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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Aristotelian on September 09, 2013, 01:37:40 PM
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US consulate attack in Benghazi: a challenge to official version of events
A year after the first US ambassador in 33 years was killed on duty, Chris Stephen, one of the first western reporters on the scene in Benghazi, pieces together what really happened from witness accounts, official reports, and the ruins of the compound
Chris Stephen in Tripoli and Benghazi
The Guardian, Monday 9 September 2013 18.26 BST
The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi was striking for a number of reasons: the date, 11 September, the toll – four diplomats killed, including an ambassador – and the knock-on effects on the careers of senior American politicians.
But what is perhaps most striking is the inconsistencies: the US version of events compared with those of witnesses and the facts on the ground. The two do not tally. And so, a year later, there remain pressing questions about what happened that night – and what the Americans say happened.
Original article. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/us-consulate-benghazi-attack-challenge?CMP=twt_fd)
As the leading left-wing British newspaper The Guardian is one of the DUmmies favourite news sources...
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The problem is, nobody's listening.
The DUmmies certainly aren't.
The bright, shiny object in the room right now is Syria. And when that one is done, there'll be another bright, shiny object in the room.
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What difference does it make now......seems someone has already used that line.