A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States. (Reuters)
Libyan Guards Speak Out On Attack That Killed U.S. Ambassador -- McClatchy News/Tribune
BENGHAZI, Libya — Face down on a roof inside the besieged American diplomatic compound, gunfire and flames crackling around them, the two young Libyan guards watched as several bearded men crept toward the ambassador's residence with semiautomatic weapons and grenades strapped to their chests.
"We are finished," one of the guards says he remembers thinking.
Both are veterans of the ragtag revolutionary forces that toppled Moammar Gadhafi. Over the last year, while assigned by their militia to help protect the U.S. mission in Benghazi, the pair had been drilled by American security personnel in using their weapons, securing entrances, climbing walls and waging hand-to-hand combat.
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My Comment: CNS got hold of what qualifications are needed to be hired as guard at a U.S. Libyan diplomat post. Sighhhh .... Amb. Stevens did not have a chance.
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