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No wonder nothing about Benghazi in SOTU speech Obama gave:
[h=1]Judicial Watch: U.S. Military Tied Benghazi Attack to Al-Qaeda Allied Terrorists[/h]
by Edwin Mora
19 Feb 2015
Washington, DC
[h=2]WASHINGTON — The Obama administration was forced to release documents indicating that the U.S. military tied the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans to an al-Qaeda allied group that promoted the establishment of an “Islamic state” in Libya.[/h] Government watchdog Judicial Watch (JW) obtained 486 pages from the Pentagon through a federal court order in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit.
“Almost all of the documents had been previously classified as secret, and the Defense Department has redacted a large percentage of the material in order to protect ‘military plans and operations,’ ‘intelligence’ activities, and other exemptions,” notes JW.
The documents are just the latest confirmation that the Obama administration lied to the American people when officials claimed the September 11, 2012 attack against the U.S. consulate and other facilities in Benghazi, Libya was nothing more than the violent escalation of a protest by Muslims over a video.
“It is extraordinary that we had to wait for over two years and had to force the release of documents that provide the first glimpse into the military response to the terrorist attack in Benghazi,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “There is no doubt that the military considered this to be terrorist attack tied to a group allied with al Qaeda.”
“This lack of transparency is an insult to those in the military and other deployed U.S. government personnel whose morale has been decimated by the breach of trust caused by President Obama’s Benghazi lies and failures,” he later added.
Echoing the contents of the documents obtained by the watchdog, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence found that jihadists affiliated with al Qaeda were among the Benghazi attackers.
Although heavily redacted, the documents confirm that the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) drafted orders for a military response — Operation Jukebox Lotus — a day after the terrorist attack, specifically “to protect vital naval and national assets.”
http://www.breitbart.com/national-s...enghazi-attack-to-al-qaeda-allied-terrorists/
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[h=1]Judicial Watch: U.S. Military Tied Benghazi Attack to Al-Qaeda Allied Terrorists[/h]
by Edwin Mora
19 Feb 2015
Washington, DC
[h=2]WASHINGTON — The Obama administration was forced to release documents indicating that the U.S. military tied the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans to an al-Qaeda allied group that promoted the establishment of an “Islamic state” in Libya.[/h] Government watchdog Judicial Watch (JW) obtained 486 pages from the Pentagon through a federal court order in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit.
“Almost all of the documents had been previously classified as secret, and the Defense Department has redacted a large percentage of the material in order to protect ‘military plans and operations,’ ‘intelligence’ activities, and other exemptions,” notes JW.
The documents are just the latest confirmation that the Obama administration lied to the American people when officials claimed the September 11, 2012 attack against the U.S. consulate and other facilities in Benghazi, Libya was nothing more than the violent escalation of a protest by Muslims over a video.
“It is extraordinary that we had to wait for over two years and had to force the release of documents that provide the first glimpse into the military response to the terrorist attack in Benghazi,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “There is no doubt that the military considered this to be terrorist attack tied to a group allied with al Qaeda.”
“This lack of transparency is an insult to those in the military and other deployed U.S. government personnel whose morale has been decimated by the breach of trust caused by President Obama’s Benghazi lies and failures,” he later added.
Echoing the contents of the documents obtained by the watchdog, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence found that jihadists affiliated with al Qaeda were among the Benghazi attackers.
Although heavily redacted, the documents confirm that the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) drafted orders for a military response — Operation Jukebox Lotus — a day after the terrorist attack, specifically “to protect vital naval and national assets.”
http://www.breitbart.com/national-s...enghazi-attack-to-al-qaeda-allied-terrorists/
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