Was Benghazi CIA Annex Running Guns To Syrian Rebels?

[Wehrwolfen]

IBD EDITORIALS
August 02, 2013


The Libyan Lie: Dozens more CIA operatives were on the ground in Benghazi than previously acknowledged. Were they running guns to Syrian rebels? And why are they and their families now being intimidated? The only thing "phony" about the Benghazi scandal has been the cacophony of falsehoods and obfuscation pouring out of the Obama administration about the night four Americans, including the personal representative of President Obama, Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed. Up to 35 CIA operatives were working in Benghazi the night of the terrorist attack, dozens more than previously reported, raising questions anew of why they were really doing and why the administration has tried so hard to fudge the facts and hide the truth.

One big unanswered question is why there was a CIA annex near to what was supposed to be a fledgling diplomatic outpost in Benghazi — a soon-to-be, we were told, diplomatic mission envisioned as the first fruits of the now-mythical "Arab Spring."

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What was Obama really up to in Benghazi? Why was Stevens and Smith left to die? From all reports Doherty, Woods and Ubben are the heroes of this failed combined White House led, CIA and State Dept., illegal operation.

 

[waltky]

Obama still taken his sweet time gettin' aid to the rebels...

Kerry acknowledges slow flow of aid to Syrian rebels
September 10th, 2013 ~ Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday acknowledged concerns by some in the moderate Syrian opposition that limited U.S. military assistance had not reached them as fast as they had wanted, but he said that issue has now been resolved for the most part.

"It is accurate to say that some things have not been getting to the opposition as rapidly as one would have hoped," Kerry said during a Google + Hangout discussion. "Part of that was sort of early organizational effort, but then subsequently it took a while for Congress to approve certain components of it and finally it just takes time to start it." Kerry said he was not able to disclose what specifically has been sent in the form of weapons by the United States to the Syrian opposition. "A coordinated effort is being made among the many supporters of the moderate opposition to get them the assistance they need," in addition to ongoing non-lethal, medical and humanitarian assistance to the opposition Kerry said.

Congress approved a limited amount of military assistance in the form of small arms and ammunition to flow to Syrian rebels after the Obama administration asserted the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons on a small scale. The administration is now seeking authorization from Congress for a limited military strike against the al-Assad regime following a purported chemical weapons attack last month that the administration said killed more than 1,400 people. "I can tell you that many of the items that people complained were not getting to them are now getting to them," Kerry said.

As to whether any of that military assistance from the United States could find its way to any of the extremists groups also fighting the Syrian regime, Kerry said the United States is working to assure that does not happen. "We have put down a firm barrier between the assistance that goes to the moderate opposition and anything to those groups," Kerry said of extremist groups in Syria. "Their numbers are not as high as some people have estimated in terms of actual real fighters on the ground and capable."

Kerry acknowledges slow flow of aid to Syrian rebels ? CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs

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UN Panel Cites Evidence of War Crimes in Syria
September 11, 2013 — As the United States and Russia searched for a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Syria’s chemical weapons, United Nations investigators on Wednesday presented detailed evidence of what they said were war crimes and crimes against humanity still being committed by both sides in the 30-month-old conflict.

Bolstered by arms and money from regional and global powers waging a proxy war, Syria’s government and rebel forces have committed murder, torture, rape and indiscriminate attacks on civilians on a huge scale, believing they can win a military victory and without fear of future punishment, the four-person Commission of Inquiry said in a report they will present to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. “Relentless shelling has killed thousands of civilians and displaced the populations of entire towns. Massacres and other unlawful killings are perpetrated with impunity,” the panel said. “An untold number of men, children and women have disappeared. Many have died in detention.” The perpetrators on both sides “do not fear accountability. Referral to justice is imperative,” they added.

Their report tracks developments in Syria for three months to mid-July, before the chemical weapons attack on a Damascus suburb on Aug. 21 that prompted threats of punitive military strikes by the United States and France. But its findings of continuing and even escalating atrocities underscored what is at stake as Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia prepared to meet in Geneva on Thursday to try to flesh out Russia’s proposal for putting Syria’s chemical weapons under international control. A successful outcome to their talks would avert American military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and help to break the diplomatic deadlock that has stymied discussions between Washington and Moscow on convening a second Geneva conference to broker an end to the conflict.

The alternative risks the continuation or widening of a conflict that the U.N. panel says has intensified in recent months, reigniting tensions in neighboring countries and posing a wider threat to the stability of the region. Pro-government forces had gained momentum over the summer, maintaining control of cities and major communications routes and recapturing some areas previously taken by rebel groups, the panel reported. Opposition forces, through plagued by internal strife and increasingly radicalized, had become more organized and reinforced their hold on large areas of Syria’s north and east.

The panel confirmed and gave details of a series of massacres carried out by pro-government forces and noted they unleashed indiscriminate bombardment by tanks, artillery and aircraft against areas they were unwilling or unable to control. The forces inflicted heavy civilian casualties “as a matter of policy,” on some occasions as retribution for the presence of armed groups and on others with the perception of “a strong undercurrent of sectarianism,” according to the panel. The number of people killed in government custody “rose markedly,” the panel reports, drawing on 258 interviews to give details of widespread torture, particularly by military intelligence and other security agencies. Adult detainees “regularly reported the detention and torture of children as young as 13,” the panel reported. It said that “the involvement and active participation of government institutions indicated that torture was institutionalized and employed as a matter of policy.”

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[Claudette]

Kinda makes you wonder since all the survivors of Benghazi had to sign NDA agreements. WTF is that all about??

They also polygraphed all the CIA dudes on the ground as well.

Kinda sorta makes you wonder what games are being played.

 

[Katzndogz]

Wasn't that already determined?

CIA 'running arms smuggling team in Benghazi when consulate was attacked' - Telegraph

The television network said that a CIA team was working in an annex near the consulate on a project to supply missiles from Libyan armouries to Syrian rebels

The network references is CNN which had a news team in there days after the attack and found classified papers along with Chris Stevens' diary.

 

[Pete7469]

Funny how shortly after these reports came out there was a sudden "crisis" in Syria that demanded our undivided attention.

 

[dilloduck]

Hell ya Benghazi was being used to supply Syrian rebels with weapons. It's the side of this conflict that Obama refuses to talk about as if his silence will succeed in keeping the secret.
We are actively supporting the overthrow of Assad. You know what happens when a country gets invaded ? Civilians die. America must accept some responsibility for it.