Did Libyan security forces assist the mob which murdered Amb. Stevens and the consulate workers?

[brentspeak]

From CBS News:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57511043/assault-on-u.s-consulate-in-benghazi-leaves-4-dead-including-u.s-ambassador-j-christopher-stevens/

Assault on U.S. consulate in Benghazi leaves 4 dead, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens

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Wanis al-Sharef, a Libyan Interior Ministry official in Benghazi, said the four Americans were killed when the angry mob, which gathered to protest a U.S.-made film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad, fired guns and burned down the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

He said Stevens, 52, and other officials were moved to a second building - deemed safer - after the initial wave of protests at the consulate compound. According to al-Sharef, members of the Libyan security team seem to have indicated to the protesters the building to which the American officials had been relocated, and that building then came under attack.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Not good if true.

[MrDiaz]

2. yes

they did and no its not good.

[David__77]

3. Fruits of the "Libyan Revolution."

The opposition against Gaddafi was always centered on Salafists full of enmity toward modernity and development. It is completely unsurprising that things like this would happen after facilitating their way to power.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. I just heard ...

from a reliable source (a family member of one of those that died) that the ambassador and the rest died from smoke inhalation.

Maybe that's splitting hairs; but they were not shot or beat to death, as has been reported.

[sabrina 1]

5. Very, very sad and tragic. Their families must be devastated.

Libya has not been safe for foreigners, or Africans or anyone else since the murder of Gadaffi and the take over by the radicals who were used to stop him from keeping Libya's oil under the control of Libya.

When you have to back what we used to call 'terrorists' to remove an African leader who was not willing to hand over Libya's oil to Western Global Oil Cartels, what can you expect? The violance against civilians there has not stopped and NATO has been nowhere to be found protecting them, as we were told was their mission there.

There really are no words to say that will ameliorate the grief of the loved ones of those who died.

[leveymg]

6. The problem is, there still is no functioning government in Libya.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/09/libyan-weapons-arming-regional-conflicts/

TRIPOLI, Sep 2 2012 (IPS) - In the aftermath of Libya’s revolution, Libyan fighters and weapons are flooding areas of conflict in neighbouring countries, according to local fighters and officials in several countries. Libya’s still heavily armed militias continue to sell their weapons on the black market directly to foreign militias from war-ridden countries, or to arms-dealers from third countries who then sell them on to warring factions, they say.

“All of the militias are involved in selling weapons. There is no law in Libya, still no functioning government, and the country’s security forces are too weak to control the situation, so selling weapons is regarded as legal by many of the rebels,” said Ridwan, a former rebel who fought with Tripoli’s Suq Al Jumma Katiba (brigades).

“Many of the fighters got greedy following the war and believe they are entitled to compensation for the sacrifices they made for their country as they believe the government has abandoned them,” Ridwan, who did not give his last name, told IPS.

“The guys sell an AK-47 on the black market for 1,000 Libyan dinars (800 dollars). An anti-aircraft gun mounted on the back of a pickup truck goes for between 8000-10,000 LD. Most of the weapons are smuggled to the borders, especially Turkey.”

Libyan Islamist fighters are also reported to have swollen the ranks of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in their fight against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s security forces. The presence of Islamic extremists in North Africa’s greater Sahel region, bordered by Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger, has contributed to destabilising the area.