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The official response to this so far has been by defense secretary Leon
Panetta who declared that criticism of the state department and the pentagon
response concerning the attack on our consulate in Bengazi Libya was just
Monday morning quarterbacking.
Really? This is the official position of the Obama administration? The trail
of evidence and the facts are disputing every claim that the Obama
administration has made in defense of their failure to act in Bengazi. What
more of a unconscionable response could there possibly be?
Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi
that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the
attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack several hours later was
denied by U.S. officials -- who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand
down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at
approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods was part of a small team who was at the
CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. Consulate where Ambassador Chris
Stevens and his team came under attack. When he and others heard the shots
fired, they informed their higher-ups at the annex to tell them what they
were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out.
They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the
exchange. Soon after, they were again told to "stand down."
Woods and at least two others ignored those orders and made their way to
the Consulate which at that point was on fire. Shots were exchanged. The
quick reaction force from the CIA annex evacuated those who remained at the
Consulate and Sean Smith, who had been killed in the initial attack. They
could not find the ambassador and returned to the CIA annex at about
midnight.
At that point, they called again for military support and help because
they were taking fire at the CIA safe house, or annex. The request was
denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those
present at the compound. The team was in constant radio contact with their
headquarters. In fact, at least one member of the team was on the roof of
the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA
compound. The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and
repeatedly requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is
commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to
Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The
fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours -- enough time
for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive.
Fox News has also learned that two separate Tier One Special operations
forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators. |
