August 23, 2013 AFP • Attack on consulate tied to illegal U.S. arms trafficking • Administration refuses to back off ridiculous cover story By Victor Thorn It’s a dirty little secret in Washington that has so far been kept out of the public eye: The United States Special Mission Compound in Benghazi, Libya, served as the hub for a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm rebels battling against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to an April 29 column by political commentator Katie Kieffer, “Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David Petraeus were likely behind [this] gun-trafficking program.” To launch this new version of Iran-contra weapons smuggling, in August 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed the plan to CIA Director David Petraeus, who assigned U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens to handle the logistics for the clandestine operation.
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