U.S. diplomat wrote on forum he might 'die tonight

[Joe Cocker]

By AFP
Washington

A U.S. diplomat who was among four Americans killed in Libya was mourned Wednesday by the Internet gaming community, of which he was a well-known member.

U.S. Air Force veteran Sean Smith, a foreign service information management officer, was on a gaming forum just before his death and made a comment suggesting he thought he could die in the Benghazi assault.

Smith, who used the handle “Vile Rat,” was in an online conversation in which he wrote, “assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police” that guard the compound taking pictures.”

“He was on (messaging service) jabber when it happened, that’s the most f---d up thing,” said a gaming friend who uses the handle “The Mittani,” who added that Smith wrote “GUNFIRE” and then disconnected and never returned.

The friend said Smith was “my friend for over six years, both in real life and in Internet spaceships” and a key member of the online multiplayer platform Eve.

“If you play this stupid game, you may not realize it, but you play in a galaxy created in large part by Vile Rat's talent as a diplomat,” The Mittani wrote. “No one focused as relentlessly on using diplomacy as a strategic tool as VR.”

Other tributes were made on gaming forums.

“Godspeed Vilerat,” one member wrote on the gaming site Something Awful.

“You were serving your country in extending diplomatic relations and died because of a loving youtube video some people took exception to.”

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Smith, an air force veteran, spent 10 years as an information management officer in the State Department and was in Libya on a temporary assignment.

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[danceswithdogs]

If that phony jerk in the White House had pried his scrawny ass out of bed and gone on TV letting the WORLD know that Egypt's President better make damn sure that US Citizens in the Consulate were kept safe, those people would still be alive.

Remember that infamous campaign slogan about the "Three A.M. phone call"? Well, we now know Obozo can't be bothered. He needed his beauty sleep so he could fly to Vegas the next day and beg for more money to a crowd of cheering fans who could not shut up long enough for Obozo's 30 second mention of the deaths of American citizens at the hands of radical Muslims.

Yep, we know where Hussein Obama's loyalties lie.

[Joe Cocker]

Maybe just maybe if he would go to the briefing it would had never happen, but the guards being unarmed, would you want the enemy have guns?

They say STATE DEPARTMENT knew this was going to happen 48 hours before. lets see how the controlled media handles this.

US Ambassador Killed in ‘Coordinated Al Qaeda Revenge Attack by Terrorists Who Used Libyan Mohammed Movie Protest as Cover’

ill Reilly and Lydia Warren, Daily Mail (London), September 12, 2012

A bloody attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that left American ambassador Christopher Stevens, two marines and a communications officer dead was a planned ambush by terrorists using a pro-Islam protest as cover, it has been claimed.

The victims died during a rocket attack when an armed mob set fire to the consulate in Benghazi after joining a protest over a ‘blasphemous’ film about the Prophet Mohammed.

It is believed a ‘small, vicious group’ of attackers used the protest as a diversion, although questions remain over whether the killers drummed up support for the march or simply took advantage of it, an official told CNN.

While it is not known exactly who was responsible for the rampage, a London think tank with strong ties to Libya said Stevens, who is not believed to have been targeted, could have been the victim of a revenge attack by al Qaeda.

The assault ‘came to avenge the death of Abu Yaya al-Libi, al Qaeda’s second in command killed a few months ago’ in Pakistan, think tank Quilliam told CNN, noting the rocket-propelled grenade launchers used in the attack do not normally appear at peaceful protests.

‘The military assault against the US Consulate in Benghazi should not be seen as part of a protest against a low budget film which was insulting Islam – there were just a few peaceful protesters present at the event,’ Quilliam said in a statement.

‘Indeed, there have been no other demonstrations regarding this film in Libya. We at Quilliam believe the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi was a well-planned terrorist attack that would have occurred regardless of the demonstration, to serve another purpose.’

Officials also reportedly voiced their concern that the attack was timed for the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, which were commemorated across the U.S. on Tuesday.

‘We’ve been talking for years about the desire of Al Qaeda, radical jihadists to celebrate the anniversary of 9/11,’ Pete Hoekstra, former chairman of the House intelligence committee, told FoxNews.com. ‘All my background, all of the conversations that I’ve had over the last 18 hours lead many people to believe that this was just more than a mere coincidence.’

He added that Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri recently released a video calling on militants to attacks Americans for revenge for the death in Pakistan – and that the anti-Mohammed film could have been a cover.

As speculations over what led to the attack intensify, President Barack Obama has deployed a team of 50 marines to the compound in Benghazi which was left ravaged by firebombs during the attack.

He could also command unmanned surveillance drones to fly over Benghazi in search of jihadi encampments possibly tied to the deadly attack, a U.S. official said. The drones, which would pass gathered information to Libyans, are expected to be approved by the Pentagon and White House shortly.

Christopher Stevens, 52, was at the compound evacuating staff when the building was stormed by 20 heavily-armed militants.

During a 20 minute fire fight, Libyan guards positioned inside the consulate managed to hold the attackers off as they sprayed the building with bullets before hurling a bomb inside. In the carnage, Sean Smith, a foreign service information management officer was shot dead.

Ambassador Stevens and his team made a desperate bid to flee by car to safety. But the vehicle came under heavy arms fire and was hit by a rocket, leaving it disabled and at the mercy of the mob.

Two marines attempted to aid Ambassador Stevens but were also shot dead, according to CBS.

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[danceswithdogs]

Our diplomat was MISSING/DRAGGED AROUND BY TERRORISTS for 8 hours while Obozo snoozed and dreamed of the next day's cheering and adoring crowd awaiting his magnificent arrival......

Makes a sane person want to vomit