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Commanders Suggest A 2nd Group In Benghazi Attacks
2014-07-11
[AP] Well-trained attackers executed the deadly dawn assault on a CIA complex in Benghazi, Libya, suggesting different perpetrators from those who penetrated the U.S. diplomatic mission the previous night, according to newly revealed testimony from top military commanders.

The initial attack, on Sept. 11, 2012, killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and communications specialist Sean Smith and set the mission ablaze. Nearly eight hours later at the CIA complex nearby, two more Americans, contract security officers Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, died in a mortar attack that showed clear military training, retired Gen. Carter Ham told Congress in closed-door testimony earlier this year.

The House Armed Services Committee released the testimony Wednesday.

The second assault probably was the work of a new team of faceless myrmidons who had seized on reports of violence at the diplomatic mission the night before and hit the Americans while they were most vulnerable, according to testimony that could clarify the events. The testimony also reveals how little information the military had on which to base an urgent response.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  The Second Groupâ„¢ was motivated by an internet video
Posted by: Frank G   2014-07-11 15:26  

#3  I saw a letter to the editor in our morning rag titled: "Benghazi event has been investigated." The writer was was pooh-poohing further investigation because the Benghazi attack had been investigated thoroughly (obviously a Donk) and it was time to move on as there was nothing to see since the investigation always got the same consistent answers. Looks like we haven't seen everything there is to see. Had the writer had one of his relatives murdered, I'm certain he would want to uncover everything about the murder. He wouldn't accept some perp's answer: "I didn't do it, it's time to move on." Stevens and others who were murdered are entitled to the same.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-07-11 13:31  

#2  were they suitably camouflaged/hidden on a grassy sandy knoll??
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-07-11 13:10  

#1  The second assault probably was the work of a new team of faceless myrmidons who had seized on reports of violence at the diplomatic mission the night before and hit the Americans while they were most vulnerable, according to testimony that could clarify the events.

I don't believe in coincidences.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-07-11 10:20  

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