U.S Warned of Attacks But Did Nothing...and other revelations of the crisis

      Palestinians burn a US flag in front of the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City,

     during an apparent protest against a film insulting the Prophet Mohammed   

       Picture: REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

"...According to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and "lockdown", under which movement is severely restricted..."
Read more: The Independent

"...The worst of the violence was in Yemen, where at least five Yemenis were killed as hundreds of protesters stormed the American Embassy and were repulsed by Yemeni security forces. The embassy’s entire staff, sensitive to impending danger, had been safely evacuated hours beforehand, and Yemeni leaders apologized to President Obama for the mayhem..."
Read more: New York Times

"...A detachment of Marines typically guards the interior of U.S. embassies and consulates, but none was at the State Department compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday when protesters breached the security perimeter resulting in the killing of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
Marine security detachments teams at embassies and consulates typically include a minimum of six Marines. Pentagon Press Secretary George Little confirmed Thursday that there were Marines guarding the embassy in Libya’s capitol Tripoli. He also said there were also Marines in place at embassies in Yemen, Tunisia and Egypt — other countries that underwent revolutions last year..."
Read more: Washington Times

"...Libya's deputy interior minister, Wanis el-Sharef, said the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens Tuesday night was orchestrated by men who raided a safe house in the compound just as U.S. and Libyan security arrived to evacuate the staff, suggesting infiltrators within the security forces may have tipped off the militants to the location of the safe house. His is the most detailed account to date.
Read more: Newsmax

"...Violent protests in Libya that claimed the life of the U.S. ambassador were the result of President Obama’s decision to intervene in the Libyan revolt without a “deep appreciation” for what would follow, former CIA Director Michael Hayden tells Newsmax.
Hayden, a former four-star Air Force general, was appointed CIA director by President George W. Bush in 2006 and served until 2009.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV on Wednesday, Hayden discusses the events in Libya: “I’m reminded of Secretary of State Powell’s comments about Iraq going back almost a decade — the Pottery Barn theory that if you break it you own it..."
Read more: Newsmax

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