'No protesters' at US embassy in Benghazi

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'No protesters' at US embassy in Benghazi This is breaking news I saw on channel 4 just now...

The US state department has admitted there were NO protests outside its consulate in Benghazi in Libya before the attack that killed its ambassador and three other US personnel last month.

http://www.channel4.com/news/no-protesters-at-us-embassy-in-benghazi

I'm looking for more details basically the adminstration lied about what hapeened !!

There should have been a video report from tonight news on above link...
If it is not there it is on the main link below for now until it updates..

http://www.channel4.com/news/no-protesters-at-us-embassy-in-benghazi

Something not right here ! At best neglegance in a war zone or a deliberate sacrafice
of the Ambassador for some other political reasons ?

If the Riots were co ordinated by people behind the scenes over the mohamed movies
was the death of the Ambassador supposed to justify keeping US troops in the region?
and his death blamed on the backlash . Not US backed mititia units that they knew were
active and deliberatley removed the ambassadors security !!

Something is not right about this !!

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This report is closer to the truth ! published on 9/11

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Congress told terrorist attack on US consulate in Benghazi was 'a matter of time'
A terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi was "a matter of time" as security was reduced even as the country became more violent, the former commander of an American special forces team in Libya said Wednesday.

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By Raf Sanchez, Washington
10:30PM BST 10 Oct 2012

Security at the lightly-guarded diplomatic site was “weak” despite repeated requests for more protection in the months before the raid that killed the US ambassador to Libya, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Wood told a Congressional committee.


His said his special forces troops, who were assigned to protect American diplomats in Libya, were withdrawn weeks before the attack and that Washington ignored warnings that the consulate was vulnerable.


In a televised hearing designed to put the Obama administration’s handling of the September 11 assault on trial, Republicans claimed that the State Department had pressured its diplomats to “artificially” reduce security arrangements in an effort make Libya appear safe.

The attack on in the eastern Libyan city killed four Americans, including ambassador Chris Stevens - the first diplomatic envoy to be killed in the line of duty since 1979.


The Obama administration has been criticised for its handling of the assault but also its changing description of the cause of the attacks after initially claiming that the killings the result of an out-of-control protest against an anti-Islamic film.


State Department officials said there had been no protest outside of the consulate on the night of the attack, flatly contradicting claims initially made by Susan Rice, the US Ambassador to the UN, that a peaceful demonstration had been “hijacked” by militants.


When asked about the contradicting accounts, a senior State Department official said that "others" in the US government had claimed there were protests but "that was not our conclusion".


Lt Col Wood said the US consulate had remained lightly guarded even after the Britain and the Red Cross had withdrawn from the city out of safety concerns. "I almost expected the attack to come. We were the last flag flying, it was a matter of time," he said.


Much of the Congressional hearing focused on the 16-man Site Security Team (SST) led by Lt Col Wood and the decision to withdraw it from Libya a month before the attacks.


Both the military officer and Eric Nordstrom, the former head of security for the US mission to Libya, said they had been repeatedly frustrated or ignored as they tried to convince superiors in Washington that the special forces team should remain in place.


"We were fighting a losing battle," Lt Col Wood said. "We couldn't even keep what we had."


Mr Nordstrom said he asked for a team of 12 diplomatic security agents to replace the commandos and was told "you're asking for the sun, the moon and the stars" as his request was denied.


"For me the Taliban was inside the building," he said, describing his battle against bureaucracy at the State Department's Washington headquarters.


Charlene Lamb, a senior State Department official with responsibility for diplomatic security, said that the SST had been adequately replaced with a combination of American security agents and local Libyan guards.


“We had the correct number of assets in Benghazi at the time of 9/11 for what had been agreed upon,” she said.


Congressman Darrell Issa, the committee’s Republican chair, angrily replied: “To start off by saying you had the correct number when our ambassador and three other individuals are dead... somehow doesn’t seem to ring true to the American people.”


Mr Nordstrom said he had been ordered to "reduce security resources in accordance with an artificial timetable" and that Washington ignored a list of more than 200 security incidents in Libya, including 48 in Benghazi, that he submitted as evidence of the volatility of the situation on the ground.


Congressman Dennis Ross, a Republican, said the decision to keep security at a minimal level was the "result of political pressure trumping professional protocol" and the State Department's eagerness to make Libya appear safer than it was.


Ambassador Patrick Kennedy, the State Department's Undersecretary for Management, angrily denied the charge and said that it was vital for US diplomats to be posted in countries even if there was an element of danger.


"This is an inherently risky operation," he said. "We can't always withdraw to fortresses"


The hearing in Washington came as John Brennan, the White House's chief counter-terrorism adviser, visited Tripoli to urge the Libyan government to take swift action against the militants responsible for the Benghazi attack.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/9600305/Congress-told-terrorist-attack-on-US-consulate-in-Benghazi-was-a-matter-of-time.html

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Official the attack on the embassy had nothing to do with the Mohamed video !

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Published on 10 Oct 2012 by RTAmerica


The first congressional hearing on the terrorist attack in Benghazi was held Wednesday on Capitol Hill, and the House oversight and the Government reform committees were in charge of questioning the State Department's top officials and the embassy security staff about the situation on the ground in Libya. Many new details are emerging abouit what happened on September 11 this year. RT correspondent Liz Wahl and retired CIA officer Raymond McGovern join RT's Kristine Frazao to talk more about the developing investigation.


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Published on 10 Oct 2012 by RTAmerica


On Wednesday, the first Congressional hearings on the attack in Benghazi took place. In the hearing, two senior State Department officials were questioned by the House oversight and Government reform committees and were asked about the security at the consulate. During the attack, four Americans were killed including an ambassador. Now the US Department of State has confirmed that there was never a protest outside the building and the film 'Innocence of Muslims' is not to blame. So was there prior knowledge that the attacks would occur? RT's Arabic correspondent Reema Abu Hamdieh joins us for more.


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The State Department is now admitting that they knew that it was a terrorist attack within 24 hours. Yet Rice went before the nation on Meet the Press and said it was a spontanious reaction to the You Tube video 5 days after the attack. Hillary Clinton said more than once it was the video. Obama and the White House said it was the video for over 3 weeks. And the White House Press Secretary lied and said that he never blammed it on the video yesterday in a Press Conference. There has been a blantant cover up with this whole thing. A cover up and an excuse to attack First Amendment rights of Free Speech. (And I am in no way endorcing the video in question. I just believe in the Video Maker's right to Free Speech.)

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The State Department is now admitting that they knew that it was a terrorist attack within 24 hours. Yet Rice went before the nation on Meet the Press and said it was a spontanious reaction to the You Tube video 5 days after the attack. Hillary Clinton said more than once it was the video. Obama and the White House said it was the video for over 3 weeks. And the White House Press Secretary lied and said that he never blammed it on the video yesterday in a Press Conference. There has been a blantant cover up with this whole thing. A cover up and an excuse to attack First Amendment rights of Free Speech. (And I am in no way endorcing the video in question. I just believe in the Video Maker's right to Free Speech.)

Exactly ! what is coming out now is either a deliberate policy to put the Ambassador at risk for bigger political reasons in the area ..ie an excuse to keep troops in the area by another type of false flag and angering the US public enough to allow them to keep to their Middle East agenda ? Or The military were as incompetent as they were made to look on 9/11 !

The 'Terrorists' involved, this always makes me suspicious now, as CIADA are operating all over the region !! Who are the real 'Terrorists' over there ??

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Apparently Hilary watches RT on her travels !! Listen and learn from this expert !!

US blocked from accessing suspect behind Benghazi attacks

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Published on 25 Oct 2012 by RTAmerica


The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has turned into a debacle. In the beginning the attacks were blamed on a film
depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a ruthless figure, but later details revealed that the attacks could have been potentially
prevented. Now the individual responsible for the attack has gone under Turkish law enforcement and has been turned over
to the Tunisians. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern joins us to sort through the confusion of the situation.