Attack on Benghazi Consulate ‘Unprecedented,’ State Department Official Says

By: American Decency Staff

 

"The lethality and number of armed people is unprecedented," one of the officials said. "There was no attack anywhere in Libya — Tripoli or Benghazi — like this, So it is unprecedented and would be very, very hard to find a precedent like that in recent diplomatic history."

Though the timeline of events outlined on the call was similar to the last official account of the incident, which was given on Sept. 12, some stark differences and new details were revealed.

The biggest difference was a clear statement that there were no protests before the attack…

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