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American valor, Benghazi Lybia:

Faster horses

Well-known member
Warning!! This came in an email. It is signed and I tried to confirm it
with snopes, but they didn't know anything about it. So read on only
if you want to read an email that I thought was too good not to share!



AMERICAN VALOR, BENGHAZI, LYBIA:

The stunning part of this story is that Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty killed 60 of the attacking force. Once the compound was overrun, the attackers were incensed to discover that just two men had inflicted so much death and destruction.

The news has been full of the attacks on our embassies throughout the Muslim world, and in particular, the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others in Benghazi, Libya.

However, there’s a little known story of incredible bravery, heroics, and courage that should be the top story.

So what actually happened at the U.S. embassy in Libya? We are learning more about this every day. Ambassador Stevens and Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, along with administrative staff, were working out of temporary quarters due to the fact that in the spring of 2011 during the so-called Arab Spring, the United States cut ties with then president Moammar Gadhafi. Our embassy was looted and ransacked, causing it to be unusable. It is still in a state of disrepair.

Security for embassies and their personnel is to be provided by the host nation. Since Libya has gone through a civil war of sorts in the past 18 months, the current government is very unstable, and therefore, unreliable

A well-organized attack by radical Muslims was planned specifically targeting the temporary U.S. embassy building. The Libyan security force that was in place to protect our people deserted their post, or joined the attacking force. Either way, our people were in a real fix. And it should be noted that Ambassador Stevens had mentioned on more than one occasion to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that he was quite concerned for his personal safety and the welfare of his people. It is thought that Ambassador Stevens was on a “hit list.”

A short distance from the American compound, two Americans were sleeping. They were in Libya as independent contractors working an assignment totally unrelated to our embassy. They also happened to be former Navy Seal’s.

When they heard the noise coming from the attack on our embassy, as you would expect from highly trained warriors, they ran to the fight. Apparently, they had no weapons, but seeing the Libyan guards dropping their guns in their haste in fleeing the scene, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty snatched up several of these discarded weapons and prepared to defend the American compound.

Not knowing exactly what was taking place, the two Seal’s set up a defensive perimeter. Unfortunately Ambassador Stevens was already gravely injured, and Foreign Service officer, Sean Smith, was dead. However, due to their quick action and suppressive fire, twenty administrative personnel in the embassy were able to escape to safety. Eventually, these two courageous men were overwhelmed by the sheer numbers brought against them, an enemy force numbering between 100 to 200 attackers which came in two waves. But the stunning part of the story is that Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty killed 60 of the attacking force. Once the compound was overrun, the attackers were incensed to discover that just two men had inflicted so much death and destruction.

As it became apparent to these selfless heroes, they were definitely going to lose their lives unless some reinforcements showed up in a hurry. As we know now, that was not to be. I’m fairly certain they knew they were going to die in this gun fight, but not before they took a whole lot of bad guys with them!

Consider these tenets of the Navy SEAL Code:
1) Loyalty to Country, Team and Teammate,
2) Serve with Honor and Integrity On and Off the Battlefield,
3) Ready to Lead, Ready to Follow, Never Quit,
4) Take responsibility for your actions and the actions of your teammates,
5) Excel as Warriors through Discipline and Innovation,
6) Train for War, Fight to Win, Defeat our Nation’s Enemies, and...
7) Earn your Trident every day
(http://www.navyseals.com/seal-code-warrior-creed).
Thank you, Tyrone and Glen. To the very last breath, you both lived up to the SEAL Code. You served all of us well. You were courageous in the face of certain death.
And Tyrone, even though you never got to hold your newborn son, he will grow up knowing the character and quality of his father, a man among men who sacrificed himself defending others.
Dr. Charles R. Roots
Senior Pastor
Former Staff Sergeant,
USMC Captain,
U. S. Navy Chaplain Corps (Ret.)
This should be passed on
and on and on.
NO TRUE AMERICAN WOULD OBJECT TO RECEIVING THIS MORE THAN ONCE ... SO PASS IT ON
And Let us never forget the Hillary Clinton Comment
“What Difference Does It Make
 

Steve

Well-known member
while i would not doubt the seals inflicted serious casualties against the terrorists,.. and probably saved the lives those in the annex.. the story is inconsistent with the know facts..

here is the source of the email..
http://rootsinripon.blogspot.com/2012/09/courageous.html

not sure about why it differs so much from the official accounts.. but until someone who was there speaks out,.. we will never know..

below is what is considered an accurate account..

Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods was part of a small team who was at the CIA annex about a mile from the attack on the Benghazi mission. When he and others heard the shots fired, they informed their higher-ups at the annex to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to “stand down,” according to sources familiar with the exchange. Soon after, they were again told to “stand down.”

According to Fox News, Woods and at least two others ignored those orders and made their way to the consulate which at that point was on fire. Shots were exchanged. The rescue team from the CIA annex evacuated those who remained at the consulate and Sean Smith, who had been killed in the initial attack.About 16 Libyan militiamen accompany them. They attempt to secure a perimeter around Stevens’ building and take turns going inside. The TOC agent who has been manning the phones joins his colleagues outside of Building C. All the agents at this point are suffering from smoke inhalation. The agent that had been in the building originally with the Ambassador is very, very severely impacted, the others somewhat less so, but they can’t go back in. The remaining agent, the one that had come from the TOC, freshest set of lungs, goes into the building himself, though he is advised not to, as do some members of the quick reaction security team.

The agent makes a couple of attempts to find Stevens but cannot proceed. He takes his shirt off and dips it in the nearby swimming pool and wraps it around his head, goes in one last time, but still can’t find the Ambassador. Nobody is able to find the Ambassador.

Taking fire, the Libyan forces determine they can’t hold the perimeter. A decision is made to evacuate the compound and return with everyone to the reaction force’s compound. Agents pile into an armored vehicle with Smith’s body and leave through the main gate. They face immediate fire. Crowds and groups of men block two different routes to the security compound. Heavy traffic means they are traveling only about 15 mph and trying not to attract attention. On a narrow street they reach a group of men who signal for them to enter a compound. They sense an attack and speed away, taking heavy fire from AK-47 machine guns at a distance of only two feet and hand grenades thrown against and under the car. Two tires are blown out.
They speed past another crowd of men and onto a main street and across a grassy median into opposing traffic. The agents drive against traffic, eventually reaching their compound at around midnight

Tyrone Woods was joined at the scene by fellow former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty, who was sent in from Tripoli as part of a Global Response Staff or GRS that provides security to CIA case officers and provides countersurveillance and surveillance protection. Woods, Doherty and at least two others were based at the CIA annex and were protecting CIA operators who were part of a mission to track and repurchase arms in Benghazi that had proliferated in the wake of Muammar Qaddafi’s fall. Part of their mission was to find the more than 20,000 missing MANPADS, or shoulder-held missiles capable of bringing down a commercial aircraft. According to a source on the ground at the time of the attack, the team inside the CIA annex had captured three Libyan attackers and was forced to hand them over to the Libyans. U.S. officials do not know what happened to those three attackers and whether they were released by the Libyan forces.

The Quick Reaction Force arrived from Tripoli at the Benghazi airport at 2 a.m. (four hours after the initial attack on the consulate) and was delayed for 45 minutes at the airport because they could not get transportation, allegedly due to confusion among Libyan militias who were supposed to escort them to the annex. A motorcade of dozens of Libyan vehicles, some mounted with 50 caliber machine guns, belonging to the February 17th Brigades, a Libyan militia which is friendly to the U.S., finally showed up at the CIA annex at approximately 3 a.m.

The team gets into firing positions around the CIA Annex and on the roof. They take more gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades intermittently for several hours. They call again for military support. The request is denied. According those present, there were no communications problems at the annex – the team was in constant radio contact with their headquarters.

Attack on CIA annex

Around 4 a.m. The attack started after the GRS arrived., just as they were assembling to be taken to the airport, gunfire erupted, followed by the thunderous blasts of falling mortar rounds. The attackers had lain in wait, silently observing as the rescuers, including eight State Department civilians who had just landed at the airport in Benghazi, arrived in large convoys. This second attack was shorter in duration than the first, but more complex and sophisticated. It was described as ambush. The attack lasts about five minutes.

At least one member of the team was on the roof of the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA Annex. According to Fox News, the security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours — enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive. Fox News also learned that two separate Tier One Special operations forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators.

At 4 a.am Woods and Doherty were killed just outside the villa’s front gate by a mortar round that struck the roof of the building, where the Americans had scrambled for cover.

There is no question Woods and Doherty are Heros..

but only someone who was there would be able to verify this email..
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
Thanks for your research, Steve. I had no idea how to find out if it was
true. Glad that I stated it was an e-mail.

One thing I don't understand, why haven't we heard something from the
families of those who died there? I think Sean Smith's family was the
only one interviewed by a news reporter. Am I wrong?
 

Steve

Well-known member
Mother Of Slain Diplomat In Benghazi Speaks Out About Being Lied To

For some reason, the mother of Sean Smith is not receiving as much attention. Smith’s mother is upset with President Obama, Joe Biden and Susan Rice for lying to her about what happened to her son.

She said they told her he died of smoke inhalation, but then she sees bloody hand prints in the media. They told her the attack happened because of some video, when we’ve known all along that’s not the case.

“They haven’t told me anything, they’re still studying it. And what they have told me are just outright lies.”

All this woman wants is the truth about what happened to her son. Is that too much to ask?



Mother of Victim Speaks out as Obama Says Benghazi Deaths Not OPTIMAL

One mother is furious. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Pat Smith, whose son Sean was killed in the Benghazi attack said, "My son is not very optimal - he is also very dead."

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline today, Pat Smith, whose son Sean died in the raid, said: 'It was a disrespectful thing to say and I don't think it's right.

'How can you say somebody being killed is not very optimal? I don't think the President has the right idea of the English language.'

Speaking from her home in San Diego, Mrs Smith, 72, continued: 'It's insensitive to say my son is not very optimal - he is also very dead. I've not been "optimal" since he died and the past few weeks have been pure hell.

'I am still waiting for the truth to come out and I still want to know the truth. I'm finally starting to get some answers but I won't give up.'

This is the president of the United States, and he can't seem to understand what terror is all about and what being the commander-in-chief is all about. For him, it's on to the next interview and fundraiser. Tragic.

it was to close to the election.. The families stories and views didn't fit the presidents narrative.. so the left press didn't report on it..
 

Tam

Well-known member
Faster horses said:
Thanks for your research, Steve. I had no idea how to find out if it was
true. Glad that I stated it was an e-mail.

One thing I don't understand, why haven't we heard something from the
families of those who died there? I think Sean Smith's family was the
only one interviewed by a news reporter. Am I wrong?

I saw interviews with two of the parents If I remember right Wood's dad was on Fox as was Smith's mother. I just saw Mrs. Smith on again the other day saying she has yet to get any answers to why or how her son died. She is not a happy camper with the Obama Administration.
 

Steve

Well-known member
habnut said:
I thought Hillary had this all sorted out? What difference does it make?

that depends..

if you are a liberal,.. then the agenda often means more then a few lives..
and social justice outweighs blind justice. so really what happened doesn't matter and finding out who or why will make no difference..



but for many conservatives.. truth and justice are important..
and we want to know why so we can work to prevent it..
so the facts make all the difference in the world..
 

habnut

Well-known member
I agree with you Steve...The media just refuses to expose any dirt on any liberals. There always seems to be a new "crisis" that can be used as a distraction. I believe the truth about what really happened will never be allowed to see the light of day, and I believe that to be the biggest crime of all.
 

Steve

Well-known member
House investigators talking to new Benghazi whistleblowers

CBS News has learned that multiple new whistleblowers are privately speaking to investigators with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee regarding the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya.

The nature of the communications with the whistleblowers and their identities are not being made public at this time. But in response, the Oversight Committee yesterday sent letters to the three federal agencies involved: the CIA, the Defense Department and the State Department.

What stories do these new witnesses have to tell? Apparently nothing too complimentary. Otherwise, Oversight Chair Darrell Issa probably wouldn’t need to remind the CIA to refrain from retaliation against these whistleblowers — or warn the agency to get their lawyers on standby


Issa to CIA: Get your lawyers ready on Benghazi

“During the course of the investigation, numerous individuals have approached the committee with information related to the attack,” wrote Issa in the letters, which were obtained by The Hill.

He asked agencies to provide details on how to grant outside attorneys the security clearances necessary for them to adequately represent employees discussing classified matters with congressional investigators.

“Some witnesses may be required to retain personal counsel to represent them before the committee and in the event the agency subsequently retaliates against them for cooperating with the committee’s investigation,” he said.

“Additional witnesses may be compelled by subpoena to give testimony to the committee and can be reasonably expected to retain personal counsel at that time.”

it looks like a few are now speaking out...

lets hope the truth comes out and doesn't get buried again...
 

Tam

Well-known member
habnut said:
I agree with you Steve...The media just refuses to expose any dirt on any liberals. There always seems to be a new "crisis" that can be used as a distraction. I believe the truth about what really happened will never be allowed to see the light of day, and I believe that to be the biggest crime of all.


I hope if Hillary decides to run in 2016 for President her opponent is smart enough to dig up this 35 second You tube video, and runs it continuously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR3XTOjZPfg

What difference does it make :shock:

THE DIFFERENCE IS SHE LIED FOR WEEKS TO THE WORLD ABOUT A TERRORIST ATTACK THAT HAPPEN UNDER HER AND OBAMA'S WATCH. PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE HER DEPARTMENT DENIED THE AMBASSADOR THE SECURITY HE REQUESTED IN A VERY DANGEROUS TERRORIST RIDDEN COUNTRY. THE ONLY THING THAT COULD MAKE THIS WORSE WAS THEY WATCHED THE ATTACK FROM THE SAFETY OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND DID NOTHING TO SEND HELP. SHE PROMISED HER DEPARTMENT WOULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPEN AND THE ONLY ONE PAYING FOR IT IS THE GUY THAT MADE THE VIDEO THAT SHE AND OBAMA TRIED TO BLAME FOR THE VIOLENCE. :x

She is a political whore that will do anything INCLUDING LIE to further her chances at the presidency and she needs to pay with her political career for her lack of caring and respect for those that she was in charge of protecting. She dis-respected the victims, their families and the American public with her lying. Anyone thinking about voting for her needs to remember just how little respect the Clintons had for the Oval Office when Bill used it as his own little brothel and Hillary turned a blind eye to his actions so she could further her own political agenda. :mad:
 
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