A blistering report on the attacks on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. The 2012 attack probably could have been avoided says the Senate Committee. Im stephanie sy. According to the Senate Report they failed to increase security. The attack was not a plot but an op opportunistic attack by several groups. For the first time we hear that ambassador Chris Stevens refused two offers to beef up security. Tracy potts has more from washington. The Senate Intelligence report says the state department failed to act on mounting evidence that militants targeted the consulate in benghazi. The state department knew this was a violently part of the world, but failed to take the property security measures to protect the people in benghazi. The report calls the september 11, 2012, attack that killed four americans preventible, noting there were smaller attacks. The c. I. A. Beefed up its security, but the Senate Report says ambassador Chris Stevens declined two or from the military to bring in a specia
Play suspended. Thunder storms and soaring temperatures cause havoc at the Australian Open. Today was supposed to be about International Justice finally dealing with the asass nation of hav eke harr eerie. Then this happened. A car bomb in northern lebanon. An attack in a hezbollah stronghold. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a local government building, killing three, wounding dozens of others. Thousands away. The trial of hezbollah have begun. We are going to go live to james bay, diplomatic effort at the trial. First to zeina khodr. E reached hermell where the explosion was. Can you describe the scenes for us. The explosion was in the major center of the city, targetting the square. Three civilians were killed. Another explosion, another time when civilians paid the price. Lebanese officials are linking the attack to the war in syria. This is considered to bea hezbollah stronghold. It has come under repeated attacks in recent months. According to people here, this is a
We begin tonight with major developments on the Foreign Policy front. A Senate Intelligence Committee Report blames the state department an the pentagon from failing to protect the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. Better security may have stopped the september 2012 attack that killed Chris Stevens and three other americans. In egypt a vote on constitutional referendum was peaceful. Voter turnout was high, in spite of the Muslim Brotherhood call for a boycott. 75 people dead dozens of others injured, six car bombs explode he in and around baghdad this morning in predominantly shia neighborhoods. Senator john mccain has been an outspoken critic, the situation with the iraqi Prime Minister yesterday and today i asked him about that meeting. It was kind of bleak actually john because the deputy Prime Minister who you know is a sunni made a very strong case that maliki has been really alienating the sunnies for a long time in a variety of ways. And he made the point that a lot of us have made,
Good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. We begin this morning with a Senate Report suggesting a deadly aattack on the u. S. Consulate could have been prevented. The state department and american intelligence agencies did not do enough to boost security despite warnings that the threat level was increasing. Its the first report criticising ambassador chris sevens directly. It raises questions about his judgments and actions in the weeks before his death. Stevens and three other were killed on the attacks, taking place september 11th, 2002. Theres a new wave of violence in iraq. Six car bombs exploded in and around baghdad. 75 were killed, dozens injured. The blasts occurred in the mostly shia neighbourhoods. Senator mccain has been an outspokener critic and spoke with John Seigenthaler about his view on americas Foreign Policy throughout the region. Throughout the middle east america is declining in influence and on the wane. People are making their own accommoda
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