Ambassador Christopher Stevens killed yesterday in Libya
I want to take a moment to extend my condolences to the families of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three of his staff (names not released) who were killed by violent militant Islamic Libyans using guns and rocket-propelled grenades yesterday, on the 11th anniversary of September 11th. Mr. Stevens was newly appointed, just this January, and had only been in Libya for 4 months.
According to the Guardian:
An unconfirmed photograph posted on Facebook appears to show a mob dragging a lifeless Stevens along the ground, his shirt off. Some reports say he suffocated to death. Libya’s deputy prime minister, Mustafa Abushagur, said security forces have launched a manhunt to find the killers. “I condemn the cowardly act of attacking the US consulate and the killing of Mr Stevens,” he said.
The exact circumstances of the ambassador’s death remain unclear. On Tuesday night a group of extremists attacked the US consulate building in Benghazi, setting it on fire, and killing one US diplomatic officer. There are reports in Tripoli that Stevens was not killed in the Tuesday night assault, but was attacked by a second mob when he arrived in Benghazi early on Wednesday morning.
Ambassador Stevens is the sixth Ambassador to be killed in the line of duty. Before yesterday, the last was Ambassador Adolph Dubs, in Afghanistan in 1979.
Open thread for chaos.
Update: Here is the unconfirmed photo. It sure looks like him. Mobs likes these are animals. Religion of Peace, yeah right. (Warning, graphic)
@beth_beatty @woody2411 @JamesRosenFNC they drug him down the st and mutilated his body Obama "strongly" condemned it http://t.co/B6HY59tH—
Tracy Jeffords (@TracyJeffords) September 12, 2012
From the Guardian article, it says the Benghazi consulate was not well protected, unlike the embassy in Tripoli.
Weakness in like catnip to Al Qaeda.
Ask Valerie Jarrett who runs the circus. After teh won’s Cairo speech, everything was supposed to be peachy king.
Aren’t our embassies considered American soil? How is our Preezy going to react? Oh wait….
Today’s schedule:
10:45 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
1:15 pm || Departs White House
3:00 pm PT || Arrives Las Vegas, Nevada
5:25 pm PT || Delivers remarks at a campaign event; Cashman Center; Las Vegas
6:40 pm PT || Departs Las Vegas, Nevada
9:10 pm MT || Arrives Aurora, Colorado
Killing an ambassador used to be considered an act of war. Not that I’m advocating that, but Obama’s reaction has been disgraceful.
I can”t tell you how pissed off I am right now. Unbelievable.
Hot air says Ambassador Stevens was trying to evacuate Consulate staff when he was killed.
That makes him a hero.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/12/is-this-1979/
It just gets worse:
CBS: Libyan security team fingered US ambassador to be killed
In the confusion surrounding the murders of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya yesterday, the Libyan government … initially left the impression that loyalists to dead dictator Moammar Qaddafi conducted the assassinations.
CBS, however, now reports that the Libyan government has changed its tune. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and the other diplomatic personnel got moved to another building by Libyan security forces when the consulate was attacked, and then betrayed by them to the attackers
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/12/cbs-libyan-security-team-fingered-us-ambassador-to-be-killed/
Tunisia and Algeria
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ALGERIA_US_EMBASSY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-12-07-23-29
Romney is speaking at 9:35am so now obama is speaking at 10:35am slowbama if you r slow u blow. When did the movie come out? The attacks just happened to be pn 9/11 ????
If anyone has a video of either Mitt & Bowma pls link it. Thanks.
CNN reporting that there were NO marines guarding the embassy in Libya. None.
Christ on a pogo stick.
Why not? Are they going to say it was considered provocative? I thought every US embassy had armed marine guards as a matter of standard protocol. Who the hell changed it?
I’m reading that 2 of the 4 dead were Marines protecting the ambassador, as they were evacuating .
Also, that the Ambassador died from suffocation. WTH?
They were brought in after the violence escalated:
“two U.S. Marines sent to Benghazi when the clash erupted were shot and killed by well-armed protesters. It was not immediately clear whether the Marines were part of Stevens’ security detail.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57511043/libya-assault-on-u.s-consulate-in-benghazi-leaves-4-dead-including-u.s-ambassador-j-christopher-stevens/?tag=socsh
Thanks!
Hot Air reporting that security for the embassy was contracted out to “locals” (ie, Libyan citizens)
Who made THAT decision?
An example of Obama administration exporting jobs that should be held by Americans.
A community organizer??
there is another picture over on LI and I don’t think the Ambassador Stevens is dead in either picture.
He doesn’t look dead.
Fucking animals.
Obama is a disgrace, the movie was out on JULY 2 , why were our embassies NOT DEFENDED ON SEPT 11?? NO security beef up ?? NO INTELLIGENCE ?? ( because we don’t get any thanks to drone attacks) but HOW MUCH INTELLIGENCE do you need not to beef up security in volatile parts of the world on 9/11?? More than Obama has obviously . The disgrace is the lack of security and the media spinning this crap and trying to deceive the American people . The media acts like traitors!
Angie called it last night – The media are trying to make this about Romney.
Unfuckingbelieveable.
Funny how that works. And if Romney hadn’t criticized it, would there have ever been a disavowal? Doubt it.
Romney beat Obama to the punch. And the media is desperately trying to defend the length of time it took him to disavow it.
Ya’ know, if you can keep “Angie is always right” in your head as a given, we can save a lot of time.
I approve this msg.
Embassy’s Arabic Tweets Were Even Worse
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/12/Embassy-s-Arabic-Tweets-Were-Even-Worse
I kid thee not – commenters at Buffoon Juice are speculating whether this is a plot by Israel.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/09/12/desperate-sociopaths-and-their-media-enablers/
I know you aren’t kidding. The kool aid is like crack that has eaten through whatever gray matter they had left. Nothing can save them anymore.
I heard reports that Lawrence O’Donnell asked Joe Klein if Iran developing a nuclear bomb could be considered a deterrent.
I think my head is going to explode at some point today.
What a sad thing. My heart goes out to the family and friends of those who lost their lives.
Jesus. That picture is absolutely heartbreaking.
I cried when I saw it.
Me too.
Me too.
I’m really disgusted & don’t know if I can take the MSM pretending this isn’t a direct result of how weak Obama has made us through his policies of appeasement & giving Israel the shaft.
And I really don’t know if I can take them trying to pretend Romney’s statement is the problem here.
As much as I love Hillary. Being SoS when you lose an Ambassador might be a stain on your tenure.
Wonder is she’s being thrown to the wolves by O, or if she will come forward to call out O’s sh*tty WH leadership.
?
You know, if it would get her to walk away from the Obama WH, I almost wish she was thrown under the bus.
She said she would only serve one term with President Obama. She should be resigning in the next few months.
yup. hope she resigns.
I think this incident spells the end of any future Presidential run too.
Hillary is about to speak on Fox News.
Apparently I missed Romney’s statement?
Pingback: Hey, obama
Hillary is about to make a statement.
jinx
That only counts when two people post at the same time. I beat you by 3 minutes.
:-p
She’s talking.
Sean Smith, Chris Stevens. Other 2 still notifying next of kin.
This is personal for her, she looks terribly sad.
Hillary speaking now.
So far she hasn’t said anything. Blah blah blah.
These were her friends, I think she’s trying to honor their service. She looks like she’s about to cry.
“How could this happen?”
Now she is saying it’s not the Libyan government’s fault. To admit otherwise would be a black-eye to our Arab Spring policies.
Yep. Sorry to hear her say that.
If she’s telling the truth that means there is a least one heavily-armed faction in Libya besides the government.
He does not look dead in that picture. God help him if he is alive. Heartfelt sympathies to the families.
Hillary speaking now.
Hillary said that he was carried to the hospital by people. Perhaps that picture is them taking him to the hospital.
Taking him to the hospital by dragging him by the arm?
Mitt is next (I am watching Fox News)
Me too. Hopefully they’ll keep Juan Williams out of sight until O’Rielly’s or Hannity’s shows.
Mitt speaking.
Romney speaking now.
America will not tolerate attacks…
He’s taking questions. First question is “do you regret your statement yesterday?”
*headdesk*
It’s disgusting, the press is beyond hostile & are trying to make him a scapegoat for the O’s mistakes. Not a single question beyond his statement yesterday.
“is”
Time for me to go.
Later!
Palin nails it:
https://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin/posts/10151169787338588
Time for a #BigStick hash tag.
John Podhoretz@jpodhoretz
so now reporters have asked the same question three times–didn’t you jump the gun? didn’t you jump the gun? didn’t you jump the gun?
Good one, I’ll retweet. It’s infuriating especially since Obama will get his pillows fluffed when he FINALLY breaks down & makes a statement.
Byron York@ByronYork
At Romney presser in FL, every question (except one) is based on premise that Romney statement last night was a mistake…
They have their marching orders.
And they’re right in your face about it, they don’t even bother to hide it anymore. It’s shocking when you think about it.
Shameless lickspittles. If and when he prezzy I hope he never calls on them and lets them squirm and get fired when they can’t get their questions asked.
The comments about Romney’s statement and the way he handled himself under pressure seem pretty positive.
Yep. I’m loving the backfire on the press.
I was very impressed. They tried to rattle his cage & he wouldn’t let them.
He doesn’t stutter. He stops talking and thinks. How refreshing.
Ya know I like how none of these idiots understand that Romney didn’t make millions taking risks in private equity by having it handed to him and/or by being a dumbass son of a MI governor.
For the love of fuck.
el SOOPer@SooperMexican
RT @toddstarnes: As of 10:36 a.m. the WH flag is NOT lowered – per Fox.
Oh gawd. Here comes Bammy. Hillary is with him.
Oh for godssakes. Is he holding her hand?
I’ve seen this in court before. Sickening.
Any guess as to whether The One will publicly admit that hiring “locals” to handle security instead of our own Marines was STUPID??? (snort)
Looks like Hillary took time to get her hair styled this morning. Obama is reading his cards very haltingly. Sounds like a school boy.
I wanna hear him repeat his claim that the war on terror is OVER. Asshat. (him, not you)
He could be reading the phone book. There’s not a single ounce of emotion behind anything he’s saying.
True story. It’s disgusting.
I think he’s rattled, he’s practically mumbling now.
I hope he is wearing a diaper.
lt’s pathetic. He hasn’t got a clue about how to handle the situation. Hillary might be by his side, but you know they’re running narratives by Valjar before they finally commit to any change in policy.
Melissa Clouthier@MelissaTweets
RT @bethanyshondark: RT @jpodhoretz: Once again, the Clinton who spoke before Obama was a thousand times better and more powerful.
Is he all mumbly and detached because he was told to shut up let me handle this or I walk? That is the look of a 13 year old who just got an a$$ chewing and has not processed it yet. I want to know when he gets grounded. Imagine the entire federal government being mad at you except your stupid friends who were in on it also. It is time for Mittens to poke him with a stick to make him cry.
He just looked scared & sounded like all he wanted was for somebody to lift this crisis off his shoulders. Hence, Hill at his side. No bravado at all.
This is unbelievable:
Mike Barnicle Suggests Prosecuting Pastor Terry Jones In American Ambassador’s Death
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2012/09/12/mike-barnicle-suggests-prosecuting-pastor-terry-jones-american-amb#ixzz26Gh1UF24
Idjit.
I’m sure he plagiarized it from somewhere. I wonder if his surname came from a common family trait.
Stay away from MSNBC today. They’re totally off the wall, but not in a way that makes you laugh at them. :chilling:
Ridiculous. And dangerous. If we start prosecuting people exercising their free speech under the guise of “hate crime” it won’t be long before they come for us for expressing our opinion on the squatter at 1600.
HONK x 1,000,000!
HONK x infinity.
is that what got you booted?
No, I’m grounded for tweeting too fast.
WORD!
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/09/12/the-day-the-roof-fell-in/
If you don’t keep up with the work it caves in on you. Slacking, procrastinating, goofing, partying, delegating, skipping 60% of your intelligence and security meetings catches up and bites you in the ass. If he had ever had a job that required results it would have been obvious to Obama that he was courting disaster.
Very true. Also explains why my house is a mess.
And I get snowed with stuff I have promised to do then lose interest. The difference is we know we are doing this and I do not think Obama does.
Well, ya know, he’s got people that are supposed to do stuff for him.
F*ck. Juan Williams on FOX, guess I’ll go clean the bathrooms.
The Romney campaign goes on the attack.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/09/12/romney_campaign_links_embassy_attacks_to_obama_s_failed_middle_east_policies
Perfect time to hit him; right after all the bragging about his foreign policy creds Obama comes across as sniveling, incompetent and weak. Another BP moment for preezie.
Timeline
http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/09/call-it-what-it-is-terrorism-in-egypt-and-libya/
This is unbelievable.
Ed Henry@edhenryTV
President now pushing back his departure by about an hour, but is still heading to Vegas for campaign event this evening
This pi**es me off. This was our ambassador. He was not killed, but assasinated. Its a simple declaration of war. The O administration has really screwed it up. Jeez, this feeds into the repub narrative that dems are non-patriotic and can’t take strong action when needed, and that they try and appease the lunatic Islamists. I don’t want to hear ‘just words’ from this admin, I want to see concrete actions. The whole effing world is watching. If O approaches such an act with kids gloves, all the loony Islamists will rise up to further terrorise us. This is an acid test for American resolve, and so far, we have failed. On this issue, I’m with the far right. Till Clinton as POTUS, both repubs and dems have projected a tough face to the world. Now, the 2 strains within the dems (growing anti-semitism and appeasement of the muslims while castigating the Christians) has grown too powerful. Crap, for America, leading from behind will never work, just get our ambassodors killed. Don’t be a crazy gunslinger like GWB but have the intelligence of WJC. Thats in short supply in the democratic party. /rant off (with apologies to the moderators).
As klown would say, never apologize for a good rant.
@ tommy
By zero’s experience on foreign affairs: Expendable.
mcnorman, no, I disagree. No American citizen is expendable, ever. From the highest to the lowest, we always take care of our own.
I was being sarcastic. I completely agree with you tommy.
Oops, sorry. I was blinded by my rage.
Just laugh, that’s all we have left tommy.
Sean Smith, who was killed along with Ambassador Stevens, was on an online game forum and said this is chat yesterday:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-12-us-official-killed-in-syria-was-a-senior-eve-online-player
Can anybody explain this to me? What the **** was Obama doing addressing this forum on 9/11?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/11/Obama-Releases-Message-to-Arab-Forum-on-9-11?fb_action_ids=4631407829752&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=timeline_og&action_object_map=%7B%224631407829752%22%3A279650988817797%7D&action_type_map=%7B%224631407829752%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
No explanation. I posted the vid yesterday.IMHO none of this is coincidental at all. Releases that vid on 9/11. Snubs Netanyahu, on 9/11. We find out he never goes to national security meetings. Embassy in Cairo attacked, on 9/11. Ambassador killed in Libya-
Nope. Something smells.
We don’t use our own security either? Why is that?
Bush did, using Marines. Obama doesn’t, contracting security out to “locals,” so they’ll feel like they’re managing their own country, or something. Appalling naivete, eh?
So Obama out-sourced our security and looked what happened. tragic.
He’s a kowtowing appeasing-of-barbaric-nutjobs asshole who hates this country? That would be my guess.
To put it mildly …
Please don’t hold back – tell us how you really feel.
The ambassadors blood is on Obamas hands , there is absolutely no excuse for not having increased security in embassies in volatile countries on 9/11 absolutely none . and obama MIA in Intel briefings even if we had any
Oh great. Twitter cut me off. Boo. Hiss.
BOO! WHY?
I’m back now. It’s happened before – too many tweets per minute or something and they cut you off like a bartender with a drunk.
I’m cut off too. Just as well. I REALLY need to sweep my floor, because I think the littlest dog has gone missing, swallowed up by a dust bunny.
You better hope a dust bunny swallowed it, and not Dog-Eater in Chief.
Protests outside embassies in Sudan, Kuwait, Morocco
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/09/protests-break-out-in-sudan-kuwait-and-morocco/
Those protesters have to wait, didn’t they get the message that Obama has to campaign in LasVegas today ? He doesn’t have time for a middle east crisis , so they had just better wait.
I saw a tweet earlier that Obama is in Vegas because that’s where the money is.
I believe that would be correct, I know I’ve left some there on occasion.
Add Tunisia and Algiers.
LOL at this
Timeline assessment…POTUS FAIL
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/316631/romneys-awkward-spot-daniel-foster#
The fact is that most americans don’t understand Islam and muslims. They analyse them as just another religion, but thats not true. I was born in an extremely orthodox muslim (arab) country and was raised there for 15 years. I know exactly how they are. By Gods’ grace, my folks emigrated to the U.S later on in life. Americans think rationally and logically. Muslims don’t. Yeah, you might criticize me for being Islamophobic, but thats due to my experiences. Was born in an arab muslim country, was a citizen of an asian country, and finally came to the U.S. Even today, I work with muslims all the time. Let me put it this way…..I’ve befriended atleast 1000 muslims in my lifetime, and only found 3 absolutely secular muslims. The rest are so steeped in and radicalised that they never expose their true face unless you get extremely close to them. A religion of peace? Nope, a religion of pieces. Yep, most of you would find it hard to accept my findings. But thats because you have a rational and logical mind, which most Islamists willfully ignore.
I believe you. I’ve had lost of friends who worked in the ME, as well as lots of Persian non-Muslim friends (Christians & Baha’is) who say the same.
My son lived overseas for years, in Iraq , in Egypt and he was in Qatar on 9/11 , his opinion matches yours tommy , and he hated Egypt . He was very descriptive as to why .
Brother-in-law worked in Bahrain for several years; he agrees completely.
All morning on my way to work (I’m at lunch now) I was thinking about these 9/11 attacks against US and then reflecting on Biden’s screaming out at the DNC: “Is Osama Bin Laden better off today ?!?!?”
Do they think the rest of the world is blind and deaf to the teevee coverage of these conventions or anything else that the administration says/does?
I feel like tweeting something about linking the attacks to Biden’s roars about Osama and the wonder that is TehOne. But I’m at work and will lose my job.
( angienc @10:17)
Kerry’s the one who screamed the idiotic “Ask Osama Bin Laden if he’s better off then he was four years ago.” Biden keeps it to the simple “OBL is dead!”
Richard Grenell (Romney’s former foreign policy adviser who quit earlier this year because — in his words — the LEFT was making the fact that he’s an openly gay Republican *the* story) nailed it:
For goodness sake. I didn’t know I had been listening to Kerry! I could’ve sworn it was Biden. Thank you for the correction!!!
Weren’t they chanting “We’re all Osama now!” ?
I read it was “Obama, Obama, We are all Osama” but it could have been “We’re all Osama now.”
This had nothing to do with video — idiotic video is petext.Stories coming out now this was about drone killiings (you know, the ones Obama is so proud of)
These reporters should be fired !
http://www.therightscoop.com/exclusive-open-mic-captures-press-coordinating-questions-for-romney-no-matter-who-he-calls-on-were-covered/
Good catch by right scoop. G-damn journolisters.
“no matter who he calls on we’re covered”
These aren’t some low-level journolisters either. What a disgrace.
I am so angry about this that I can’t see straight!
The FCC should yank the broadcasting licenses of CBS, NBC and ABC. The airwaves would be better off.
Please tweet the link and the info. I need to get back to work.
I am with you Leslie , the media has betrayed the people of this country , deeply betrayed us .
Dana Loesch (sp? lol) just tweeted it- I retweeted it.
His press secretary needs to have a little talk with them. Then show them the door. Off the plane, out of the briefings, out. Then call their networks and tell them if they show their faces again they will call the police. They can send professionals or they can send no one but they can’t send corporate whores.
Yep
I am so angry about this that I can’t see straight!
i agree. so upsetting. it’s a new low for them. of course, they probably always do this and now only got caught.
WTF
Obot fuckers. Not too terribly bright, are they?
Unethical and stupid. Not a good combination.
Now that there’s a smoking gun, I think Romney should go after them; pubicly out them, humiliate them.
From an Ace commenter:
That would be perfect. I think he’s got to do something, if only to let the public know on what’s going on before the debates.
Too good not to steal:
newsbusters says the voices belong to Jan Crawford (CBS) and Ari Shapiro (NPR)
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/09/12/video-cbs-and-npr-reporter-plot-insure-romneys-asked-if-he-regrets-obama#ixzz26I17eZyG
AP photo captures emotional Hillary Clinton as she & President meet staff
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This is just sad. What a terrible loss.
Introducing U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens
US ambassador killed in ‘co-ordinated al Qaeda revenge attack by terrorists who used Libyan Mohammed movie protest as cover’
So did Obama, Hillary and Cairo Embassy throw free speech under the bus for naught?
We still don’t even know what we don’t even know about these “spontaneous” eruptions that coincidently occurred on the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11. I’m going to hold my fire now till more is known.
That said, I believe that Romney’s response and actions in the last 24 hours have been appropriate and timely. If he said nothing he would be criticized and the press would have pressed him for a response. The fix is in as far as the press is concerned so Romney might as well just be himself and do what he feels he needs to do.
Personally I think he comes off as having a more Presidential demeanor than does Obama. It is BS to say Romney should have said nothing until Hillary, Valerie and Michelle dragged Obama’s arse out to the Rose garden to read his cue cards before he took his dog and donkey show on the road to Vegas.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2201780/Christopher-Stevens-death-US-ambassador-killed-attack-Libya.html
So they’ve finally figured out that this was a planned attack? It was so clever of those protesters to bring along rocket launchers. Whodathunk! (One always brings one’s rocket launcher to a protest. Right?) Thank heavens we have those 11D rocket scientist think tank types to figure this out for us. /snark font
I think I woke up and landed on another planet. StillforHill over on FB has gone all Romney is an asshole, spoke out of turn, his statement was inappropriate etc etc. A bunch of people on that thread not even knowing about the embassy tweets- so had no clue what Romney was even talking about, Jeebus!
Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore.
I was there too I told her to take off her rose colored glasses meanwhile back at the ranch Obama LYING AGAIN http://weaselzippers.us/2012/09/12/oh-my-israeli-government-accuses-obama-of-lying-after-white-house-said-netanyahu-did-not-request-meeting/
My comment critical of Obama, the Media, was deleted.
Welcome to Islam.
Honest to jeebus, this is like permanent junior high school.
It was not an angry mob in that photo, they were actually rushing him to the hospital.
“Libyan civilians help an injured man, identified by eyewitnesses as U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, at the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-stevens-a1photo-20120915,0,4365755.photo
Just goes to show that looks can be deceiving. ಠ_ಠ