RIP John Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya

[MountainMan35]

The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff members were reportedly killed Tuesday in an attack on the Libyan city of Benghazi, Reuters and AP report citing a Libyan official.

Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland tells Fox News they do not yet have information on the reports of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens' death at the moment. The U.S. Embassy in Tripoli says they can only confirm there was an attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi and one State Department employee was killed, which Secretary of State Clinton said in a statement Tuesday.

The officials tell the Associated Press Ambassador Stevens was killed Tuesday night when he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff. The protesters were firing gunshots and rocket propelled grenades. All of the officials -- three in all -- hold senior security positions in Benghazi.

They are deputy interior minister for eastern Libya Wanis al-Sharaf; Benghazi security chief Abdel-Basit Haroun; and Benghazi city council and security official Ahmed Bousinia.

Ambassador Stevens was appointed as ambassador to Libya in May 2012, according to an online State Department biography.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...#ixzz26FpPCZbf

Apparently they were evacuating the Ambassador in one of his vehicles when it was hit with a complex ambush. Al-Sharef said Stevens died of suffocation, while two U.S. Marines sent to Benghazi when the clash erupted were shot and killed by well-armed protesters. It was not immediately clear whether the Marines were part of Stevens' security detail. The American whose death was confirmed on Tuesday also died of a gunshot wound.

[aegisnavy]

RIP Ambassador Stevens and the warriors. I have no words to express my outrage and frustration.

[grigori]

Rest In Peace Ambassador Stevens.

Just look at the lunacy of these Arabs they were assaulting an embassy over a movie because it insulted their pedophile prophet.I'd love to see the a-holes who were responsible for this with two rounds in their sternum.

[levinj]

RIP, Marines. RIP, Ambassador Stevens.

By all accounts, brave men.

[levinj]

deleted - double post, my bad.

[mark46th]

Killing an ambassador is an act of war, no?

[MtnGoat]

Originally Posted by mark46th

Killing an ambassador is an act of war, no?

You would think but with news saying he may have died from smoke I see this admission say different.

God bless you Ambassador Stevens thank you for your service. Prays to your family and friends

[Adam1680]

And the Administration apologized for this.. What a travesty..

RIP Ambassador Stevens



EDIT: He apologized for Egypt and condemned Libya.. I misread..

[Jgood]

RIP

thank you for your service to this great nation

[SF-TX]

According to this CBS report, the Ambassador was killed after Libyan security forces 'protecting' the consulate revealed his location to the mob. In addition, they are claiming two US marines were killed.

Wanis al-Sharef, a Libyan Interior Ministry official in Benghazi, said the four Americans were killed when the angry mob, which gathered to protest a U.S.-made film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad, fired guns and burned down the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

He said Stevens, 52, and other officials were moved to a second building - deemed safer - after the initial wave of protests at the consulate compound. According to al-Sharef, members of the Libyan security team seem to have indicated to the protesters the building to which the American officials had been relocated, and that building then came under attack...

Al-Sharef said two U.S. Marines sent to Benghazi when the clash erupted were shot and killed by the well-armed protesters. It was not immediately clear whether the Marines were part of Stevens' security detail. The American whose death was confirmed on Tuesday also died of a gunshot wound. He was identified by the State Department on Wednesday as Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith.

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[sterinn]

RIP- Mr Stevens, thank you for your service. My family's prayers are with you, your family and friends.

[bluebb]

Rest in Peace Ambasador Stevens, Sean Smith and the two Marine Warriors. “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty". JFK

It’s time to start opposing our foes more aggressively.

Blue

[JimP]

edited to remove my feelings as to the ambassador and his enabling of those very people who killed him.

I am sad to see some good Marines got killed - that's the tragedy.

[Penn]

It is entirely plausible that Amb. Stevens was killed in a coordinated attacked, in retaliation for the killing of Saeed al-Shihri, AQ#2 in Yemen. No doubt, an act of war, which will be ignored by the current administration.

[trvlr]

Originally Posted by Penn

It is entirely plausible that Amb. Stevens was killed in a coordinated attacked, in retaliation for the killing of Saeed al-Shihri, AQ#2 in Yemen. No doubt, an act of war, which will be ignored by the current administration.

An act of war carried out by who? Do you really think we're going to" ignore" this and sit on our thumbs? I know it's an election year, but can we keep domestic politics references out of anything these days?

The security situation should be improving fast with the deployment of

members of an elite group known as a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, or FAST, whose role is to respond on short notice to terrorism threats and to reinforce security at U.S. embassies. They operate worldwide. The contingent that was dispatched to Libya was based in Spain.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...8eb_story.html