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Benghazi Consulate Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012


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    • Benghazi Mission Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
    • U.S. Consulate Terrorist Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
    • U.S. Mission Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
    • U.S. Special Mission Terrorist Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
    • United States Consulate Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
    • United States Mission Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
    • United States Special Mission Terrorist Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
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    • found: Work cat.: Accountability Review Board report for Benghazi, 2012:PDF file, p. 4 (A series of terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11-12, 2012, resulted in the deaths of four U.S. government personnel, Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty; seriously wounded two other U.S. personnel and injured three Libyan contract guards; and resulted in the destruction and abandonment of the U.S. Special Mission compound and Annex)
    • found: Benghazi and beyond, 2012:p. 2 (The coordinated, preplanned and brazen attacks against the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11th was an outrage.)
    • found: Google, Jan. 25, 2013(hit counts: US Consulate attack, 2,610,000; Benghazi Consulate attack, 1,580,000; US Mission attack, 190,000; Benghazi Mission attack, 274,000)
    • found: Google, March 11, 2013:("United States special mission terrorist attacks": 0 hits; "Benghazi consulate attack": 1,620,000 hits; "Benghazi mission attack": 208,000 hits; "special mission terrorist attacks": 4 hits; "U.S. consulate terrorist attack": 120,000 hits; "U.S. mission attack": 140,000 hits; "U.S. special mission terrorist attack": 0 hits)
    • found: New York times WWW site, March 11, 2013:archive, searched dates 11 Sept. 2012-11 March 2013 ("Benghazi consulate attack": 237 hits; "U.S. consulate terrorist attack": 161 hits; "Benghazi consulate attack": 4 hits; "Benghazi mission attack": 16 hits; "United States special mission terrorist attacks": 0 hits)
    • found: Al Jazeera English WWW site, March 11, 2013:("Benghazi consulate attack": 1050 hits; "U.S. consulate terrorist attack": 0 hits; "United States consulate terrorist attack": 0 hits; "Benghazi terrorist attack": 0 hits)
    • found: Year in review, 2012:Libya (deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three consulate staff members in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Banghazi (Benghazi) by an armed group on September 11)
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    • 2013-01-25: new
    • 2013-04-04: revised
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