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Libya
Officials Say Benghazi Suspects Under Surveillance
Associated Press | May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON -- Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize them as terrorist suspects, officials say, but prefers to wait until investigators have enough evide... more
Official: Amb. Stevens Refused Additional Security
UPI | May 15, 2013
U.S. envoy Chris Stevens refused offers of more security before the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya in which he was killed, McClatchy Newspapers reported. Why Stevens turned down the offers was unclear, given embassy officials during an Aug. 15 meeting concluded they could not defend the consulate in Benghazi amid deteriorating conditions... more
Republicans' Benghazi Probe Stokes Controversy
Associated Press | May 08, 2013
WASHINGTON - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives insist the Obama administration is covering up information about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, rejecting administration assurances to the contrary and stoking a controversy with implications for the 2016 presidential race. Republicans o... more
Envoy: Benghazi Immediately Seemed Like Terrorism
UPI | May 06, 2013
The No. 2 U.S. envoy in Libya during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi told investigators he thought it was a terrorist strike "from the get-go." Greg Hicks, who was deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, also said he wasn't alone in that line of thinking. "I thought it was a terrorist a... more
Westerners Warned to Leave Benghazi
Associated Press | Jan 24, 2013
LONDON - Britain, Germany and the Netherlands urged their citizens Thursday to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in response to what was described as an imminent threat against Westerners. The warnings come a day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified to Congress about the deadly September attack on t... more