The attack on the US Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi is still being investigated, but a reportedly key suspect in the attack, a man identified only as Karim al-Azizi, has been slain today after a multi-hour gunbattle in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo.
Azizi reportedly barricaded himself into his apartment when Egyptian forces attempted to arrest him, and exchanged gunfire with them for several hours before trying to throw a bomb out of his apartment at the police. The building caught fire when his throw missed, and his charred body was found inside. Other residents were evacuated and there is no indication anyone else was killed.
Officials say they found 17 additional bombs, four rocket-propelled grenades, and a large amount of automatic weapon ammunition in his apartment. They provided no additional details as to why he was a suspect in the first place or what his role in the attack, which killed US Ambassador Chris Stevens, may have been.
Another suspect related to the case is current in custody in Tunis, as the lawyer of the man, who has been identified as Ali Harzi, was being held in a jail on “terrorism” charges. Tunisian officials confirmed that Harzi is in custody.
Indications are that Harzi was one of the two Tunisians arrested earlier this month in Istanbul, Turkey and that they had been transferred to Tunisia about a week later. Harzi’s lawyer insisted he was a scapegoat that the Tunisian government was using to satisfy the US.
Little is known about Harzi, but US officials claim he has links to unspecified terrorist organizations. Harzi apparently posted information regarding the attack online shortly thereafter, and was trying to sneak into Syria after his flight to Turkey, likely hoping to blend into the various Sunni rebel groups fighting in that country’s civil war.
This new 'development'' is even more bizarre than the "story" about the YouTube video allegedly causing ~ 200, by some 'accounts', armed militants to spontaneously gather and storm the US consulate in Benghazi…following-up with an attack on the so-called 'secret' US "safe house" later that night….
So……this new "development" now is:
One of the ~200, by some accounts, armed militants–which allegedly gathered together spontaneously and stormed the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012–This guy allegedly 'just so happened' to be staying in an apartment in Cairo Egypt while, according to the BBC article linked, he was: "trying to make his way to the Sinai peninsula, which has become a magnet for militants from across the region"
While apparently temporarily stationed at this Cairo apartment on the way to the Sinai, Egyptian officials allegedly were luckily able to 'corner' this Benghazi bomber suspect in his Cairo apartment–a man only known as "Hazem" at this point….
The cornered, "Hazem", according to BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo, allegedly "threw a bomb at the security forces, but it bounced back into the flat" –therefore, I assume "Hazem's" burned corpse is all that remains???
Well…all I have to say is: 'problem solved' and ''case closed'…
I am, however, still a little 'unclear' as to whether the reported 10s of thousands of alleged "POWs" along with other associated alleged "criminals", still remain detained in new "free" Libya–held without trial–held in many cases because of the color of their skin and/or immigration status…still held after being "liberated" from Gaddafi….despite the fact "War" is allegedly "over" and everyone has been "freed"…but I guess that's an 'entirely' separate "issue" altogether…
Mission accomplished…"Forward" to Dayton…
"… –therefore, I assume "Hazem's" burned corpse is all that remains??? …"
And don't forget that all those "…17 additional bombs, four rocket-propelled grenades, and a large amount of automatic weapon ammunition…" that DIDN'T succumb to the conflagration that supposedly consumed the apartment…and left only the charred remains of one Hazem!! What a stroke of Providence that the entire apartment building didn't explode…I wonder if they found the missing yellow cake there also…
There's an odor of rollmops in all this.
To-day the US media is all a-jiggle with news that "facebook" postings and "Twitter" intercepts were being passed along to the White House by the security team while the attacks were in progress. Within minutes the militia responsible identified and, obviously, the account owners now tracked and 'arrested'.
Begs the question about the security team, the severity of 'attack they were under' and how they 'lost' their ambassador.
Bill Clinton ‘Urging’ Hillary to Release Benghazi Documents That Would ‘Exonerate’ Her, Destroy Obama’s Re-Election Hopes
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered additional security for the U.S. mission in Benghazi ahead of the terrorist attack but the orders were never carried out, according to “legal counsel” to Clinton who spoke to best-selling author Ed Klein.
Those same sources also say former President Bill Clinton has been “urging” his wife to release official State Department documents that prove she called for additional security at the compound in Libya, which would almost certainly result in President Obama losing the election.
Appearing on TheBlazeTV’s “Wilkow!” on Wednesday night, Klein told host Andrew Wilkow that Bill and Hillary Clinton have been having “big fights” for “two or three weeks” about the issue, according to his two sources on Clinton’s legal counsel.
While Bill Clinton wishes his wife would “exonerate” herself by releasing the documents that show she wasn’t at fault for the tragic security failure in Libya, the secretary of state refuses to do so because she doesn’t want to be viewed as a traitor to the Democratic party.
On Glenn Beck’s radio show earlier on Wednesday, Klein said his information comes from two “very good” sources.
Wilkow pointed out the obvious, that the Obamas and the Clintons have a “very behind the scenes, tense relationship” — to put it lightly.
“I said to you last night, and I think I stand corrected, that it seemed like Obama out-Clintoned the Clintons,” Wilkow said. “But Clinton seems to have gone along with all of this because he knew that Hillary would be exonerated in the end.”
He then asked Klein whether he thought Clinton would resign over the Libya scandal and expose the truth.
“No,” the author said immediately. “I can’t imagine that she would resign. It would bring down the entire administration. [Obama] would lose the election and she would be essentially blamed by the left-wing base of the party.”
“She will not be tarred with the blame for bringing down this administration,” Klein added.
In an exclusive interview with TheBlaze, Klein confirmed that Bill and Hillary Clinton have been engaging in “heated discussions” where the former president has urged his wife to “release the documents that would exonerate her.”
He reiterated that Clinton has refused to do so because she fears she would look like a “Judas,” or a traitor, in the administration and it might hurt her chances for a presidential nomination in 2016.
If the claims turn out to be true and Clinton did suggest more security be sent to Benghazi, it is appropriate to ask: why didn’t it happen?
Klein said Clinton’s request for beefed up security would have to go through CIA special ops and or the Pentagon.
“But none of that would happen with the National Security advisor to the president of the United States Tom Donnellan going to the president and saying, ‘We want to send reinforcements to Libya because our ambassador is in jeopardy,’” Klein explained.
Ultimately, he indicated the ultimate authority would have been President Obama.
Wilkow and Klein also discussed what role Obama’s closest advisor, Valerie Jarrett, played in the Benghazi cover-up.
By Obama’s own admission, Klein said, the president never makes a big decision without first consulting with Jarrett.
“We have to assume that Valerie Jarrett, who is also by the way hooked into the Chicago campaign…that she was part of this cover-up in the White House.”
He continued: “The CIA got cables, the Department of Defense got cables, the NSA got cables during the attack on Benghazi, in addition to the emails that have since been made public. We know that there are cables that we haven’t seen yet, confirming the State Department cables that this was an al-Qaeda linked attack.”
These new revelations, following Tuesday night’s explosive report that 300 to 400 national security officials received emails detailing the Benghazi terrorist attack as it was happening, raise fresh questions about the truth behind the Benghazi attack.
The emails revealed that the Libyan radical Islamic group Ansar al-Sharia claimed responsibility for the attack just two hours after it began. White House officials told CBS News that an unmanned Predator drone was sent over the U.S. mission in Libya, providing Washington with a live feed to the chaos that unfolded.
No muss, no fuss. "Full report" to follow I'm sure.