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Topic: Was Benghazi Attack on U.S.
Consulate an Inside Job? |
Was Benghazi Attack on U.S.
Consulate an Inside Job?
Daily Beast, by Jamie Dettmer
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Posted By:drive, 10/29/2012 8:37:52 AM
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| The sun had risen over a hazy Benghazi about an hour earlier, and as he grabbed the wheel of his militia’s beaten-up white Toyota pickup, 42-year-old Ibn Febrayir (not his real name) groused to himself that this was no way to treat an ambassador, especially U.S. envoy Christopher Stevens. He had heard war tales about the lanky, good-natured Californian. How he had ventured to the shifting front lines during the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi and during lulls shared the rebels’ impromptu meals, ready to swap jokes and flash a winning smile, even when regime forces were mounting a counter-offensive.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 10/29/2012 8:51:18 AM (No. 8971049)
This whole thing stinks and the administration and Media are doing all they can to put any investigation off until after the election. There seems to be a real possibility of Obama facing impeachment charges when and if the truth is revealed.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Namma, 10/29/2012 8:58:32 AM (No. 8971059)
ahhhh yes...thats why the cover up where did the guns come from...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
pineledger, 10/29/2012 9:13:15 AM (No. 8971101)
A very long and not particularly well-written article. Point of view has no focus.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 10/29/2012 9:17:20 AM (No. 8971118)
Benghazi is Obama's Bay of Pigs.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JAN, 10/29/2012 9:18:36 AM (No. 8971122)
FGS let's not dishonor those who died by losing our perspective on what the jihadists are all about.
That O enabled the attack is one thing but this scenario is demeaning.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
nevernaught, 10/29/2012 9:36:53 AM (No. 8971170)
Ah yes... their Muslim on the inside and ours in the WH. The man bows to Muslim leaders who fund terror and then lets them get away with killing American citizens on American embassy territory. Sort of like Bill Clinton who bombed an aspirin factory.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
enuf8, 10/29/2012 9:41:16 AM (No. 8971183)
#2 I heard and read the guns were sent on a ship docking in Turkey under the watchful eye of Stevens (not Ambassador at the time) to supply the rebels and JIHADIST for the overthrow of Gadaffhi. Stevens was there at the time. Articles indicate a diplomat from Turkey is the one Stevens met with in Benghazi. CIA and Stevens were trying to retrieve guns, etc. which they intended to ship to Lybia, via Turkey.
So, what we need to know, was the Arab Spring designed by obama, val jarrett and the CIA here with the end result to get the Muslim Brotherhood installed in all of the countries of the Arab Spring.
The Senator who won over Christine Odennell had in his biography that he had gone to Kenya to rally the youth to create reform there-----sounds like it was the beginning of the Arab Spring. (And, yes, he was a long time friend of obama's.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
TruthandJustice, 10/29/2012 9:48:25 AM (No. 8971200)
Obama set this entire attack up...that is why he had everyone attempt to help stand down
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Lanielou, 10/29/2012 9:52:12 AM (No. 8971214)
In early footage of the Egyptian invasion by the Muslim Brotherhood, you clearly can see the pink jacket of the Code Pink woman on the bridge, watching the encampment. The Arab Spring was trained for in Turkey... with help from Bill Ayres wife Dohrne, Code Pinko, SEIU Int'l & a team from Google...
Remember the 1st testimony to congress? He said The Terrorists were Insiders.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Douglas DC, 10/29/2012 10:34:44 AM (No. 8971338)
I'm of the opinion that the whole thing was
an inside job-that Stevens was the target of
a Kidnapping. That he was to be exchanged for the blind Sheik.Then something went horribly
wrong. FUBAR...
The Unintended consequences presidency..
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LouD, 10/29/2012 11:06:06 AM (No. 8971458)
I'm not going to get involved in any conspiracy theories, which would be hard to prove, but I am appalled at the media for covering up this tragedy. Probably the only way to get the real news out would be a massive protest in DC or elsewhere it couldn't be ignored. Call in talk shows are another avenue to keep this alive. Not conspiracy talk, but the shameful cowardice of the president and his administration. I think it's time for some Romney ads about this, too.
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