Why Did CIA Director Petraeus Resign? Why Was the U.S. Ambassador to Libya
Murdered?
By <
http://www.globalresearch.ca/author/washington-s-blog> Washington's
Blog
Global Research, November 12, 2012
The Deeper Questions Behind the Ambassador's Murder . and the CIA Boss'
Sudden Resignation
While the GOP is attacking (and Dems defending) the Obama administration in
connection with the murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, there is a
deeper story.
Sure, it is stunning that the State Department
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/01/new-details-on-benghazi.ht
ml> never requested backup or that people such as
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Shaffer_%28intelligence_officer%29>
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer allege that President Obama
<
http://xrepublic.net/node/771> personally watched in real time the attacks
as they occurred via video feeds from drones flying over the Benghazi
consulate.
But these claims only can be assessed - and the whole confusing mess only
makes sense - if the deeper underlying story is first exposed.
Many Syrian Terrorists Come from Libya
The U.S. supported opposition which overthrew Libya's Gadaffi was
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/840704
7/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html>
largely comprised of Al Qaeda terrorists.
According to a 2007
<
http://www.scribd.com/doc/111001074/West-Point-CTC-s-Al-Qa-ida-s-Foreign-Fi
ghters-in-Iraq> report by West Point's Combating Terrorism Center's center,
the Libyan city of Benghazi was one of Al Qaeda's main headquarters - and
bases for sending Al Qaeda fighters into Iraq - prior to the overthrow of
Gaddafi:
Al Qaeda is now largely in control of Libya. Indeed, Al Qaeda flags were
<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/11/did-we-overthrow-gaddafi-just-to-rep
lace-him-with-al-qaeda.html> flown over the Benghazi courthouse once Gaddafi
was toppled.
(Incidentally, Gaddafi was on the verge of invading Benghazi in 2011, 4
years after the West Point report cited Benghazi as a hotbed of Al Qaeda
terrorists. Gaddafi claimed - rightly it turns out - that Benghazi was an Al
Qaeda stronghold and a main source of the Libyan rebellion. But NATO planes
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/839384
3/Libya-Benghazi-about-to-fall...-then-came-the-planes.html> stopped him,
and protected Benghazi.)
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/28/world/meast/syria-libya-fighters/index.html>
CNN, the
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/891905
7/Leading-Libyan-Islamist-met-Free-Syrian-Army-opposition-group.html>
Telegraph, the
<
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/7/syria-strife-lures-in-milita
nts-from-libya/?page=all> Washington Times, and many other mainstream
sources confirm that Al Qaeda terrorists from Libya have since flooded into
Syria to fight the Assad regime.
Mainstream sources also confirm that the Syrian opposition is largely
comprised of Al Qaeda terrorists. See
<
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gajqRgjDWax0oBhQk8MU7HX8
BwTQ?docId=CNG.8b32ad461489ab05113fc900b5f26049.941> this,
<
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0217/Top-US-official-Al-Qae
da-in-Iraq-joining-fight-against-Syria-s-Assad> this,
<
http://world.time.com/2012/07/26/time-exclusive-meet-the-islamist-militants
-fighting-alongside-syrias-rebels/?iid=gs-main-lede> this,
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/world/middleeast/al-qaeda-insinuating-its
-way-into-syrias-conflict.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all> this,
<
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NG24Ak02.html> this,
<
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443343704577551281530782466.h
tml?mod=googlenews_wsj> this,
<
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1233067--al-qaeda-is-seeking-to-m
anipulate-tensions-in-the-middle-east-to-its-own-advantage-warn-experts>
this,
<
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/05/10/Al-Qaeda-Ladies-Choir-Struts-
Its-Stuff-in-Rebel-Syria> this,
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9396256/Al-Qaeda
-tries-to-carve-out-a-war-for-itself-in-Syria.html> this and
<
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AMLlSYb2HGE> this.
<
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/us-usa-syria-obama-order-idUSBRE8
701OK20120801> The U.S. has been
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steer
ing-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html?pagewanted=all> arming the
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/syrian-rebels-get-inf
lux-of-arms-with-gulf-neighbors-money-us-coordination/2012/05/15/gIQAds2TSU_
story.html> Syrian opposition since
<
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/04/18/syria-united-states-backing-w
ikileaks.html> 2006. The post-Gaddafi Libyan government is also itself a
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/libya-helps-bankroll-syrian
-opposition-movement/2012/11/05/98cd728a-2764-11e2-b2a0-ae18d6159439_story.h
tml> top funder and
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8917265/Libyas-n
ew-rulers-offer-weapons-to-Syrian-rebels.html> arms supplier of the Syrian
opposition.
The Real Story At Benghazi
This brings us to the murder of ambassador Stevens and the sudden
resignation of CIA boss David Petraeus.
The
<
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204712904578092853621061838.h
tml> Wall Street Journal,
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/965019
9/CIA-confirms-role-in-US-consulate-attack-in-Benghazi.html> Telegraph and
other sources confirm that the US consulate in Benghazi was mainly being
used for a secret CIA operation.
They say that the State Department presence in Benghazi
<
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204712904578092853621061838.h
tml> "provided diplomatic cover" for the previously hidden CIA mission.
Reuters notes that the CIA mission
<
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/10/13/usa-libya-intelligence-idINDEE89C0
0Q20121013> involved finding and repurchasing heavy weaponry looted from
Libyan government arsenals.
Business Insider
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http://www.businessinsider.com/us-syria-heavy-weapons-jihadists-2012-10>
reports that Stevens may have been linked with Syrian terrorists:
There's growing evidence that U.S. agents-particularly murdered ambassador
Chris Stevens-were at least aware of heavy weapons moving from Libya to
jihadist Syrian rebels.
In March 2011 Stevens
<
http://abcnewsradioonline.com/world-news/us-names-chris-stevens-liaison-to-
libyan-opposition.html> became the official U.S. liaison to the
<
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704559904576231172563565048.h
tml> al-Qaeda-linked Libyan opposition, working directly with Abdelhakim
Belhadj of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group-a group that has now disbanded,
with some fighters
<
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/18/us-libya-consulate-attack-idUSBRE
89H19P20121018?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_mediu
m=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29
> reportedly participating in the attack that took Stevens' life.
In November 2011
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/891905
7/Leading-Libyan-Islamist-met-Free-Syrian-Army-opposition-group.html> The
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/891905
7/Leading-Libyan-Islamist-met-Free-Syrian-Army-opposition-group.html>
Telegraph reported that Belhadj, acting as head of the Tripoli Military
Council, "met with Free Syrian Army [FSA] leaders in Istanbul and on the
border with Turkey" in an effort by the new Libyan government to provide
money and weapons to the growing insurgency in Syria.
Last month <
http://sana.sy/eng/22/2012/09/14/441552.htm> The Times of
London reported that a Libyan ship "carrying the largest consignment of
weapons for Syria . has docked in Turkey." The shipment reportedly weighed
400 tons and included <
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGqgFpToUYo> SA-7
surface-to-air anti-craft missiles and rocket-propelled grenades.
***
<
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/syria-crisis-weapons-idUSL5E8LH6R
E20121017> Reuters reports that Syrian rebels have been using those heavy
weapons to
<
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/heat-seeking-missiles-in-syria-th
e-sa-7-in-action-with-rebels/?smid=tw-share> shoot downSyrian helicopters
and fighter jets.
The ship's captain was "a Libyan from Benghazi and the head of an
organization called the Libyan National Council for Relief and Support,"
which was presumably established by the new government.
That means that Ambassador Stevens had only one person-Belhadj-between
himself and the Benghazi man who brought heavy weapons to Syria.
Furthermore, we know that
<
http://www.businessinsider.com/al-qaeda-jihadists-are-among-the-best-fighte
rs-among-the-syria-rebels-2012-7> jihadists are the best fighters in the
Syrian opposition, but where did they come from?
Last week
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9606691/Syria-de
spatch-rebel-fighters-fear-the-growing-influence-of-their-Bin-Laden-faction.
html> The Telegraph reported that a FSA commander called them "Libyans" when
he explained that the FSA doesn't "want these extremist people here."
And if the new Libyan government was sending seasoned Islamic fighters and
400 tons of heavy weapons to Syria through
<
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=iskenderun+turkey&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x152f5
92d49f10bcd:0x71627fb2e950ada4,%C4%B0skenderun,+Turkey&gl=us&ei=xpqAUKGOL86L
0QHDvoCoBw&ved=0CJoBELYD> a port in southern Turkey-a deal brokered by
Stevens' primary Libyan contact during the Libyan revolution-then the
governments of Turkey and the U.S. surely knew about it.
Furthermore there was a
<
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/10/13/usa-libya-intelligence-idINDEE89C0
0Q20121013> CIA post in Benghazi, located 1.2 miles from the U.S. consulate,
used as "a base for, among other things, collecting information on the
proliferation of weaponry looted from Libyan government arsenals, including
surface-to-air missiles" . and that its security features "were more
advanced than those at rented villa where Stevens died."
And we know that the CIA has been
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steer
ing-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html?pagewanted=all> funneling weapons to the
rebels in southern Turkey. The question is whether the CIA has been involved
in handing out the heavy weapons from Libya.
In other words, ambassador Stevens may have been a key player in deploying
Libyan terrorists and arms to fight the Syrian government.
<
http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/sources-slain-u-s-ambassador-recruited-jihadists
/> Other sources also <
http://xrepublic.tv/node/929> claim that the U.S.
consulate in Benghazi was mainly being used as a CIA operation to ship
fighters and arms to Syria.
Many have speculated that - if normal security measures weren't taken to
protect the Benghazi consulate or to rescue ambassador Stevens - it was
because the CIA was trying to keep an extremely low profile to protect its
cover of being a normal State Department operation.
Why Did CIA Chief David Petraeus Suddenly Resign?
CIA boss David Petraeus suddenly resigned, admitting to an affair. This
could be the real explanation, given that affairs of high-level intelligence
chiefs could compromise national security.
But the timing of Petraeus' resignation becomes more interesting once one
learns that that he was scheduled to testify under oath next week before
power House and Senate committees regarding the Benghazi consulate.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/petreaeus-resigns-benghazi-timing-2012-11>
Many speculate that it wasn't an affair - but the desire to avoid testifying
on Benghazi - which was the real reason for Petraeus' sudden resignation.
The Big Picture
Whatever the scope of the CIA's operation in Benghazi - and whatever the
real reason for the resignation of the CIA chief - the key is our historical
and ongoing foreign policy.
For decades, the U.S. has
<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/09/sleeping-with-the-devil-how-u-s-and-
saudi-backing-of-al-qaeda-led-to-911.html> backed terrorists for
geopolitical ends.
The U.S. government has been consistently planning regime change in Syria
and Libya for
<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/11/neoconservatives-planned-regime-chan
ge-throughout-the-middle-east-and-northern-africa-20-years-ago.html> 20
years, and dreamed of regime change -
<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/07/false-flags-in-syria.html> using
false flag terror - for
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/sep/27/uk.syria1> 50 years.
Obama has simply re-packaged Bush and the Neocons' "war on terror"
<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/07/why-do-progressive-liberals-fall-for
-humanitarian-war.html> as a series of humanitarian wars.
And the U.S. and its allies
<
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/09/will-israel-launch-a-false-flag-agai
nst-iran-to-start-war.html> will do anything to topple Iran . and is
systematically attempting to pull the legs out from Iran's allies as a way
to isolate and weaken that country.
Americans should ask ourselves if that's what we want .
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Director Petraeus Suddenly Resign ... And Why Was the U.S. Ambassador to
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