Posted January 19, 2016 3:47 pm by Comments

By Andre M. Dall’au

The new Michael Bay movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi shows the events leading up to and during the attack on the U.S. Embassy on September 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. While not a documentary, the movie accurately portrays how U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and Foreign Service Information Officer Sean Smith were killed as a result of a well-coordinated assault by Islamic militants that overwhelmed the diplomatic compound. Later that night, at a CIA annex about a mile away, two ex-Navy SEAL contractors, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty, were also killed during a separate firefight against overwhelming forces equipped with heavy weapons, including RPGs and mortars.

The movie correctly depicts the actions of operators, both active-duty special operations warriors and CIA contract personnel along with a contingent of Libyan forces. This small band had to face an overwhelming force of professional and well-equipped assaulters. The desperate situation was exacerbated by a lack of prior security planning and a lack of reinforcements once the assault began.

The movie shows the challenges of the warriors, who quickly recognized beforehand that the security preparations for the visiting …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life

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