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Libya Warned US Three Days Before Consulate Attack -- News from Antiwar.com

Libya Warned US Three Days Before Consulate Attack -- News from Antiwar.com

Despite US officials angrily condemning reports last week that the Benghazi consulate attack, which killed the US ambassador, came with advanced warning, another Libyan security official came forward today to confirm that he gave the US a specific warning about security three days before the attack.

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