Mr. Abu Khattala was a jihadist, if not actual AQ.
Mr. Abu Khattala joined a column of as many as 200 pickup trucks mounted with artillery as they drove through downtown Benghazi under the black flags of militant Islam
ignoring the Islamic militias:
The C.I.A. kept its closest watch on people who had known ties to terrorist networks abroad, especially those connected to Al Qaeda
thinking the 'close ties' with the militas was some kind of a warning. The CIA annex was supposed to provide security..(?) what happened there?
McFarland was getting contradictory wqrnings from the militias...still relience on those for "warnings"
Bengazi had been the target of British consulates..again no real security, as Steven wrote in his diary..
They were hung out to dry, there was no follow up on security.
This is what happened when Obama destroyed the Libyan gov't -milita rule- ( which is really mob rule), no folowing up on security from DC, no
real desire to dig any deeper, content to let them stay in a well known hot spot.
Libyan militia leaders who might have intervened to help the Americans washed their hands of the attack.
(Rogers)This was a preplanned, organized terrorist event,” he said, “not a video. That whole part was debunked time and time again.”
But the Republican arguments appear to conflate purely local extremist organizations like Ansar al-Shariah with Al Qaeda’s international terrorist network
it was both, it wasn't just the video as Rice tried to blame it, it wasn't AQ as the Republicans tried to sell it.
It wss incompetence, and the result of relying on Islamic milita grouips for early warning and protection.
FUBAR, as the phrase goes...such is the fruit of our "liberation " of Libya.
