The testimony was “use of air space” and that that was granted before the attacks. Why would they ask for air space use before the attack?
Why would they ask for air space use before the attack?
...because they didn’t want the ambassador rescued. Whatever he knew, he lost his life over it. Probably something he told the Turk that night over dinner.
I think US had a standing agreement with Libya for UNARMED drones only.
“The testimony was “use of air space” and that that was granted before the attacks. Why would they ask for air space use before the attack?”
IIRC, the unarmed drone was regularly assigned to watch a concentration of terrorist militia at Derna, just down the coast to the east, an area responsible for a huge number of Jihadi volunteers in Iraq and Af/Pak, and on 9/11/12 was diverted over to Benghazi.
Here is a CNN report from June 7, 2012 about a “failed terrorist attack on the US Mission in Benghazi proving that Barry and Hilarious KNEW or SHOULD HAVE KNOWN Al Queda was nearby:
“A senior Libyan official told CNN that the U.S. is flying surveillance missions with drones over suspected jihadist training camps in eastern Libya because of concerns over rising activity by al Qaeda and like-minded groups in the region but said that to the best of his knowledge, they had not been used to fire missiles at militant training camps in the area.
“The revelation follows a failed attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi on Tuesday night, which a shadowy jihadist group claimed was to avenge the death of al Qaeda No. 2 Abu Yahya al-Libi.
“The official said that one militant commander operating in Derna, Abdulbasit Azuz, had complained that a drone strike had targeted his training camp in the east of Libya. Last month, there were reports of explosions outside the Derna area in the vicinity of the camps, according to a different source.”