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Bombshell in the Benghazi e-mails: The CIA warned of impending jihadist attack

Thousands of Egyptian protesters demonstrate outside U.S. embassy in Cairo on Sept. 11, 2012.  /AP

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The White House recently released more than 100 pages of e-mails between the CIA, State Department and the White House regarding the now infamous talking points. President Barack Obama insists “there is no there, there,” as he stated during a May 13 press conference. Yet, the opposite is true. [...]

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U.S. moves ‘assets and personnel’ near Libya in case they are ‘called upon’

Pentagon spokesman George Little.

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported the preparation of troops to intervene in Libya. The Defense Department said the U.S. military has sent troops near the coast of the North African state over the last seven months. The Pentagon said the troops were on alert for any attack on U.S. diplomatic [...]

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Benghazi: The honor of the American military is hanging in the balance

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Sol W. Sanders   Despite the distractions of a continuing unemployment crisis and the media’s concentration on stories of human depravity, the scandal of the death of four Americans including an ambassador in Benghazi — “a long time ago” according to the administration’s spokesman — will not be put down. Three sets of issues follow [...]

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Hicks: Militia contracted by State Dept. ‘complicit’ in Benghazi attacks

From right, Eric Nordstrom,  Gregory Hicks and Mark Thompson testify on May 8 at a House Oversight Committee hearing about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
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Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A militia hired to protect the U.S. consulate in Libya ended up helping the Al Qaida-attack that killed the American ambassador to the North African state. Congress was told that the February 17 Martyrs Brigade betrayed the State Department and facilitated the storming of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in [...]

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Benghazi: Americans died for the re-election of the president

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Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Obama is presiding over an administration that has engaged in the systematic abuse of power. This is the real meaning of the Benghazi tragedy. State Department whistleblowers testified Wednesday at a House hearing about the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2012, in Libya, which resulted in the killing of four Americans [...]

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Bamboozled: Getting to the foggy bottom of Benghazi

U.S. Foreign Service officer Gregory Hicks.

John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Speaking before delegates at last Autumn’s General Assembly, President Barack Obama eloquently stated “I would like to begin today by telling you about an American named Chris Stevens.” The President passionately described the unfailing commitment, selfless sacrifice and sense of duty of the fallen Ambassador Chris Stevens who along [...]

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Much worse than Watergate: Americans need a fullscale investigation of Benghazi

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Jeffrey T. Kuhner Benghazi may turn out to be President Obama’s Watergate. The scandal is a growing cancer on the administration, threatening its very existence. The more information comes out, the more damning it is. This is why Democrats — and their media allies — are desperately trying to sweep the truth under the rug. [...]

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Libya deploys heavy weapons in bid to deter militias

Libyan Army soldiers at a base in Tripoli.  /Ismail Zitouny/Reuters

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya has ordered its largest military intervention in an effort to repel militias. Officials said the Tripoli government has launched the widest use of the new North African military since the ouster of Col. Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The officials said the military, under the command of Chief of Staff [...]

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Britain to train 4,000 Libyan police

UK Prime Minister David Cameron promised Britain would do more to help Libyan security as he addressed a graduation ceremony for police officers in Tripoli.

Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Britain has launched a program to train thousands of police officers in Libya. Officials said Britain has approved a program to train at least 4,000 Libyan officers. They said the program would include the renovation of the police training academy in the North African state. “A police force capable of [...]

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Libya searching for outside help against inside enemies

Libyan Defence Minister Mohammed al-Barghathi (L) gives a speech at the graduation ceremony of the first batch of recruits for the western sector of the Libyan air force on December 4, 2012 in Zawyah.  /Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya has sought to launch military reorganization and modernization amid rising unrest. Libya’s new defense minister said he was studying models for the reorganization of the North African military. Mohammed Al Barghathi, the new defense minister, said the effort has been hampered by internal and foreign adversaries as well as [...]

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