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| The Quds and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Benghazi connection |
| 2016-03-22 |
| [Wash Times] In the aftermath of the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn tasked the intelligence community for information on Iran’s involvement in the attack. Until now, government officials have refused to acknowledge any Iranian involvement in Benghazi. But the Flynn memo indicates that at least some in the U.S. intelligence community suspected Tehran from the very beginning. A top secret Sept. 21 memo responding to the director’s inquiry and disclosed as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request from the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch includes fragmentary information on al Qaeda affiliates. But its conclusions regarding Iran’s notorious Quds Force, a deadly hybrid of intelligence and special operations, have been totally redacted. Now retired, Gen. Flynn told The Washington Times that, for classification reasons, he could not discuss the memo’s redacted contents or talk about his four hours of secret testimony for the House Special Benghazi committee. He did note, however, that a recently declassified trove of letters from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden reveal that Shiite Iran was willing to help Sunni militants if the common foe was the United States. The U.S. military has crossed swords with Iran’s Quds Force in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen where the Quds Force used a similar tactic to what sources believe they use in Benghazi: infiltrating a paramilitary operations team into a hostile environment under cover of humanitarian aide workers for the Red Crescent Society, the Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross. A Red Crescent team from Iran arrived in Benghazi, Libya on July 30, 2012, ostensibly to provide humanitarian aide to the post-Gadhafi revolutionary regime. The secret CIA Annex operating in Benghazi had been tipped off and dispatched local "watchers" to track their movements, according to Dylan Davies, a British security contractor in charge of the local guards protecting the Benghazi facility. "Everyone knew the Iranians were in Benghazi," former CIA security officer Kris "Tanto" Paranto said in an interview. "Especially once the Red Cross [Red Crescent] team from Iran was ‘kidnapped’ by Ansar al-Shariah, we knew about them and were tracking them." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Libya used to have an army, NMBS |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-03-22 16:35 |
| #5 "Cut by Occam's Razor", eh Grom? Attack required a special skillset in small mortar deployment and usage No reason to believe their's was a short notice tactical response. I expect the static Embassy site (as many) was presurveyed, defense response locations identified and launch markers prepositioned. |
| Posted by: WarDoof 2016-03-22 15:24 |
| #4 The preplanned targeting of the indirect fire on the CIA compound, with quick adjustments through a probable forward deployed FSO who made accurate call for fire adjustments suggests a level of crew training and target adjustment practice uncommon among the ragtag remnants of the locals in Benghazi. Conversely, such a skill set from an Al-Quds/Spetznaz force team would be expected. Add the new revelation about the timely Red Crescent team insertion with "supplies" and their strange "kidnapping" to provide plausible deniability, and poof, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck..... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2016-03-22 14:35 |
| #3 Don't look for deep laid, elaborate plots where the bestial nature of the locals will account. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-03-22 10:17 |
| #2 Always thought it could be the Persians behind this. Either Takavar or Spetsnaz, although the Persians were much more 'invested' in FSA arms interdiction at the time and this article's information seems to say that they had the opportunity to be in the area. Attack required a special skillset in small mortar deployment and usage, something AQI or 'Proto-ISIS' didn't have (at the time, anyway). |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-03-22 10:10 |
| #1 Force used a similar tactic to what sources believe they use in Benghazi: infiltrating a paramilitary operations team into a hostile environment under cover of humanitarian aide workers for the Red Crescent Society, the Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross. The polio vaccination cover works so much better. Keep up the good work General ! If the Iranian sanctions were just eased a bit, some sort of WMD 'deal' involving great sums of money, etc, etc, perhaps no one on their side will say anything about the Benghazi Quds Force involvement. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-03-22 04:17 |