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The 2012 Benghazi attack took place on the evening of September 11, 2012, when Islamic militants attacked the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith. Stevens was the first U.S. Ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979. The attack has also been referred to as the Battle of Benghazi.
Several hours later, a second assault targeted a different compound about one mile away, killing CIA contractors Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty. Ten others were also injured in the attacks.
Many Libyans condemned the attacks and praised the late ambassador. They staged public demonstrations condemning the militias (formed during the 2011 civil war to oppose leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi) that were suspected of the attacks.
The United States immediately increased security worldwide at diplomatic and military facilities and began investigating the Benghazi attack. In the aftermath of the attack, State Department officials were criticized for denying requests for additional security at the consulate prior to the attack. In her role as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton subsequently took responsibility for the security lapses.
Benghazi /bɛnˈɡɑːzi/ (Arabic: بنغازي Banghāzī) is the second largest city in Libya, the largest city in the region of Barqah, and the former joint capital of Libya. In 2014, the city became Libya's constitutionally de facto legislative capital, although the country's parliament, the Majlis al Nuwwab, convened in Tobruk as of Summer 2014 because of poor security in Benghazi. Benghazi's wider metropolitan area (which includes the southern towns of Gimeenis and Suluq) is also a district of Libya. The port city is located on the Mediterranean Sea.
During the Kingdom era of Libya's history, Benghazi enjoyed a joint-capital status (alongside Tripoli), possibly because the King used to reside in the nearby city of Bayda and the Senussis (royal family) in general were associated with Cyrenaica rather than Tripolitania. The city was also provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. Benghazi continues to hold institutions and organizations normally associated with a national capital city, such as the country's parliament, national library, and the headquarters of Libyan Airlines, the national airline, and of the National Oil Corporation. This creates a constant atmosphere of rivalry and sensitivities between Benghazi and Tripoli, and by extension between the two regions (Cyrenaica and Tripolitania). The population of the entire district was 500,120 in the 1995 census and had increased to 670,797 in the 2006 census.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and former United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. She is the wife of the 42nd President of the United States William "Bill" Jefferson Clinton, and was First Lady of the United States during his tenure from 1993 to 2001. She served under current President Barack Obama as the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013. She is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election.
A native of the Chicago area, Hillary Rodham graduated from Wellesley College in 1969, where she became the first student commencement speaker. She went on to earn her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973. After a stint as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas, marrying Bill Clinton in 1975. She co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977, became the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978, and was named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979. While First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and 1983 to 1992, she led a task force that reformed Arkansas' public school system, and served on the board of directors of Wal-Mart among other corporations.
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September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year.
It is usually the first day of the year in the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).
CNN's Erin Burnett takes us through the night four Americans lost their lives in an terror attack in Benghazi, Libya. More from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/
Let's start with what actually happened on September 11, 2012. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On September 11, 2012, a partially armed group of men stormed a US diplomatic outpost in the Libyan city of Benghazi. At the time, it was not clear who they were or why they'd attacked. But by the time the attack was over, four Americans, including US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, had been killed. The attack ended by the early hours of September 12. But it has echoed in Washington ever since. The controversy has centered on Republican accusations that the Obama administration did not take heed of intelligence warnings before the attack, that during the attack it refused to call in available military support, and that after the attack it deliberately covered up what h...
Who Is Hillary Clinton? http://testu.be/1K9BsYK Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Hillary Clinton's presidential run is raising more questions about the attack that killed US diplomats in 2012. So is she to blame for what happened in Benghazi? Learn More: Hillary Clinton Responds To Benghazi Questions By Defending Libya Intervention, Diplomacy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/benghazi-dem-debate_561db1c3e4b050c6c4a35cbb "Clinton began, not by addressing the Benghazi attack and her management of it, but by defending the invasion itself." Hillary Clinton Opens Up: Could She Have Done More in Benghazi? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-opens-benghazi/story?id=24036594 "I'm not equipped to sit and look at blueprints, to determine where the blast walls need to be or wher...
This is newsworthy raw footage video added to the 2012 non-partisan political coverage of our channel. CAUTION This video contains GRAPHIC content. This video was uploaded by a YouTube user in an Arabic language portion of the site claiming it was authentic raw footage of United States Ambassador Chris Stevens - victim of the 9/11/2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya. In the attack, Ambassador Stevens and three others were killed in an apparently coordinated attack on the U.S. consulate and a safe house. The video purports to show the body of Amb. Stevens being dragged on the ground by the gathered men, amid celebratory cheers. This video is newsworthy to the Presidential campaign because, if true, it apparently contradicts the statements made by President Obama's campaign, and by hi...
Hannity played a portion of the video that depots Ambassador Stevens' body being found by looters and then being dragged through the streets.
Fox News crew Richard Bowring (camera) and John Hansen (audio) traveled to Omaha, Nebraska to cover the story of Kris Paronto, survivor of the terrorist attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.
On September 11, 2012, the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya was attacked by men heavily armed with rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades, various small arms (possibly AK-47 and FN F2000 NATO assault rifles), gun trucks, diesel canisters, and mortars. A sustained gunbattle lasted nearly 5 hours in two separate locations. Killed in the attack were United States Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other members of his diplomatic mission: Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and private security employees and former U.S. Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods; two other Americans were injured. The attack damaged the main consulate building and also the surrounding buildings in the compound, including the annex.
The controversy surrounding the tragic attack in Benghazi has come to be a pivotal point in American politics, and also in the history of Libya. After eight congressional committee investigations it appears more and more like the continued investigation is far more about politics than it is about policy. ---- Subscribe to our newsletter! http://nerdfighteria.com/newsletter/ And join the community at http://nerdfighteria.com http://effyeahnerdfighters.com Help transcribe videos - http://nerdfighteria.info John's twitter - http://twitter.com/johngreen John's tumblr - http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com Hank's twitter - http://twitter.com/hankgreen Hank's tumblr - http://edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com
Obama immediately after giving a press statement in the Rose Garden on September 12, 2012, left for a trip to Las Vegas to give campaign speeches. After a few days of travelling, he returned to New York where he went on a taping for the TV show "The View", gave a speech at the UN, and also appeared on David Letterman on September 18, 2012. Letterman asked Obama: "The ambassador to Libya killed in an attack on the consulate in Benghazi. Is this an act of war? Are we at war now? What happens here?" Obama responded: "No. Well, here's what happened: You had a video that was released by somebody who lives here, sort of a shadowy character, who, an extremely offensive video directed at Mohammad and Islam— Letterman: "--making fun of the Prophet Mohammad." Obama: "--making fun of the Prop...
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Thursday subpoenaed Secretary of State John Kerry. The California Republican wants Kerry to soon testify on the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks. The Congressman told the Beltway newspaper Politico that "slippery tactics" will not dampen the committee's investigation into the State Department's role in responding to the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. In a statement, Congressman Issa noted: "Absent an assertion of executive privilege, the State Department has a legal obligation to fully and completely comply." Issa initially issued a subpoena for Kerry to testify on May 21st—a day Secretary Kerry planned to be in Mexico. A new subpoena compels Kerry to testify on May 29th. Issa said he lifted the May 21st subpoena beca...
Libyan police and security officials carried out vehicle searches in Benghazi on Thursday as part of heightened security in the wake of the attack on the city's US consulate. National Security Officer Mohamed Ibrahim said security had been tightened across Libya after the attack, particularly in Benghazi. US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other embassy employees were killed during the attack on the consulate. The crowd of attackers were thought to have been provoked by an anti-Muslim film made in the US that denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad. However, US officials suspect the Libya assault may have been a planned operation rather than a spontaneous mob attack. While protesters in other countries were unarmed, a crowd with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades overwhelmed t...
The city of Benghazi in Libya has been at the centre of months of violence in the country. Benghazi now remains in ruins and is almost a ghost town, many people having left due to the conflict between two rival governments. Here is CCTV's Leslie Mirungu with more on this story
From director Michael Bay, 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI is the gripping true story of six elite ex-military operators assigned to protect the CIA who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right. Based on the nonfiction book 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi by New York Times bestselling author Mitchell Zuckoff and Members of the Annex Security Team.
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Militiamen attacked Libya's interim Parliament, and the violence spread across Tripoli. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports. Would you like to know more? Turmoil in Libya: Fighting sweeps across Tripoli following violence in Benghazi (CNN, May 18, 2014) http://cnn.it/1kg91j7 "Fierce fighting swept across the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday, a short time after armed men stormed the country's interim parliament. The violence appeared to be some of the worst since the 2011 revolution that ousted longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. At least two people were killed and 66 were injured, according to the Health Ministry. Residents of Tripoli rushed home Sunday evening. One Libyan who spoke to CNN reported seeing shop owners quickly closing up. State media LANA reported that lawmakers had already...
Relieved residents have been celebrating in Benghazi after Islamist militants were forced out of parts of the eastern Libyan city by forces loyal to the internationally recognised government. The victory for supporters of military commander Khalifa Haftar, a leading figure in the 2011 revolution, comes despite fears over ISIL's expanded presence in Libya, exploiting the security vacuum left when Colonel Gaddafi was toppled. Benghazi has seen some of the worst violence in the conflict that has … READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2016/02/24/libya-islamist-fighters-are-pushed-back-in-benghazi What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.yout...
VICE Founder Shane Smith takes you into the heart of the Libyan revolution, where the stakes are simple: victory or death. We head into rebel-controlled eastern Libya, traveling from the Egyptian border to Benghazi and then onto the front lines in Misrata to document the violent revolution. Hosted by Shane Smith | Originally aired in 2011 on http://VICE.com More from Shane Smith: http://www.vice.com/author/shane-smith Follow Shane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shanesmith30 Watch "Female Fighters of Kurdistan" here: http://bit.ly/Female-Fighters-1 Subscribe for videos that are actually good: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/user/vice/videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vic...
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