The US ambassador to Libya is one of four Americans killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, puncturing the Obama administration’s propaganda about bringing a new democratic ally to power in Libya.
Armed men stormed the US diplomatic building overnight, shooting at buildings and throwing handmade bombs into the consulate, supposedly angry about a US-produced comedy film they think insulted the Prophet Muhammad. The same video was said to be the impetus for scores of Egyptians storming the US Embassy in Cairo Tuesday night.
Some reports say Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and the other Americans died being suffocated, possibly from the smoke-filled building that was lit on fire by the attackers, while other reports say they died from rockets being fired at the US consulate.
This marks the first US Ambassador killed since 1979, and Obama has ordered heightened security at many other US diplomatic buildings in the region. The President also called in the Air Force to pick up and fly out other surviving US diplomatic employees. US Marines have been deployed to Libya to guard American diplomatic buildings.
The US imposed regime change in Libya last year through NATO airstrikes following protests against the regime of Muammar Gadhafi. The US and its NATO allies claimed they were bringing democracy to Libya, but many of the militias they supported to help overthrow Gadhafi were criminal gangs, many of whom are religious extremists.
Libya’s interim leader, Mohammed Magarief, formally apologized to the US over the killings, which he called “cowardly criminal acts.” But the likely culprits are exactly the type of armed thugs the US termed freedom fighters a matter of months ago.
And the same ones that we are now importing from Libya to Syria, criminal gangs that can be payed small change to fight anywhere. And religious extremists that one can collect anywhere that would work for free. I have no idea what makes us think that destroying all law and enforcement in one country brings "democracy". From Libya to Syria — day in and day out, our "freedom fighters" show what they are all about, killing civilians in the most gruesome manner. All we say is that they are committing "extrajudicial killings". Hopefully, nobody is buying this film nonsense. That is only the spark, but the causes of the conflagraton we have seeded. Now, we are going to put our children, the marines, in harm's way to defend a dumb foreign policy. Brilliant. Why not blame British, French, and ask that they send in their kids to Libya? After all, they insisted on creating this "new" Libya, with our pushing them in the back?
It will take a whole lots more then some marines to restore Libya. The troubles have only strarted.
If only someone had warned America that they were backing Islamists in Libya.
Oh right, they were warned – by everyone with a working pair of eyes.
Mr. Bacile is a piece of work. He's not viral, he's bacterial. Like the plague. How easy it is to manipulate politics in the GWOT world, and how partisan you can be. Knowing what the reaction would be in the volatile region, Bacile and his backers not only made an outrageous film, but they seemed to have made sure it was translated into language that would be understood word for word in the Arab world. Knowing as Reverend Jones knew what the burning of a Koran could accomplish, they did likewise. And for what? Of course to get American troops where they want them in time for the election and perhaps even for the hit on Iran or to better implicate Iranians on a hit on the troops. It's not even covert anymore.
These are the "freedom" fighters whom were supported by Sarkozi, David Cameron and US. They were told that: "they called you rats but you were fighting (Gaddafi) like a lion and now you are free". Thats exactly what is happening in Syria, by giving these people the HOPE of freedom and democracy, not knowing who they are, they will turn their back on you sooner or later. In the other although tragic as it is, now US and NATO are in better situation to invade Libya and totally occupying it, which is in direction of the plan anyway, and in all this the Swedish government is going to be very happy, if NATO orders them to join in.
Unfortunately our policy-makers DO know who they are, believing they can contol them. But Islmicists believe in Jihad, the are happy to work with the US. to take control of Arab countries.
Since they wish to create a theocracy this is what you get.
But they intend to use them as a base to launch world Jihad and create the world Caliphate state.
time to build another Green Zone to protect our diplomats from the locals who love us so much
Freedom and democracy can be messy.
It is more than just a video. Remember, we the U.S.A. trashed their country recently. What else then should one expect? I'm sure there will be more to come.
'SUPPOSEDLY angry about a US-produced comedy film THEY THINK insulted the Prophet Muhammad?
More brilliant analysis from John Glaser. However wrong their reaction, they WERE angry, and the film – a juvenile piece of garbage – DEFINITELY insulted the Prophet. That was precisely its intention; it's not exactly a piece of art or a documentary.
Let's note at this point that the "producer" was a Chosen One…of course.
The producer was an Egyptian Coptic Christian living in California.
Ecuador embassy wasn't attacked, on the other hand, Ecuador is leader of the FREE World.
LOL! How's that for Karma? I'm willing to bet that this was done with Made in America weapons provided by the US during the uprising.
They came (with NATO weapons). They saw (Hillary's lackey). He died.
BLOWBACK a–holes!
While one may have little faith in their integrity and foreign policy judgment, as opposed to their domestic political skills, one hopes that before it is too late Clinton and the rest of the Administration have an epiphany and understand the consequences of their policies and actions and recognize the damage to the national interest that is being caused by their AIPAC supporters and campaign donors. The killing was tragic and terribly wrong, but those who have inflamed an understandably incendiary situation must take responsibility, and either change course or go far, far away.
Hillary Clinton's disgusting arrogance and lack of character, (and failure to understand the full implications of her Caesarian metaphor) when she was laughing and crowing with her female colleagues over Qaddafi's death with the words "we came, we saw, he died", was an example of the type of hubris that could only bring blowback. Ambassador Stevens who was tragically murdered was an example of a diplomat who was seriously trying to create a better environment for Libyans and apparently reported on improving conditions in that country. One is not surprised, however, where the West's invasion of Libya and overthrow of the regime was a war crime and Qaddafi's accomplishments in and benefits to Libya and Africa were largely unreported in the Western press but highly valued by so many in his country that benefitted from it (universal health care, free education, old age benefits; the largest water project in the world almost completed and available to solve the water and drought and famine crises of Libya's neighbors; oil revenues used for the benefit of Libya's citizens, subsequently stolen by the West and GCC; solar turbine projects planned to generate low cost energy that would be transmitted to Southern Europe; African solidarity and economic development to create independence for that continent; assertion of offshore EEZ rights- the list goes on) something might happen. And, with our mindless arming of Al Qaeda- Hillary is merely doing what her husband did with Al Qaeda to spread terror among the newly formed Central Asian Republics in the 1990's- we have only been asking for trouble.
Did you get that information from actually Libyans who lived under Qaddafi? Or from that stupid, false e-mail that went around, purporting to show how wonderful life was under Qaddafi? Just like how wonderful life is under Bashar and how much the Syrians love him…
And is life wonderful now? Is it even better? What do you defend? Your western masters? You seem Saudi or Qatari, the traitors who prefer the enemy from abroad than your own brethren.
This whole thing was orchestrated by the far-right Christians and Zionists in order to provoke Muslims. Now they are all too happy to stand back and point their crooked fingers, this time towards Libya and Egypt. The 19 terrorists who caused 9/11 were actually their greatest blessing.
This is what happens when you destroy a country's police and military. Any gang can take law in their hands and cause this kind of atrocity.