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Originally posted by NickDC202
You are omitting a HUGE portion of the story which is after the initial attack (and the rumored assault on Ambassador Stevens' person) and en route to the hospital, they treated Chris Stevens body like a rag doll and even posed for photos with him (since the area outside the consulate was under terrorist control):
By many accounts, Ambassador Stevens was deceased prior to arrival at this hospital under terrorist control....
edit on 5/8/2013 by NickDC202 because: (no reason given)
Some of the Libyans who entered the compound tried to rescue Stevens after they found him lying alone on the floor in a dark smoke-filled room with a locked door accessible only by a window. A group of men pulled him out of the room through the window, and then placed him on the courtyard's stone tile floor. The crowd cheered "God is great" when Stevens was found to be alive. He was then rushed to the hospital in a private car as there was no ambulance to carry him.[50] Dr. Ziad Abu Zeid, the Libyan doctor who treated Stevens, said Stevens died of severe asphyxiation, that Stevens had no other injuries, and that he tried for 45 minutes to revive him.[51]
Originally posted by TheBlackTiger
I'm confused by this whole situation.
Why is it that foreign terrorism is being played down, while domestic terrorism is the big thing?
This situation was clearly mishandled, but to what end? In a climate where it seems like the media and government wants everyone to be terrified, what good was it to hide this? What was the goal?
Originally posted by HolographicPrincipal
I have a couple of questions that a web search couldn't answer...
Where did the photos come from?
Also, Wikipedia (I know, but it's a starting point) says this:
Some of the Libyans who entered the compound tried to rescue Stevens after they found him lying alone on the floor in a dark smoke-filled room with a locked door accessible only by a window. A group of men pulled him out of the room through the window, and then placed him on the courtyard's stone tile floor. The crowd cheered "God is great" when Stevens was found to be alive. He was then rushed to the hospital in a private car as there was no ambulance to carry him.[50] Dr. Ziad Abu Zeid, the Libyan doctor who treated Stevens, said Stevens died of severe asphyxiation, that Stevens had no other injuries, and that he tried for 45 minutes to revive him.[51]
Supposedly a freelance videographer captured some footage of the above, although I have not seen the video personally.
If over 100 militants stormed the compound, heavily armed, wouldn't the odds be greater that Stevens would have been shot...at least once, rather than free of bullets behind a locked door, but apparently adjacent to an accessible window?
There is drone footage according to the White House, and I'd gather there were security cameras around the perimeter of the compound. Has any of this been released to the public?
edit on 5/9/2013 by HolographicPrincipal because: to edit
However, the staff were unable to locate Ambassador Stevens before being driven from the building under small-arms fire.[21] Stevens apparently became separated from his staff while trying to escape to the roof and was ultimately overcome by smoke inhalation.[22][23] Local civilians found Stevens and brought him to the Benghazi Medical Centre in a state of cardiac arrest. Medical personnel tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at about 2 a.m. local time.[
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
And yet there are no impeachments for Obama or those RINOs who wanted to invade in Libya?
Originally posted by clearmind
so the obama administration outright lied, maked up a story, hid the facts, americains died and the obama administration got caught, red handed, hand in the cookie jar, pants down
Originally posted by TheBlackTiger
I'm confused by this whole situation.
Why is it that foreign terrorism is being played down, while domestic terrorism is the big thing?
This situation was clearly mishandled, but to what end? In a climate where it seems like the media and government wants everyone to be terrified, what good was it to hide this? What was the goal?
Originally posted by IAMTAT
One other observation from the hearings...Hicks, in his statements appears to be going out of his way in listing specific full names of people who were working there with him at the consulate during the attack. THESE people would be many of the survivors whose names had been withheld from congress and the media by the administration.
Getting these new names could open the door to getting more survivor-whistle blower testimony.edit on 8-5-2013 by IAMTAT because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ausername
Originally posted by TheBlackTiger
I'm confused by this whole situation.
Why is it that foreign terrorism is being played down, while domestic terrorism is the big thing?
This situation was clearly mishandled, but to what end? In a climate where it seems like the media and government wants everyone to be terrified, what good was it to hide this? What was the goal?
To win an election.
If Americans had known the truth, and how badly this was all handled it could have made a difference.
They had to lie and cover this up. The truth is often both a victim, and the enemy in politics, especillay close to major elections.
Originally posted by NickDC202
Originally posted by IAMTAT
Hicks also said they were concerned that since they believed the hospital was under terrorist control, that they may have been being set up for an ambush, should they rush to retrieve him.
You are omitting a HUGE portion of the story which is after the initial attack (and the rumored assault on Ambassador Stevens' person) and en route to the hospital, they treated Chris Stevens body like a rag doll and even posed for photos with him (since the area outside the consulate was under terrorist control):
By many accounts, Ambassador Stevens was deceased prior to arrival at this hospital under terrorist control....
edit on 5/8/2013 by NickDC202 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ausername
Originally posted by TheBlackTiger
I'm confused by this whole situation.
Why is it that foreign terrorism is being played down, while domestic terrorism is the big thing?
This situation was clearly mishandled, but to what end? In a climate where it seems like the media and government wants everyone to be terrified, what good was it to hide this? What was the goal?
To win an election.
If Americans had known the truth, and how badly this was all handled it could have made a difference.
They had to lie and cover this up. The truth is often both a victim, and the enemy in politics, especillay close to major elections.
Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by ausername
Originally posted by TheBlackTiger
I'm confused by this whole situation.
Why is it that foreign terrorism is being played down, while domestic terrorism is the big thing?
This situation was clearly mishandled, but to what end? In a climate where it seems like the media and government wants everyone to be terrified, what good was it to hide this? What was the goal?
To win an election.
If Americans had known the truth, and how badly this was all handled it could have made a difference.
They had to lie and cover this up. The truth is often both a victim, and the enemy in politics, especillay close to major elections.
the only truth that came out that was a game changer in the election, was that video that showed Romney's utter disgust and loathing for the bottom 47% of this country