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Topic: State Dept. Confirms: Marines on 9/11/12 Were
Protecting U.S. Embassy--in Barbados |
State Dept. Confirms: Marines on 9/11/12 Were
Protecting U.S. Embassy--in Barbados
CNS News, by Patrick Burke
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Original Article
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Posted By:Toledo, 10/13/2012 7:33:00 AM
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| When terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 of this year and killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, there were no U.S. Marines deployed in Libya to defend U.S. diplomats, diplomatic facilities and classified information and equipment.However, says the State Department, a Marine Security Detachment was deployed on that day to carry out those duties at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
pineledger, 10/13/2012 7:42:37 AM (No. 8929812)
Wow, that's a hot spot. What Congressional delegation was visiting?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
truthfetish, 10/13/2012 7:50:30 AM (No. 8929822)
Posted earlier this morning: http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=706516
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 10/13/2012 8:09:35 AM (No. 8929849)
Americans will be calmed and reassured to know that:
A. US Marines are doing push-ups in Barbados; and
B. Chevy Volts are running smoothly at the US Embassy in Vienna.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
dallasdude, 10/13/2012 8:12:24 AM (No. 8929856)
So osama is dead and so is our Ambassador to Lybia. 9/11 and asleep at the job dreaming of golf and fundraising.
Four more weeks..........
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
FenwayFrank, 10/13/2012 8:15:48 AM (No. 8929865)
Fear not America, for Valerie Jarrett, Chicago slumqueen, is protected by a full Secret Service detail.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JAN, 10/13/2012 8:43:30 AM (No. 8929914)
Is that where Marxine Waters' husband is the ambassador?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Grambo, 10/13/2012 8:51:20 AM (No. 8929932)
If Huma Hillary had approved a few Chevy Volts for the Benghazi security detail those Muzzies wouldn’t have dared attack.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Catherine, 10/13/2012 8:51:34 AM (No. 8929933)
Barbados? What's going on there that we protect it with Marines and leave hot spots in Libya unguarded?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/13/2012 8:58:32 AM (No. 8929947)
Marines for a Barbados country club, Chevy Volts for Vienna and $4 per hour rent-a-cops for Benghazi.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Namma, 10/13/2012 9:05:42 AM (No. 8929959)
were the marines allowed to have bullets in their weapons....
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Maybeth, 10/13/2012 9:25:07 AM (No. 8929999)
How sick!
Oh, how your are missed, Donald Rumsfeld!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
skedaddle, 10/13/2012 9:37:21 AM (No. 8930036)
Is the current regime this stupid or was Benghazi a setup? Or both?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/13/2012 10:03:29 AM (No. 8930106)
Yes, Rumsfeld is missed but he was Secretary of Defense, not State.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 10/13/2012 11:14:22 AM (No. 8930309)
Rumsfeld? Condi? Heck, with this crew in charge I'm starting to miss ol' Brownie!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
beca, 11/26/2012 12:35:12 PM (No. 9034414)
so now the marines were protecting .....where has this info been........let me guess...someone in the obama hen house just thought it up...got it
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