now the truth is starting to find a wider audience.

[mojito]

Great work Barry and welcome to FR.

You've established that there was no mob protesting a YouTube video outside the consulate before the attack began, which was the account from every source I'd read previously.

Also, it seems that Stevens was in Benghazi for the opening of a hospital, rather than having traveled there from Tripoli because of the supposed demonstrations.

[barmag25]

Good work. Welcome to FR. Good research is very much appreciated here.

[GeronL]

Thanks

[StAnDeliver]

"He said that the consulate area was quiet — “there wasn’t a single ant outside” — until about 9:35 p.m., when up to 125 armed men descended on the compound from all directions."

Wow.

[bronxville]

Well done. Thank you and Welcome.

[Mckenzie14]

Thank You!