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| Obama orders CIA, Navy SEALS to hunt down Behghazi terrorists |
| 2012-10-03 |
| President Barack Obama has ordered the CIA and the Pentagon to hunt down the terrorists who attacked the US consulate in Libya. The New York Times reports that Obama has now ordered intelligence operatives to gather 'target packages' on the perpetrators and track them down in Benghazi or wherever they might have fled.The Times reports that the operations is focusing on at least a dozen targets, though the exact number is not known. It's unclear what the president plans to do once the perpetrators of the September 11 assault in Benghazi are found, but he has mobilized the military's Joint Special Operations Command to help carry out the mission. Once the targets and their locations are confirmed, Obama could order any number of actions -- from drone strikes to commando raids to joint operations with the Libyans. JSOC and the CIA teamed up to send Navy SEAL commandos into Pakistan in 2011 for a raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The White House plans for retaliation come after it was revealed that security officials missed key signs that the consulate and US Ambassador Chris Stevens were in danger. The Daily Beast reported that various whistleblowers have come forward since the attack to testify about prior attacks and a series of threats, which are described in a letter from Rep Darrel Issa and Rep Jason Chaffetz to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The revelations came as the White House announced it was pulling all U.S. personnel out of Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #19 Lord Farquaad (original Shrek): Some of you may die [for my re-election]! But that is a sacrifice *I* am willing to make! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-10-03 18:18 |
| #18 CSI --- Cold Case File.........*sigh* |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-10-03 16:46 |
| #17 Matt coulda been a nice blend of 2 and 3. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2012-10-03 16:02 |
| #16 When we got the warnings we should have pulled the ambassador out secretly and replaced him with a dozen Seals and a spooky gunship above. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-10-03 14:51 |
| #15 Pappy's right. There are rumors of QUD involvment. I would hate to see the operators killed off before the link to higher is established. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2012-10-03 14:36 |
| #14 While AQ seems to be involved, AQ might not have funded, coordinated, or planned it, merely executed it. Shades of the Sinai operation... And yes - it will take time to figure out which intelligence outfit has the influence and the organization to pull that operation off. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-10-03 14:04 |
| #13 Good reason to get rid of any big name salfist leaders in Libya. |
| Posted by: Jack Gonque5772 2012-10-03 13:24 |
| #12 I have no idea how many of you people were around for Carter and the start of the fake war with finger dude from Afghanistan and the group that has been destroying our country from within for better part of 50 years give or take but my hats off to all of you! What better than to USE a black man in the White House to get the blacks all stirred up and minority against majority through using class warfare and race, itÂ’s been done everywhere BUTT nobody has ever used a black man and so many stupid ass white people before in all of history! The United States has no borders at all and who is killing agents minorities and illegals! These people donÂ’t care about money they donÂ’t even know how to make it, it is about control and power! All those stupid ass artists and the like only a matter of time, gays only a matter of time disabled only a matter of time! Food supply has been turned into a bio weapon why else do all of the countries troops need POWER drinks they never did before! It is the protein that is being compromised from plant to animal to human in the food chain taste difference was noticeable over 10 years ago in beef and meats rotting in less than a week in some cases! What better than to groom a black man who is half white country club black man to undo the country and turn it upside down for a group of inbred white crackers with no souls and believe they have no souls watch them move and talk they canÂ’t even respond correctly in conversation in any job title! They always try to project and talk down and dissuade from the truth and obfuscate all facts and bend it to their sick end! The fact that so many people can be fooled by so few is pathetic at best remember give the people what they DESIRE and leading them all around by the nose takes no effort at all! The kindness and political correctness is nothing more than an artificial mask they create to meet their goals and end game they have no souls what so ever! Serbia the only currency was quote HARD CURRENCY and they all demanded German currency for pay offs and trade from the beginning the bank money was not from guns and oil what country in Europe now has all the money? Some of the very people who fought in World War 2 back up the theory of what these people really are and how they have all been duped and fooled like birth defected children born 3 cans short of a six pack! Anyways kids remember MONEY TALKS AND TALK IS CHEAP take it for what it is but remember life is priceless you have ALL BEEN FUCKED FUCKED FUCKED AND RE-FUCKED LIKE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS! May you all find what it is you seek in your Alice In Wonder Land Fucked Up World and remember when it does hit the fan remember what you are fighting for the real War is In Country that would be The United States of America! DonÂ’t believe the LIE! PEACE! |
| Posted by: Angiting Snore1647 2012-10-03 13:20 |
| #11 with FBI team feeling unsafe and crime scene not secured for several weeks ... say goodbye to important evidence. the birds have flown the coup. it will not be easy to pin down the details of this attack. i've got no problem with your last sentence though. we also say - "slow is smooth, smooth is fast". But it works out both ways ... fast and accurate :-) |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-10-03 13:17 |
| #10 I really, really do not like Obama. With all that, the process of hunting down and killing those responsible is one that must be done slowly, smoothly and in a processed order. They must investigate, they must determine beyond doubt who ordered it, who planned it, who executed it, and who funded it before we go out and kill a single person. We have the rest of "their" lives to hunt and kill them. From my perspective it seems to me that the Obama leadership is jumping too soon on that order, probably for political gain. While AQ seems to be involved, AQ might not have funded, coordinated, or planned it, merely executed it. We need to go slow on this, slow is smooth, smooth is accurate.... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2012-10-03 12:58 |
| #9 So why the big cover-up? Hillary goes on TV the next day and says "The bad guys got one past us. Sorry. It happens." and the story pretty much ends. All I can see is either: (1) Champ can't admit to making any mistake or (2) Champ personally screwed up in some way that hasn't come to light yet and probably won't until the second week of November or (3) there's something about the attack itself that can't stand scrutiny. |
| Posted by: Matt 2012-10-03 12:25 |
| #8 There were 13 prior attacks on the embassy. Was intelligence not developed based on these attacks? It's almost like Obama, State, and intelligence agencies did not want to prevent further attacks. Bunyip makes a very good point. This WH has repeatedly blown operational security for any political gain that can be had. That is criminal. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-10-03 12:15 |
| #7 From yesterday's WaPo: BENGHAZI, Libya — Three weeks after the attack that killed four Americans in this city, the investigation of its causes remains in its initial stages, with just a handful of suspects detained, the crime scenes minimally secured and Walid Faraj waiting for a phone call from someone, anyone, asking him what he saw on the night he was injured while protecting the U.S. diplomatic post here. Faraj, a member of the militia that local officials tasked with securing Americans in Benghazi, said he saw the attack nearly from start to finish. But neither American nor Libyan investigators have paid him a visit, even as he fears that the perpetrators know who he is. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-10-03 12:09 |
| #6 Yeah. because the FBI have developed so many leads, yannow... |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-10-03 10:26 |
| #5 this should have been done on September 12th, when it was clear it was an AQ planned Op. Instead we got every asshole in the White House and Dept of State lying about a 14 minute trailer on the Net. Now it's ass-covering time and they blow it by telegraphing (as Bunyip noted) so the |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-10-03 09:47 |
| #4 If drone zapping and dead bodies begin appearing before election day, perhaps we'll have the answer to at least one question. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-10-03 09:11 |
| #3 Blowing operational security to telegraph an operation like this is stupid, unless the political need to appear to be doing something outweighs any need for the operation to be a success. Even then, it is still stupid. |
| Posted by: Bunyip 2012-10-03 09:06 |
| #2 A bit out-of-the-box, but I'll throw it out there anyway; was an unwitting Stevens and the poorly secured consulate in Benghazi used as bait ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-10-03 08:46 |
| #1 All to be accomplished prior to Election Day. White House Situation Room seating and camera angles set. Draft media releases penned. Movie rights pending. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-10-03 08:34 |