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Lucylastic -> RE: Obama's Foreign Policy Expertise In Action (9/13/2012 6:03:28 AM)
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Timeline from the beeb...
Investigators are trying to piece together exactly what happened at Tuesday's US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
They are trying to establish whether the assault was a planned attack, or a spontaneous one.
Here is a timeline of events that led to the death of US ambassador Christopher Stevens and several others.
10pm: Attackers open fire at the consulate, which has a main building and a smaller annex.
10.15pm: The assailants gain entry to the complex and the main building is engulfed in flames.
Many of those trapped inside escape but Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith and a regional security guard remain.
The security guard manages to escape and returns shortly afterwards with others to try to rescue Mr Stevens and Mr Smith.
They find Mr Smith dead and pulled him from the building, but no sign of Mr Stevens. They are driven from the building by thick black smoke, fire and gunfire.
10.45pm: Security staff try to retake the main building but come under heavy fire and retreat.
11.20pm: A second attempt to retake the main building is successful. Fighting moves to the annex.
Midnight: Fighting at the annex - reported to last about two hours - results in the deaths of two Americans who have yet to be named by US authorities.
1.15am: Mr Stevens arrives at a nearby hospital - it is not known who took him. A doctor there has told the BBC that he spent an hour trying to revive him, but that Mr Stevens died from smoke inhalation.
2.30am: Security forces regain control of the annex.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19587068
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