US arms transfer to Al Qaeda

Confirmed: Benghazi was a cover-up of US arms transfer to Al Qaeda

Voice of Russia,

4 August, 2013

Shortly after the Benghazi debacle in September 2012, it was rumored that the terrorist attack occurred in the context of a CIA operation whereby Libyan arms, which presumably were either purchased or scooped up by the Agency in the wake of Gaddafi’s overthrow, were being shipped to al-Qaeda mercenaries in Syria. According to rumor, this is why the CIA had an “annex” in Benghazi; it explains why there were CIA men on the scene, two of whom were killed, and perhaps also why Ambassador Chris Stevens traveled from Tripoli to Benghazi with essentially no security. Last week, the longstanding rumor was confirmed.

Last Wednesday, Obama said all the controversy over the terrorist attack on our compound in the Libyan city Sept. 11 that left four Americans dead was one of the many “phony scandals” ginned up by political opponents against his administration.

But new information suggests the scandal may not be so phony after all.

CNN reported last Thursday that the Benghazi compound was far more than a mere diplomatic outpost and that there is a great effort underway in Washington to cover up that fact.

According to ABC’s Jake Tapper, sources now tell that "dozens of people working for the CIA were on the ground that night, and that the agency is going to great lengths to make sure whatever it was doing, remains a secret."

Echoing Trapper, CNN claims it has learned the CIA is involved in what one source calls an unprecedented attempt to keep the spy agency’s Benghazi secrets from ever leaking out.

Among the many secrets still yet to be told about the Benghazi mission, is just how many Americans were there the night of the attack.

A source now tells CNN that number was 35, with as many as seven wounded, some seriously.

While it is still not known how many of them were CIA, CNN source asserts that 21 Americans were working in the building known as the annex, believed to be run by the agency.

The evidence also seems to confirm the fact that the two US agencies - the State Department and the CIA - operating in Benghazi were secretly helping to move surface-to-air missiles out of Libya, through Turkey, and into the hands of al-Qaeda affiliated Syrian rebels.

The State Department told CNN in an e-mail that it was only helping the new Libyan government destroy weapons deemed “damaged, aged or too unsafe retain,” and that it was not involved in any transfer of weapons to other countries.

But the State Department also clearly told CNN, they “can’t speak for any other agencies.”

The CIA would not comment about any alleged weapons transfers.

At the same time, US district representatives tried to gain at least some information about the 'Benghazi cover-up'

"I think it's a form of cover-up, and I think we should have the people who were on the scene come in, testify under oath, do it publicly, and lay it out", Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), whose district includes CIA headquarters in Langley, told CNN.

Rep. Wolf said that initially, numerous operatives involved in Benghazi came forward with a strong desire to talk.

"Initially they were not afraid to come forward," Wolf told CNN. "They wanted the opportunity, and they wanted to be subpoenaed, because if you're subpoenaed, it sort of protects you, you're forced to come before Congress. Now that's all changed."

ABC’s most recent reports say that the CIA is going to extraordinary lengths to silence employees who were present in Benghazi, including administering monthly polygraph examinations.

“You have no idea the amount of pressure being brought to bear on anyone with knowledge of this operation,” a source tells CNN.

This claim was also confirmed by a number of guests appearing on the Alex Jones Show.

Many assert that the CIA was shipping arms from US-controlled facilities located at the US mission in Benghazi to its mercenaries in Syria and the murder of ambassador Stevens was carried out by an al-Qaeda affiliated group as part of a turf war between the CIA and elements in the Pentagon. Later on, all those who participated in the operation or had at least some knowledge of what was going on in Behgazi those days were repeatedly threatened by US governmental agencies. 

Yulia Zamanskaya