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| − | The '''Benghazi Attack''' was a pre-planned armed assault on a [[United States]] outpost in Benghazi, [[Libya]] on September 11, 2012, in which the [[America]]n ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPzeLLL9V-c Leading from behind - a critique of Obama foreign policy]</ref> and three other members of his [[diplomatic mission]] were murdered:<ref>{{cite_web | + | The '''Benghazi Attack''' was a pre-planned armed assault on a [[United States]] outpost in Benghazi, [[Libya]] on September 11, 2012, in which the [[America]]n ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three other members of his [[diplomatic mission]] were murdered:<ref>{{cite_web |
| | |url=http://libya.usembassy.gov/tw091312.html | | |url=http://libya.usembassy.gov/tw091312.html |
| | |title=Travel Warning - Libya | | |title=Travel Warning - Libya |
| | |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya | | |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya |
| | |date=September 12, 2012 | | |date=September 12, 2012 |
| − | |accessdate=October 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2012/09/20120912135826.html|title=President Obama on the Attack in Benghazi|date=September 12, 2012|accessdate=October 12, 2012|publisher=International Information Programs, U.S. Embassy}}</ref> [[United States Foreign Service|Foreign Service]] Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and private security employees and former [[United States Navy SEALs|U.S. Navy SEALs]] Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods. Ambassador Stevens was reported to have been brutally raped before his murder, "<ref>[http://www.aina.org/news/20120913165253.htm Ambassador Stevens Was Raped Before His Murder, Reports Claim,] Assyrian International News Agency, 9-13-2012.</ref> The attack also injured two other Americans. | + | |accessdate=October 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2012/09/20120912135826.html|title=President Obama on the Attack in Benghazi|date=September 12, 2012|accessdate=October 12, 2012|publisher=International Information Programs, U.S. Embassy}}</ref> [[United States Foreign Service|Foreign Service]] Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and private security employees and former [[United States Navy SEALs|U.S. Navy SEALs]] Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods. Ambassador Stevens was reported to have been brutally raped before his murder.<ref>[http://www.aina.org/news/20120913165253.htm Ambassador Stevens Was Raped Before His Murder, Reports Claim,] Assyrian International News Agency, 9-13-2012.</ref> The attack also injured two other Americans. |
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| | The [[Obama administration]] initially said that the attack was provoked by an anti-islamic YouTube video, but the facts disproved that. | | The [[Obama administration]] initially said that the attack was provoked by an anti-islamic YouTube video, but the facts disproved that. |