Shortly after the convoy arrived around 5 a.m., the C.I.A. Annex came under a new attack: the mortar rounds the guards had feared. Within 90 seconds, five had landed, the last three hitting the roof of the main building.
Almost all of the Libyan fighters who had insisted on accompanying the Americans from the airport fled immediately.
Two American security guards, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty, were killed by the mortar shells. Mr. Stevens and Sean Smith, an information officer, suffocated in the burning of the main villa in the diplomatic compound.
Fox has always said, along with the GOP'ers on the various shows.. that the two American security guards, were killed
at the compound with Stevens.. but they weren't, they did make it to the CIA annex and were attacked (again) there hours after the initial attack on the diplomatic compound...
also.. Chuck.. the only thing of 'question' in your copied post is this part
Marines were deployed before the mortar assaults and one marine received the Silver Star medal for his bravery during the assault but according to the narrative they were told to stand down.
This article doesn't mention marines, but says instead a 'security officers/team' of 7, that was sent from Tripoli
Back in Tripoli, American diplomats scrambled to make sense of the news out of Benghazi. Many learned of Ansar al-Shariah’s existence from social media during the attack. They sent seven security officers to Benghazi in a borrowed Libyan cargo jet.
of course that could be marines, but they don't make it sound like it was..and they weren't told to 'stand down' which we all knew was 'Fox hates HRC' bullshit..
but they were held up, but by
Libyan leaders.. not American.. They were held up for 4hrs it looks like..for a damn photo-op..
Embassy officials had arranged for the team to be met by Fathi al-Obeidi, a trusted lieutenant of Mr. Bin Hamid of Libya Shield. But when the jet landed around 1 a.m., seemingly every commander in Benghazi was competing for the honor of escorting the Americans, even those who did nothing to stop the attack, including Mr. Bin Hamid himself.
A group from the Preventive Security Brigade, led that night by Mr. Abu Khattala’s old friend Mr. Bargathi, insisted on coming, and held the team up for hours on the tarmac, Mr. Obeidi said. And instead of the low-profile escort the Americans had sought, a parade of nearly a dozen pickup trucks ultimately joined them.
Shortly after the convoy arrived around 5 a.m., the C.I.A. Annex came under a new attack: the mortar rounds the guards had feared. Within 90 seconds, five had landed, the last three hitting the roof of the main building
the security team got to the airport a 1am.. but were made to wait 4 hrs because of Libyan bullshit-'look who I'm escorting' politicians..
sure don't see Fox news reporting that..
