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islander · « **on:** September 12, 2012, 09:00:57 PM »

Obama condemns killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya

By the CNN Wire Staff
September 12, 2012
1243 GMT

(CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of the United States ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, in a rocket attack on the U.S. Consulate in the city of Benghazi on Tuesday.

He called the attack "outrageous," and confirmed that four Americans, including Stevens, were killed.

"Chris was a courageous and exemplary representative of the United States," Obama said.

Stevens was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in an attack since 1979.

Libya's Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib apologized "to the American people and the government, and also to the rest of the world" for the "cowardly criminal act."

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton identified a second victim as Sean Smith, a Foreign Service information management officer who was a ten-year veteran of the State Department, a husband and a father of two.

The two other victims have not been named.

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:01:24 PM »

An "angry crowd" marched on the consulate on Tuesday, furious about an online film considered offensive to Islam, Libya's Deputy Interior Minister Wanis al-Sharif said Wednesday. The U.S. mission in Egypt was also attacked Tuesday in response to the film.

Al-Sharif said that consulate security staff opened fire when they heard gunfire outside the mission.

"This led to more anger and this is when the consulate was stormed," he said, suggesting that there were elements loyal to the regime of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi aiming to create chaos among the protesters.

"Criminals managed to get in and they burned and ransacked the consulate," he said.

The U.S. mission is very badly damaged and was being looted on Wednesday, said a contractor working at the mission, who asked not to be named for security reasons.

He said he saw the bodies of all four Americans on the street Wednesday morning.

more at http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/libya-us-ambassador-killed/index.html

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Pikoy · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:20:16 PM »

tsk......tsk......tsk...

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:21:22 PM »

Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens

Obituary: J Christopher Stevens

J Christopher Stevens, who has been killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, was a veteran diplomat who had been in the post of Ambassador to Libya since 22 May.

President Barack Obama described Mr Stevens as "a courageous and exemplary representative of the United States".

"Throughout the Libyan revolution, he selflessly served our country and the Libyan people at our mission in Benghazi... His legacy will endure wherever human beings reach for liberty and justice," Mr Obama said.

In a statement to a US Senate committee after his nomination as ambassador, Mr Stevens wrote of his "extraordinary honour" at being selected for the post.

Mr Stevens had held two previous posts in Libya, as deputy chief of the US mission between 2007 and 2009 and then as envoy to the Transitional National Council (TNC) during the Libyan uprising in 2011, according to the US state department.

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islander · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:22:33 PM »

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also paid tribute to Mr Stevens's "two decades of dedication to advancing closer ties with the people of the Middle East and North Africa".

"Chris was committed to advancing America's values and interests, even when that meant putting himself in danger," Ms Clinton said.

'Unflappable personality'

In an article in a state department publication, Mr Stevens described arriving in Benghazi in April 2011 in a Greek cargo ship to make contact with the TNC.

Mr Stevens and his team facilitated "non-lethal military assistance" to the TNC, the article said.

In diplomatic cables leaked by the Wikileaks site, Mr Stevens had earlier described Col Muammar Gaddafi as "notoriously mercurial" and wrote that he could be an "engaging and charming interlocutor".

A speaker of Arabic and French, Mr Stevens had also been posted elsewhere in the region during his career, including Jerusalem, Damascus and Cairo.

He had worked in several posts in Washington, including at the state department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.

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islander · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:24:43 PM »

Born and raised in northern California, Mr Stevens had been an international trade lawyer in Washington DC before joining the US Foreign Service in 1991.

In a video posted on YouTube after his appointment, Mr Stevens talked of his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in North Africa after graduating from the University of Berkeley in California.

Mr Stevens speaks in the video of the two years he spent as an English teacher in the Atlas Mountains region of Morocco and how he "quickly grew to love" the area.

On a website run by ex-Peace Corp volunteers, Mr Stevens was described as the "quintessential diplomat" by Joan Mower, who was in his training class at the Foreign Service.

Mr Stevens had "an unflappable personality... He listens to people," Ms Mower said.

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islander · « **Reply #6 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:34:25 PM »

some scenes of the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya:

from http://citizenjournalistdotorg.wordpress.com/

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islander · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:40:29 PM »

US ambassadors killed in line of duty

John Gordon Mein - Guatemala, 1968: Shot dead by rebels who ambushed his car in Guatemala City

Cleo A Noel Jr - Sudan, 1973: Shot dead along with senior US and Belgian diplomats by the Black September Palestinian militant group, after being taken hostage in Saudi embassy in Khartoum

Rodger P Davies - Cyprus, 1974: Killed by sniper gunfire during a demonstration at the US embassy in Nicosia by Greek Cypriots

Francis E Meloy Jr - Lebanon, 1976: Kidnapped by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members in Beirut with another senior US official. Their bullet-riddled bodies were later found

Adolph Dubs - Afghanistan, 1979: Killed in exchange of fire after Afghan and Soviet forces tried to free him from kidnappers in Kabul hotel

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

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fdaray · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2012, 09:43:52 PM »

Killed while in duty.

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