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Ed. note: Until hearing the audio on Mark Levin's show tonight I didn't realize the witness had to hide his identity and disguise his voice. The information may have been known before but no one would say it.
4/29/13, "Special Ops: Forces Were Available To Assist Americans Under Attack In Benghazi," Washington Free Beacon by staff
"Fox News reports that despite the Obama Administration’s claim that
there were no available troops who could have arrived in time to aid
Americans under attack in Benghazi, a U.S. special operator says that is
not true.
"SPECIAL OPERATOR: “I know for a fact
that C 110 CIF was doing a training exercise in the region of northern
Africa but in Europe. They had the ability to react and respond.”
“They would have been there before
the second attack. They would have been there at a minimum to provide a
quick reaction force that could facilitate their exfil out of the
problem situation. Nobody knew how it was going to develop, and you hear
a whole bunch of people and a whole bunch of advisors say hey, we
wouldn’t have sent them there because the security was unknown
situation.”“If it’s an unknown situation, at a
minimum you send forces there to facilitate the exfil or medical
injuries. We could have sent a C 130 to Benghazi to provide medical
evacuation for the injured.”" via Mark Levin show
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Video here at Breitbart (commercial runs for a few seconds)
4/30/13, "EXCLUSIVE: Special Ops Benghazi Whistleblower Claims Obama Could Have Intervened," Fox News
"BAIER: The
administration has insisted from the beginning there was no help
available for the Americans under assault in Libya. None that could
arrive in time to change the outcome in Benghazi. Tonight is the first
of three exclusive reports charging that claim is just not true.
Because the special operator in this piece is fearful of reprisal, we
have agreed to conceal his identity.
Correspondent Adam Housley has the story....
"HOUSLEY: But members
of the military who are monitoring events in Benghazi disagree. Only a
few dozen people in the world know what happened that night and Fox
News spoke exclusively with a special operator who watched the events
unfold and has debriefed those who are part of the response.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I know for a fact that C-110, the (INAUDIBLE) was doing a training exercise in the region of Northern Africa but in Europe.
And they had the ability to react and respond.
HOUSLEY:
The C-110 is a commanders and extremist force. In Layman's terms, a 40
men (ph) special operations force capable of rapid response and
deployment, specifically, trained for incidents like the attack in
Benghazi. That night, they were training in Croatia just three and a
half hours away.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE:
We had the ability to load out, get on birds, and fly there at a
minimum stage. C-110 had the ability to be there, in my opinion, in
four to six hours from their European theater to react.
HOUSLEY: They would have been there before the second attack.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE:
They would have been there before the second attack. They would have
been there at a minimum to provide a quick reaction force that could
facilitate their exfill out of the problem situation. Nobody knew how
it was going to develop. And you hear a whole bunch of people and a
whole bunch of advisors say hey, we wouldn't have sent them there
because, you know, the security was unknown situation.
HOUSLEY: No one knew that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If
it's an unknown situation, at a minimum, you send forces there to
facilitate the exfill or medical injuries. We could have sent a C-130
to Benghazi to provide medical evacuation for the injured.
HOUSLEY:
Our source says many connected to Benghazi feel threatened and are
afraid to talk. So far, confidential sources have fed some information,
but nobody has come forward publicly on camera until now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE:
The problem is, you know, you got guys, in my position you got guys in
special operations community who are -- still active and still
involved. And they would be decapitated if they came forward with
information that could affect high level commanders.
HOUSLEY:
Despite the concern, our confidential source says the community feels
there was a betrayal all the way to the top. And that people on the
ground in Benghazi were left to fend for themselves.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE:
I don't blame them for not coming forward, you know? It's something
that's a risky, especially in a profession to say anything about
anything in the realm of politics or that deals with policy.
HOUSLEY:
Our source provides insight into how the U.S. government and military
reacted from the moment the attack began through the immediate hours
after Ambassador Chris Stevens went missing, what they were told to do
and what not to do as Stevens, diplomatic officer, Sean Smith, and
former special operations members, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were
killed.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's a lot of responsibility, a lot of onus that needs to be taken up and accounted for.
(EXPLOSION)
HOUSLEY:
The attack began about 9:30 p.m. on September 11th, 2012 at a
diplomatic compound in Benghazi and culminated roughly seven hours later
at a second location, a CIA annex about one mile away.
While the official
responses from Washington have been that the assets could not have made
it to Benghazi in time to stop the second attack that killed Woods and
Dohety, our source says otherwise and insists there were at least two
elite military units that could have made it in time, including the one
training in Croatia.
So, besides those guys who went in on their own, we had two more assets that could have been there.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE:
Two more assets that could have been on the ground. It's frustrating.
It's upsetting especially being in the community. The hardest thing to
deal with in any kind of, you know, dangerous scenario or gun fight,
is, you know, we always look to each other to help each other and that's
how we get through situations. It's not about the assets overhead.
It's about the guys on the ground.
(GUNFIRE)
HOUSLEY: He also says that as the attack began, there were at least
15
special forces and highly skilled state department security staff
available in the capital Tripoli who were not dispatched, even though
they were trained as a quick response force. Meantime, a group of
American reinforcements also in Tripoli, which included the CIA's global
response agent, Glen Doherty, and about seven others took matters into
their own hands.
A little known fact which also
contradicts the version of events in the state department report. The
team commandeered a small jet and flew to Benghazi to help try and
secure the CIA annex still under fire. Doherty would eventually be
killed on the roof along with his friend, Tyrone Woods.
And our source say, these men deserve the highest medal of honor for their actions.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE:
If it wasn't for that decision, I think we'd be talking completely
different about this entire situation. I think you would be looking at
either 20 plus hostages loose captured by AQ or you'd be looking at a
lot of dead Americans dead in Benghazi.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HOUSLEY (on-camera):
We've heard some of these same details from a number of our other
sources who have not yet come on camera, also some of our British
sources on the ground that night, Bret. Tomorrow, more of our exclusive
interview including the hunt for those responsible or the hunt that's
lack thereof -- Bret.
BAIER: Interesting story. Adam, thank you. We'll look for part two tomorrow."
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