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In a dispatch sent the day he was killed, Ambassador Christopher Stevens described how the militias keeping the peace in Benghazi threatened to quit over a political feud. Eli Lake reports.

Just two days before the 9/11 anniversary attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, two leaders of the Libyan militias responsible for keeping order in the city threatened to withdraw their men.

The brinksmanship is detailed in a cable approved by Ambassador Chris Stevens and sent on the day he died in the attack, the worst assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission since the 1979 hostage crisis in Iran. The dispatch, which was marked “sensitive” but not “classified,” contained a number of other updates on the chaotic situation on the ground in post-Gaddafi Libya.

The cable, reviewed by The Daily Beast, recounts how the two militia leaders, Wissam bin Ahmed and Muhammad al-Gharabi, accused the United States of supporting Mahmoud Jibril, the head of the Libyan transitional government, to be the country’s first elected prime minister. Jibril’s centrist National Forces Alliance won the popular vote in Libyan elections in July, but he lost the prime minister vote in the country’s Parliament on Sept. 12 by 94 to 92. Had he won, bin Ahmed and al-Gharabi warned they “would not continue to guarantee security in Benghazi, a critical function they asserted they were currently providing,” the cable reads. The man who beat Jibril, Mustafa Abushagur, lost a vote of no-confidence Sunday, throwing Libyan politics back into further uncertainty.

The threat from the militias underscores the dangers of relying on local Libyan forces for security in the run-up to the 9/11 military-style assault. The U.S. consulate in Benghazi employed a militia called the “February 17 Martyrs Brigade” for security of the four-building compound. In addition, there were five Americans serving as diplomatic security and a group of former special operations forces that acted as a quick reaction force on the day of the 9/11 attack. Members of the militias led by bin-Ahmed and al-Gharabi overlapped with the February 17 militia, the cable says.

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I missed the part where they talked about the youTube video...

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Is there one single thing the Obama administration said to the American public about this attack that proved to be true?

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Is there one single thing the Obama administration said to the American public about ANYTHING that proved to be true?

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It almost sounds like they needed a sacrifice. Its like they wanted the Ambassador dead, that our incompetence, and huge cover-up.

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Libya Cable Detailed Threats 2 days before 9/11 attacks
I am with Greg Gutfield at this point: there is only ONE question to be asked at this point: Why was Obama touting the video within 24 hours when they knew it was an attack? How did they know about it so quickly? What convinced them it was the cause when only 10 people saw it? (Same question really)

That gets to the heart of the coverup. And if Romney asks Obama that question directly in the next debate, the Obama presidency is over.

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That gets to the heart of the coverup. And if Romney asks Obama that question directly in the next debate, the Obama presidency is over.

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if Romney asks Obama that question directly in the next debate, the Obama presidency is over.

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Biden is the administration's foreign policy credibility start remember. He was handpicked for just that reason...

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I am with Greg Gutfield at this point: there is only ONE question to be asked at this point: Why was Obama touting the video within 24 hours when they knew it was an attack? How did they know about it so quickly? What convinced them it was the cause when only 10 people saw it? (Same question really)

That gets to the heart of the coverup. And if Romney asks Obama that question directly in the next debate, the Obama presidency is over.

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I am with Greg Gutfield at this point: there is only ONE question to be asked at this point: Why was Obama touting the video within 24 hours when they knew it was an attack? How did they know about it so quickly? What convinced them it was the cause when only 10 people saw it? (Same question really)

That gets to the heart of the coverup. And if Romney asks Obama that question directly in the next debate, the Obama presidency is over.
Boom!

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