BY: Kenya Today and Agencies U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens (April 18, 1960 – September 11, 2012) died Tuesday in an assault on the American Consulate in Benghazi, the very city where he had arrived in the spring of 2011 to help build ties between the upstart rebellion and the rebels. Stevens graduated from the […]
Inside the US consulate in Benghazi: material and human damage laid bare
A Libyan man explains that the bloodstains are from an American employee who grabbed the column while being evacuated from the consulate in Benghazi. Photograph: Mohammad Hannon/AP Visit to burned-out consular building reveals extent of attack and gives Libyans a chance to disown mob and offer condolences BY: Chris Stephen in Benghazi for the guardian.co.uk, […]
Protesters storm US embassy in Yemen over anti-Islam film
No casualties reported in the attack in Sana’a, which happened a day after the US ambassador to Libya was killed in Benghazi BY: Julian Borger for guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 September 2012 13.10 BST Arab outrage triggered by an anti-Islamic film made in California has spread to Yemen, where protesters attacked the US embassy in Sana’a. […]
Yemen protesters storm US embassy – live coverage
BY: Matthew Weaver and Brian Whitaker for the guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 September 2012 10.50 BST HIGHLIGHTS: Heavy gunfire at US embassy in Sana’a Were film protests cover for Libya terrorist attack? Second night of protests in Cairo ends in violence US dispatches FBI, marines, and warships to Libya Tributes paid to model diplomat Chris Stevens […]
How anti-Islamic movie sparked lethal assault on US consulate in Libya
Previously obscure film made last year provided pretext for violence that left US ambassador and three others dead BY:Julian Borger for the guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 September 2012 20.00 BST The attack on the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi came after midnight in a blaze of gunfire and grenade explosions, taking the […]
Chris Stevens, US ambassador to Libya, killed in Benghazi attack
Ambassador and three other American embassy staff killed after Islamist militants fired rockets at their car, say Libyan officials BY: Luke Harding, Chris Stephen and agencies in Tripoli for the guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 September 2012 13.24 BST The US ambassador in Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack after the […]
American Ambassador to Libya and 3 others Killed in Benghazi
BY: Agencies The state department has confirmed reports that the USA Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens and three staffers have been killed during an outbreak of violence at the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya. The three were were killed in a rocket attack on their car, as they were being rushed from a consular building […]