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First Western eyewitness in Benghazi to go public gives account of attack, warning signs

[FoxNews] The first Western eyewitness to the deadly Benghazi terror attacks has given an account of the seven-hour assault on the U.S. outpost in Libya and says Americans knew such an incident was inevitable.

The witness -- a former British soldier who for decades helped protect U.S. diplomats and military leaders -- told CBS' "60 Minutes" that Al Qaeda forces first attacked the U.S. Special Mission Compound in which Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed. Then they launched a second attack on a secret CIA annex about a mile across the city.

"They knew what they were doing," the security guard told CBS. "That was a well-executed attack."

The guard's most dramatic account of the hours-long ordeal is when a team from the annex rushed to help fellow Americans under siege at the compound.

"About 30 minutes into the attack, a Quick Reaction Force from the CIA annex ignored orders to wait and raced to the compound, at times running and shooting their way through the streets just to get there.

"Inside the compound, they repelled a force of as many as 60 armed hard boyz and managed to save five American lives and recover the body of Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith. They were forced to fight their way out before they could find the Ambassador" Stevens.