Tyrone Woods: “Where The Fuck Is The Spectre” ?

 

Former SEALS walked without protection from annex to consulate and back:

Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty disobeyed orders to “stand down” they instead “walked” while under fire to the Annex compound. They walked there, approximately a half mile, retrieved the consulate employees, and walked them back to the Annex.   Woods and Doherty were not in an armored SUV as previously reported.   They were on Foot and they were taking fire while doing so. [snip

When Woods and Doherty safely secured the 20 to 30 employees back in the annex they took up positions on the roof, and Woods engaged communication traffic proclaiming “Where the fuck is the Spectre“, referencing the AC-130 Gunship he anticipated would be overhead by then.   Obviously it was never sent. (The Last Refuge)

 

SEALS not officially under military command argument:

 ...  If Woods and Doherty were “Ex-SEALS”. then they were not officially under military command (plausible deniability by our administration) similar to our pilots who flew for Air America in the Vietnam war. They would have been independent contractors working covertly for the CIA. I think our despicable administration will ultimately try to claim they were civilians and that the administration was under obligation to ask the Libyan Gov’t for permission to return fire and that permission was not given. (comment at The Last Refuge.,mooney1el October 28, 2012 at 5:30 pm)

That doesn't apply.  They were Americans, working for America.

 

BlackFive asks whether Barack HUSSEIN Obama is derelict, incompetent, or a liar.  I say he is all three.

 

Benghazi – Trail, Truth, and Treason…, (From Douglass J Hagman @CFP)

Most people know that we’ve been lied to about the attacks in Benghazi, but few realize the extent of those lies or the hidden secrets they cover. After all, the lie is different at every level. Thanks to a well placed source with extensive knowledge about the attack, the disturbing truth is slowly beginning to emerge and is lining up with information contained in my previous articles published here weeks ago (Here, Here and Here). The truth reveals the most serious situation in the world today as it involves the interests and destinies of us all. 

A mosaic of lies

According to the U.S. government, Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed during a spontaneous protest at the consulate office in Benghazi by a frenzied crowd of Muslims outraged over an obscure internet video. Recently released “sensitive but not classified e-mails” from Stevens to the U.S. Department of State painted a picture of poor security for U.S. personnel and the embassy, which was obviously true but had little to do with the events of September 11, 2012. The failure to dispatch an extraction team or otherwise rescue the men during a firefight that lasted upwards of nine grueling and tortuous hours was not the result of any intelligence failure, but caused by our unwillingness to widen the conflict and expose the nature and scale of our true mission in Benghazi.

Based on information provided by my source and corroborated elsewhere, the official account by administration officials is a mosaic of lies that were necessary to cover the unpalatable truth of covert actions taking place in Libya, Syria, Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. The primary objective of our covert actions was to secretly arm anti-Assad “rebels” in Syria by funneling arms from Libya to Syria via Turkey, with other destinations that included Jordan and Lebanon.  Regarding the threat to Stevens and the other murdered Americans, the truth will reformat the persistent question posed to government officials, from UN Ambassador Susan Rice to White House Spokesman Jay Carney and others from “how could you not have known” to “how could you have done these things?”

First, it is important to understand that Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Dougherty and Tyrone Woods were not killed at a consulate office in Benghazi—as there is not such office there. They died at one of the largest CIA operations centers in the Middle East, which was located in Benghazi and served as the logistics headquarters for arms and weapons being shipped out of the post-Qaddafi Libya.

Although the U.S. government insisted that Stevens was involved in securing and destroying the numerous caches of arms and weapons once under the control of Qaddafi, the operation was more complex than that. The visual accounts of weapons being destroyed were indeed real, but those weapons were not operational. The working weapons were actually separated and transported to holding facilities for their eventual use in Syria. Russia was fully aware of this operation and warned the U.S. not to engage in the destabilization of Syria, as doing so would endanger their national security interests. Deposing Assad, as despotic as he might be, and replacing him with a Muslim Brotherhood-led regime would likely lead to unrestrained Islamic chaos across the region.

The Turkish warning

According to my source, Ambassador Stevens was in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 to meet with his Turkish counterpart, who reportedly warned Stevens that the operation was compromised. They met in person so that Stevens could be shown overhead satellite images, taken by the Russians, of nefarious activities taking place in Turkey. But just what were these nefarious activities?

It is reasonable to suspect that these activities were more dire than just your average “gun running” operation. Since the overthrow of Qaddafi, it is estimated that upwards of 40 million tons of weapons and arms were shipped out of Libya to Syria. But it was also known inside intelligence circles that Qaddafi possessed chemical weapons in addition to numerous surface-to-air missiles. Could it be that Russia obtained unmistakable surveillance footage of the anti-Assad “rebels” being shown how to load chemical payloads onto missiles inside Turkey near the border of Syria? Weapons, of course, that were shipped from Libya by the CIA in conjunction with various Muslim Brotherhood rebel groups.  If so, such weapons could be used as a “false flag” type of operation—one that would be implemented to “set-up” Assad by making it appear that he was using these weapons on forces dedicated to his overthrow.

The blowback by the international community would be swift and punishing, and the entirety of the civilized world would be demanding his overthrow. NATO would then be used to expedite his ouster, and Russia’s moral position within the international community would be weakened. Was the meeting held to show Stevens that the operation was compromised and that they had to stop?

A Nation/State sponsored attack?

While the administration asserts that the attack in Benghazi was conducted by a group of rebels acting alone, the facts seem to indicate otherwise. The level of coordination was such that we did not deploy military assets, located just an hour or two away by air, to rescue Stevens and the others at the CIA operations center in their time of need. If, as the administration contends, that the attack was perpetuated by a group of frenzied rebels, our military could have easily handled them in short order. So why was there no rescue operation?

Perhaps the statements made yesterday by Leon Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense provides some insight if one analyzes the essence of those statements. Among other things, Panetta said that “...the basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on…” Well, it has been confirmed we did know what was taking place on the ground in Benghazi, so exactly what did Panetta mean by this statement?

Against the backdrop of the official story, it makes little sense. If, however, one considers the alternative, that the attack was coordinated and was a nation/state sponsored attack, then it becomes clearer. Panetta and the highest levels of this administration likely knew exactly what we were doing, and knew that the operation was compromised. They knew, or had reason to believe, that the attack was being conducted at a nation/state level in response to our covert operation in Libya and arming the anti-Assad Syrian opposition.

Although Russia figures prominently here, Iran now comes into focus as Russia is not likely to directly engage U.S. forces. They must, however, protect their interests. Much like we were using anti-Assad forces to advance our objectives in Syria, Russia was using Iranian-backed forces to protect theirs. It appears that the attacks were conducted or facilitated by Iranian assets—perhaps as many as three teams of assets in Benghazi.

As the White House and other agencies monitored intelligence in real-time, they faced a dilemma. They knew that the nation/state sponsored attack teams were lying in wait for U.S. rescue forces to arrive, which is the reason the fight did not conclusively end sooner. They did not know exactly where all of the attack teams were, but knew they were present based on signal communication intercepts. Could they risk such exposure by deploying a rescue team to Benghazi, only to end up with another Black Hawk down type scenario? In addition to that scenario, the entire operation now becomes exposed for what it is. Take another look at Panetta’s statement in that context. Does it now make more sense? Bad PR in an election year, no?

As daylight approached with no response from the U.S. and no aid to the Americans under fire, the attack teams had to disperse into the cover of the remaining darkness, but not before their mission was accomplished. And sadly, it was.

Fallout

From the day of attack in Benghazi, Iran has been engaged in a full spectrum attack on the U.S. and NATO across the board involving embassies, bombing and even cyber attacks. All of this is the fallout from the arms and weapons smuggling operation, which was far greater than understood by the Western media.

Russia has now moved their contingent of S-400 missiles into much of Syria in anticipation of NATO establishing an “air cap” over Syria. A ten-mile “buffer zone” along Syria’s border has been created for Syrian refugees, but it also acts as a catalyst for the encroachment into Syrian territory. It sets the stage for further advancement and erosion of Syrian land, incrementally, of course.

It is also of critical importance to note that last weekend, Russia completed large-scale exercises of their Strategic Nuclear Forces under the watchful command of President Vladimir Putin. These were the first such nuclear exercises conducted since the fall of the Soviet Union.

To those with discernment, it is obvious that we are at the precipice of World War III. Putin himself stated as much, noting that WW III will not start in Iran but Syria, his own “red line in the sand.”

Also see Benghazi: A Reader Assesses the Evidence, at PowerLine.

Gun running to bad guys continues to be part of this story not being reported in the MSM.

 

Comments

[Always On Watch]

"BlackFive asks whether Barack HUSSEIN Obama is derelict, incompetent, or a liar. I say he is all three."

Put all three of those together, and what do you have? A traitor!

[Susan Benton]

OMG! OMG! - and the ultimate goal? Destuction of Israel and the downfall of America. That is something that Iran, Russia, and BHO can agree upon.
I read somewhere that those two brave men took out 60 of the enemy. Just imagine if there had been three more men like them! We need to get that fool out of office and go back to being a Rambo nation. This is the only way to deal with most of the Middle East.

[The Political Chic]

Obama, Clinton, and Penetta knew exactly what transpired and that it was a terrorist attack that very night. Yet, they lied for days and days about it being caused by some video. They have lied to the American people about the deaths of our own citizens and no one has called them on it. This is outrageous and one of the biggest coverups in recent history. This should be headline story on every news channel. Obama wants all the credit for Bin Laden but none of the blame for Benghazi. Odd don't you think... or isn't it!…

God, I hate these people!

[The Political Chic]

Was there ever any doubt that this was a coverup from the beginning. The only people who seemed to believe it the media and the hard core liberals. It is horrific how this administration has divided this country.
What I would like to know is why did we impeach Clinton for lying about his sex life yet do nothing about Obama lying about a terrorist act on Americans that left 4 dead?
Are these Progressive Idiots that influential?

[Jdogwhitney]

If not for Woods and Doherty, this would have been a massacre?

[Rebelle]

Yes, yes, SB he wants to destroy this country. Why can't people see this? I've been saying so since his first run for office.

[PALADIN]

These fellas i'm thinking were active duty SEALS on special assingment with the Langley Boys.
It's been done since WW2
But when such is done, they are given a cover as an independant contractor or some org like the Peace Corps or NOAA or such.

If these fellas were active duty and on special assignment, then we NEED TO DEMAND THAT THEY RECIEVE MEDALS FOR THEIR HEROISM.
From what i've read , they could very well be eligible for the CMOH, and the very least the Navy Cross.
I left my Congressman a message today telling him so.

[John]

The link to story citing a 'walk' to the consulate is broken. I've not seen that story anywhere but have seen accounts of the trip by armored car that were rather detailed.

I don't intend to dimmish Woods and Doherty but there were at least 2 or three others that went with Woods to the consulate and Doherty arrived from Tripoli on a chartered flight with seven other US personnel and a group of 16 Libyan security personnel.

Lots of suggestion (elsewhere) that Petraes (sp?) did not respond to requests for help. I am thinking the contingent from Tripoli were CIA (Doherty) led. While they may have been self motivated, I would not be surprised if they received top down orders.

[Debbie]

John: Sorry about the broken link. It is in the reporting by Jennifer Griffin of Fox News. I will have to see if I can find it.

There are still so many questions. The more we learn the more we need to find out, the more questions arise.

There is no question there were brave people involved whose names may never be public.

It does appear that requests for help were denied or went unanswered.

It was clear from the beginning that it was a terror attack.

[Snake Hunter Sez,]

Charlene Lamb, a mid-level person in the U.S. State Department admitted that she issued the denial for added security; the question remains, who ordered Ms Lamb to ignore Ambassador Stevens urgent request for those added security teams?

Charlene Lamb must be put under oath, and forced to testify. - reb
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[DemocracyRules]

Benghazi is linked to the Secret Letter to Iran

All these facts are public. I have just assembled them into logical order.

About the Secret Letter

We know Obama recently wrote a secret letter to Iran, we know what was in it, and we know why he wrote it. His 'October surprise' was to announce a peace agreement with Iran. Prior to his election Obama had said he would talk to Iran. He started secret negotiations with them before his inauguration. Actually every president since Carter has talked to Iran about certain benefits exchanges. But Obama was desperate for a pre-election push, and he recently sent a secret letter agreeing to Iranian nukes. Then he floated a 'Negotiation Breakthrough' story in the NY Times. It said Iran would sign a peace agreement and sanctions would be dropped. It didn’t provide detail about Obama’s agreement to Iranian nukes. The NY Times story made it look like Iran had 'backed down.'

If this ruse worked, Americans wouldn't know the whole story until after the election. But bloggers quickly discovered the secret letter. Then the Iranians also publicized the contents of Obama’s letter. They claimed that Obama had unilaterally permitted them to develop nukes. Obama could no longer proclaim that Iran had 'backed down'. Instead Obama had capitulated. Since the secret letter became public Obama has tried to kill this story by denying everything. But the story won't die because it smells like treason.

Iran is linked to Benghazi

Stevens and associates were involved in secret ops to run weapons and fighters into Syria. Most of the weapons are obtained from Libya from ordnance previously kept by Gaddafi. Iran sponsored the Benghazi attack to interfere with this operation.

The Iranian long-term plan for regional dominance involves threatening, undermining, and ultimately destroying Israel. Success with that effort would force the region to acknowledge Iran as the leading power. Syria is the keystone in this plan. Through Syria, Iran can coordinate attacks on Israel via Turkey, Lebanon, Hamas, the West Bank and Egypt. Iranian nukes would deliver the final blows to Israel. However if Syria falls, this regional influence of Iran would collapse. Israel could handle this ring of hostility better if Syria falls and Iran withdraws.

The Iranian attack at Benghazi was successful because Obama let them succeed. Iran collected a lot of useful intelligence material, they tortured Stevens for information, killed him, dragged his body through the streets, and dumped it. Most of the attackers got away.

Obama prevented any rescue or counter-attack because he wanted Iran to agree to his secret letter! He did not want to anger Iran at this sensitive moment, because his re-election hinged on his ‘Negotiation breakthrough’ with Iran. Because of the need to protect US secrets, Obama has successfully dragged others into his ‘cone of silence’.

Thus, people don’t know the whole story but they know enough to be angry at Obama. They are right to be angry because Obama let those people die because he wanted to get re-elected. As the crisis unfolded, he went to bed.

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Thank goodness Iran laughed off Obama's secret letter. If they had agreed to it they would have obtained U.S. consent to build as many nukes as they wanted. Obama would tell the American public that he had achieved a 'Negotiation Breakthrough' with Iran, and they had agreed to sign a peace agreement. Sanctions could be lifted, and Obama would declare 'peace in the Middle East'. Obama could ride on this to re-election. After the election the details of the dirty deal would come out, but by then it would be too late. Benghazi was despicable and cowardly, but a nuclear-armed Iran would have been a long-term international disaster.