Sep 10, 2020
If you say
“September
11” most people automatically think of the attacks on the World
Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. What
they probably don’t even remember happened on September 11, were
the attacks on the United States Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in
2012.
On this episode of the Resistance Library Podcast Dave and Sam
discuss the two attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi,
Libya.
Once the Libyan Revolution began in February 2011, the CIA began
placing assets in the region, attempting to make contacts
within
the region. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, whose name and image
would soon become synonymous with the Benghazi attacks, was the
first liaison between the United States and the rebels. The task
before the American intelligence community at that time was
securing arms in the country, most notably shoulder-fired missiles,
taken from the Libyan military.
Eastern Libya and Benghazi were the primary focal points of
intelligence-gathering in the country. But there was something else
at work here: The CIA was using the country as a base to funnel
weapons to anti-Assad forces in Syria, as well as their alleged
diplomatic mission.
You can read the full article “The
Benghazi Attack: The Forgotten History of the 2012 Attack on the
U.S. Consulate in Libya” at Ammo.com.
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