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More details emerge on U.S. ambassador's last momentsby Arwa Damon, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/15/world/meast/libya-diplomats-warning/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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The State Department has not released details about how Stevens died, though numerous media reports have said the ambassador was taken from the consulate to the Benghazi medical center by locals.
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He arrived at the hospital, according to the reports, unresponsive and covered in soot from the fire. A doctor was unable to revive him and declared him dead, the reports said.
According to one of the Libyan security guards who was stationed at one of the gates armed with only a radio, the assault began simultaneously from three directions.
Heavy machine guns and rocket -propelled grenades were used, according to the guard. He said masked men threatened to kill him at gunpoint for 'protecting the infidels. He declined to appear on camera for fear of repercussions.
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"More details emerge on U.S. ambassador's last moments" by Arwa Damon, CNN (Original Post)
applegrove
Sep 2012
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patrice
(47,992 posts)1. spontaneous?
applegrove
(118,658 posts)2. Yeah. It doesn't sound spontaneous to me either.
DV8R
(2 posts)3. of course it wasn't.
There is no spontaneity to 9/11 either. Blaming it on this was foolhardy. Even the locals and government officials there say it was planned over weeks.