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On September 10, 2012, at least 18 hours before the attack in Benghazi, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video to coincide with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in 2001, which called for attacks on Americans in Libya in order to avenge the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi in a drone strike in Pakistan in June 2012. [111]
Four Americans died in the 2012 Benghazi attack: Ambassador Chris Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, [1] and two CIA operatives, [2] Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, [3] [4] both former Navy SEALs. [5] [6] Stevens is the first U.S. ambassador killed in an attack since Adolph Dubs was killed in 1979. [7]
October 2 In a letter to Secretary of State Clinton, Darrell Issa (R-CA, chairman of the Committee) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT, chairman of the subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations) write that "the attack that claimed the Ambassador's life was the latest in a long line of attacks on Western diplomats and officials in Libya in the months leading up to ...
Benghazi, Libya. Photo: Wikimedia Commons This is not a story about Benghazi. It has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton, al-Qaeda terrorists, or conspiracy theories. It is, however, a story about ...
NBC News obtained the first 175-page section of the full 800-page House Select Committee on Benghazi report that will be released later Tuesday.
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi (2014) was co-written with the surviving members of the security team involved in the 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S. consulate. [3] It tells the story of the terrorist attack from the perspective of the security team, without discussing later political controversies. [3]
Ten investigations were conducted into the 2012 Benghazi attack, six of these by Republican-controlled House committees.Problems were identified with security measures at the Benghazi facilities, due to poor decisions made by employees of the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and specifically its director Eric Boswell, who resigned under pressure in December 2012. [1]
The February 17th Martyrs Brigade was called on for assistance by the US government during the 2012 Benghazi attack. [3] [4] Despite their call, the agency did not count on the help of the militia, which did not report on the advance of the initial mob that attacked the embassy.