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2012-09-14 Africa North

American Killed in Libya Was on Intel Mission to Track Weapons

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Posted by Fred 2012-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 So Stevens security detail was a man short and Doherty tagged along on this trip as extra security help for the Ambo? What about the day job? Interesting contract. I damn sorry everyone got dead, but send us more info please.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-14 05:37|| 2012-09-14 05:37|| Front Page Top

#2 He might have gone along on the trip to get some face time with the ambassador -- hard enough to get otherwise. Or his interest in Benghazi that day merely coincided with that of Stevens.

Posted by Steve White 2012-09-14 08:49|| 2012-09-14 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 The potentially unarmed piece bothers me. There should be dead bad guys all around. Stevens may have thought, as many State Department do, that guns are icky or he wrongly perceived he was not a target, that all of his area familiarization, linquistic ability, or host nation good deeds insulated him from danger.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-14 09:12|| 2012-09-14 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Any thoughts on whether he was targeted precisely because he was looking for weapons.

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-09-14 11:25|| 2012-09-14 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Good question swksvolFF, but unlikely. Folks that search for weapons, especially challenging to operate battery operated weapons, usually have 'deep pockets' and receive plenty of smiles and invites for tea.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-14 11:32|| 2012-09-14 11:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I dunno how often you guys take air flights thru places like Africa. But every time the plane's wheels lift off the tarmac, I pray there's not a bad guy hidden at the end of that runway with a MANPAD. It's not hard to take down an airliner. AQ has come close a couple of times already.

People like Glen Doherty were doing the world a favor - a BIG favor. There are not many job assignments that an ex-SEAL could have that would make a more positive contribution.

Posted by Raider 2012-09-14 15:09|| 2012-09-14 15:09|| Front Page Top

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