U.S. evacuates embassy in Libya, citing militia violence

[Wilikon]

The United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli as fighting intensified between rival militias, the State Department said.

“Due to the ongoing violence resulting from clashes between Libyan militias in the immediate vicinity of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, we have temporarily relocated all of our personnel out of Libya,” spokeswoman Marie Harf said. …

The evacuation was accompanied by the release of a new State Department travel warning for Libya urging Americans not to go to the country and recommending that those already there leave immediately. “The Libyan government has not been able to adequately build its military and police forces and improve security,” it said. “Many military-grade weapons remain in the hands of private individuals, including antiaircraft weapons that may be used against civilian aviation.”

American personnel at the Tripoli embassy, which had already been operating with limited staffing, left the capital around dawn and traveled by road to neighboring Tunisia, according to Harf. As the evacuation was underway, residents of the city reported in real time on social media that American military aircraft flew overhead while U.S. soldiers escorted a convoy of vehicles out of town. The State Department would not confirm the evacuation until all staffers were safely in Tunisia.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-evacuates-embassy-in-libya-citing-militia-violence/2014/07/26/54e3ca24-14ca-11e4-98ee-daea85133bc9_story.html

[Chef Ramsay]

Can't have another Benghazi this close to another election. Just goes to show that it isn't rocket science to get your people out of harm's way. Ahem, Hillary!

[Daniel91]

They made huge mistake once in Libya and couldn't afford another mistake now.
At least they learned something from their previous mistake.
Day by day Libya is going to the chaos, following bad examples of Syria and Iraq.
I think other embassies will follow Americans and evacuate soon.

[bitsmichel]

They made huge mistake once in Libya and couldn't afford another mistake now.
At least they learned something from their previous mistake.
Day by day Libya is going to the chaos, following bad examples of Syria and Iraq.
I think other embassies will follow Americans and evacuate soon.

I think the US power in the area is decreasing, Iran, Iraq and now Libya.
Which ones do you think will be evacuated?

[kuroman]

all these are the result the democracy and freedom that was spread there as in Iraq and Afghanistan......

[Daniel91]

They made huge mistake once in Libya and couldn't afford another mistake now.
At least they learned something from their previous mistake.
Day by day Libya is going to the chaos, following bad examples of Syria and Iraq.
I think other embassies will follow Americans and evacuate soon.

I think the US power in the area is decreasing, Iran, Iraq and now Libya.
Which ones do you think will be evacuated?

All this area falling in political chaos and this is very bad news, not just for USA but whole world, and specially for local people living there.
I'm afraid that not just this 3 countries you mentioned above but some other may follow Libya's example soon (Egypt for example, Jordan etc) so whole region can explode.
It seems that question is not any more if but when.

[kuroman]

They made huge mistake once in Libya and couldn't afford another mistake now.
At least they learned something from their previous mistake.
Day by day Libya is going to the chaos, following bad examples of Syria and Iraq.
I think other embassies will follow Americans and evacuate soon.

I think the US power in the area is decreasing, Iran, Iraq and now Libya.
Which ones do you think will be evacuated?

All this area falling in political chaos and this is very bad news, not just for USA but whole world, and specially for local people living there.
I'm afraid that not just this 3 countries you mentioned above but some other may follow Libya's example soon (Egypt for example, Jordan etc) so whole region can explode.
It seems that question is not any more if but when.

Egypt and Jordan are fine as they have strong armies, as long as the issue is not coming from the inside, Jordan is very stable, In Egypt the army took over and the situation seems to be stable right now

[psudoBTC]

Can't have another Benghazi this close to another election. Just goes to show that it isn't rocket science to get your people out of harm's way. Ahem, Hillary!

I think Hilary and the whole administration was asleep at the wheel Bengazi happened, they then tried to cover up their incompetence by blaming it on a video that they know had nothing to do with the attacks. Romney had access to classified information at the time of the presidential debates and brought this up and Obama denied it, but he was not able to leak classified information just to win an election.   

[DrG]

Can't have another Benghazi this close to another election. Just goes to show that it isn't rocket science to get your people out of harm's way. Ahem, Hillary!

I think Hilary and the whole administration was asleep at the wheel Bengazi happened, they then tried to cover up their incompetence by blaming it on a video that they know had nothing to do with the attacks. Romney had access to classified information at the time of the presidential debates and brought this up and Obama denied it, but he was not able to leak classified information just to win an election.   

Even if it was leaked would the 18 year olds voting for Obama even care?  Could they even find Libya on a map in under 30 seconds?  Out of sight out mind.

Because Romney didn't have Katy Perry champing him with green renewable energy to power their Ipads.  Obama could have have had AFO powered by Steven's blood and people wouldn't care (servicemen yes, but the majority of the electorate no).

[Wilikon]

Can't have another Benghazi this close to another election. Just goes to show that it isn't rocket science to get your people out of harm's way. Ahem, Hillary!

I think Hilary and the whole administration was asleep at the wheel Bengazi happened, they then tried to cover up their incompetence by blaming it on a video that they know had nothing to do with the attacks. Romney had access to classified information at the time of the presidential debates and brought this up and Obama denied it, but he was not able to leak classified information just to win an election.   

Don't forget that youtube video director went to jail for many many months. For no reason.

[peeveepee]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220153/Christopher-Stevens-Ambassador-pleaded-extra-security-Libya-hours-killed.html


The faces of the politicians look disgusting from the article.

[zolace]

Libya would be stable today, as it had been for about two decades before NATO destroyed civilian society and killed Gadaffi. But Hillary enjoys the mess that Libya is evidently.

[cryptasm]

never forget...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220153/Christopher-Stevens-Ambassador-pleaded-extra-security-Libya-hours-killed.html


The faces of the politicians look disgusting from the article.

To be fair, the Daily Mail is a pretty disgusting newspaper

[lihuajkl]

Their authorities are not powerful enough to end such riots. They should build strong army and have its own constitution to maintain its citizen's peaceful life.

[noviapriani]

Obama starts a war, destroys a country, goes golfing and fundraising, the Potemkin press circles the wagons and the low-information Democrats are too busy asking for free stuff to care about any of it.

[Wilikon]

Obama starts a war, destroys a country, goes golfing and fundraising, the Potemkin press circles the wagons and the low-information Democrats are too busy asking for free stuff to care about any of it.

You are wrong. No such thing as a low information democrat 
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