Reuter's articleRoyGBiv wrote:From a friend on another forum:
Here's what I'd like to know:
- How many Libyan LE/mil personnel were dispatched to end the riot at the US Consulate?
- How many Libyan "protesters" were injured or killed by Libyan government personnel in the defense of the US Consulate?
Witnesses said the mob included tribesmen, militia and other gunmen. Hamam, a 17-year-old who took part in the attack, said Ansar al-Sharia cars arrived at the start of the protest but left once fighting started.
"The protesters were running around the compound just looking for Americans, they just wanted to find an American so they could catch one," he said.
"We started shooting at them, and then some other people also threw hand-made bombs over the fences and started the fires in the buildings," he said.
"There was some Libyan security for the embassy outside but when the hand-made bombs went off they ran off and left." Hamam said he saw an American die in front of him in the mayhem that ensued. He said the body was covered in ash.