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To: t4texas who wrote (507946)9/13/2012 1:25:42 AM
From: LindyBill5 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 793822
 
We have a Marine base in Spain loaded with troops. We just dropped a platoon of them into Tripoli now that the horse has been stolen. We STILL don't have any at our office in Benghazi.

What it boils down to is that State would rather risk losing some people and be humiliated than risk killing rioting locals. We had a couple of State Dept people killed a couple of decades ago in North Africa by Palestinians that State basically covered up. I can't pull up the details.

lindybill@getout.com
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