Former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty one of 4 Americans killed in attack on U.S. consulate in Libya

Glen Doherty / CBS Boston/Family photo

(CBS/AP) BOSTON - A former Navy SEAL from a Boston suburb was one of four Americans who died in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya Wednesday.

Forty-two-year-old Glen Doherty was killed with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Benghazi, a family friend told CBS Boston on Thursday.

"He was on security detail and he was protecting the ambassador and also helping the wounded"' when he was killed, his sister, Katie Quigly told the Boston Globe.

Doherty was a 1988 graduate of Winchester High School.

A third victim has been identified as Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith, an Air Force veteran who had worked as an information management officer for 10 years in posts such as Brussels, Baghdad and Pretoria.

The identity of the fourth American killed is still not known.

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The four Americans were killed when a group of U.S. employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff as the building came under attack by a mob wielding guns and rocket propelled grenades. Stevens is the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in an attack since 1979, when Ambassador Adolph Dubs was killed in Afghanistan.

On Thursday, a senior Libyan security official said the attack was an organized two-part operation by heavily armed militants that included a precisely timed raid on a supposedly secret safe house just as Libyan and U.S. security forces were arriving to rescue evacuated consulate staff.

Wanis al-Sharef, eastern Libya's deputy interior minister, said Stevens and another American were killed in the consulate as plainclothes Libyan security were evacuating them to the safe house. The second assault targeted the safe house, killing two Americans and wounding nearly about 30 Libyans and Americans.

Meanwhile the Obama administration has begun what appears to be a terrorist hunt in Libya, as evidence mounts that the attack was perpetrated by well-armed thugs and not an out-of-control crowd.

CBS News correspondent David Martin reports the FBI has opened an investigation into the deaths, and agents will be sent to sift through the wreckage for evidence. They will be accompanied by a second team sent just for their protection.

As part of the hunt for the attackers, officials say the U.S. will increase its surveillance over Libya, including the use of unmanned drones. In addition, the U.S. Navy is positioning two destroyers armed with cruise missiles off the coast of Libya.

One destroyer, the USS Laboon, moved to a position off the coast Wednesday, and the USS McFaul is en route and should be stationed off the coast within days. Officials said the ships, which carry Tomahawk cruise missiles, do not have a specific mission. But they give commanders flexibility to respond to any mission ordered by the president.

The investigation will focus on whether the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a planned terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and not a spontaneous mob enraged over an anti-Islam YouTube video.

After the attack, an elite anti-terrorist unit of about 40 Marines was flown in to beef up security at the American embassy in the capital of Tripoli. Air Force transport planes flew the bodies of the dead Americans out, along with at least three who were injured and the rest of the approximately 25 diplomats assigned to the consulate. At the same time, the U.S. State Department urged all non-essential personnel to leave on commercial flights.

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U.S. consulate attack in Libya

Three Americans injured in the assault on the consulate in Benghazi were being treated Thursday at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, near America's Ramstein Air Base, CBS News has learned.

Wanis al-Sharef, a Libyan Interior Ministry official in Benghazi, said there had been threats that Islamic militants might try to take revenge for the death of al Qaeda's No. 2 commander Abu Yahya al-Libi, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in June, and he said the U.S. consulate should have been better protected.

Confirming al-Libi's death for the first time in a video posted online Monday, al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahri called on Muslims in al-Libi's native Libya to take revenge for his death.

U.S. officials believe the militants were using the demonstration against the video as a cover to get into the consulate and then take as much revenge as they could on Americans, Martin reports.

While the White House has been hesitant to call the attack planned, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers was not so ambiguous.

"Absolutely it's a terrorist attack," Rogers told CBS News Capitol Hill producer Jill Jackson. "This was not done by the Libyan government. It was done by an external group we believe has at least extremist ties, maybe al Qaeda ties, and the style and the signature of the attack clearly would be something that we have seen before and would be in line with something al Qaeda would do."

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The White House says President Obama called the presidents of Libya and Egypt Tuesday and urged them to continue working with the United States to ensure the safety of diplomatic personnel.

Mr. Obama thanked Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf for his condolences over the deaths of Stevens and the three other State Department officers. The White House says the two leaders agreed to work together to bring the attackers to justice.

During a second call, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi promised Egypt "would honor its obligation to ensure the safety of American personnel," the White House said.

Mr. Obama told Morsi that while "he rejects efforts to denigrate Islam ... there is never any justification for violence against innocents."

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[webmasteh]

Horrid, so very sad.

I am without words most the time thinking of this.

[rockman2257]

This is an incredible embarrassment to Obama. The mid east is on fire, and the media focuses on Romney's comment? Laughable. Trust me; it will be removed from all leftist media pages by next week. The next time one will hear anything about it is when / if they catch the killers and Obama gets to spike the ball, otherwise, the story is gone, just like Fast and Furious. Fast and what?

[rockman2257]

<<<<It is exactly your mindset that caused the people who killed the ambassador to kill him. "Blame">>>>

That is hilarious considering I have heard Obama BLAME Bush and whoever, whatever..... else more times than Carters has pills. Obama, the BLAME President, his forte'.

[marcie10000]

As an American, I am truly grateful for Glen's service. This is just so tragic. There are those of us who remember Libya in WWII and cherish all of its rich history. I hope Glen's family knows how valued he was in his service to his nation as well as other nations.

[FLHRC-12]

Obama's hands are stained with this brave mans blood by sticking his nose in Libya's affairs and helping oust and assasinate leader of a another nation.
Maybe Qadhafi's loyalists will someday come and return the same favor to the meddler and America.

[ugacrew]

FLHRC-12,

It is exactly your mindset that caused the people who killed the ambassador to kill him. "Blame"

[eyes_on_the_news]

Treason: Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.2. A betrayal of trust or confidence.
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) violation or betrayal of the allegiance that a person owes his sovereign or his country, esp by attempting to overthrow the government; high treason2. any treachery or betrayal
collaborationisman act of cooperating with an invader of one's country. &#8212; collaborationist, n.perfidy1. breach of trust, especially treachery or treason.
2. an act or instance of this. &#8212; perfidious, adj.recreancycowardice, treason, or disloyalty. &#8212; recreant, n., adj.
1 : the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : treachery 2 : an act or an instance of disloyalty
In this case, we should see beyond the intended outcome wanted by the few (the Jews), for there is no possible explanation that such video intended impact on their enemies would not bring the United States in a state of war against people of other nations due to the fact the Jewish High Jewish Federations of North America,

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"Vatican, Israeli Rabbi Condemn Anti-Muslim Film


An Orthodox Israeli rabbi and former cabinet minister condemned today as "garbage and slime" a film deemed offensive to Islam that has sparked deadly anti-US protests in Libya and Egypt.

"Although freedom of expression and the right to use satire are sacred democratic principles, these freedoms should not be used as an excuse to publish garbage and slime," Michael Melchior, a long-standing advocate of inter-faith dialogue, wrote in a statement.

The low-budget movie, "Innocence of Muslims" in which actors have strong American accents, portrays Muslims as immoral and gratuitously violent. It was produced by Israeli-American Sam Bacile, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Vatican also condemned what it called anti-Muslim "provocations" and the resulting "unacceptable violence" after the deadly attack.

"The serious consequences of unjustified offence and provocations against the sensibilities of Muslim believers are once again evident," Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said in a statement.

"The reactions they arouse, sometimes with tragic results, which in their turn nourish tension and hatred, unleashing unacceptable violence," he said.

"Profound respect for the beliefs, texts, outstanding figures and symbols of the various religions is an essential precondition for the peaceful coexistence of peoples," he added."


"LOS ANGELES (AP) &#8212; An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into HIDING after a YouTube trailer of his movie attacking Islam's prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya. The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three American members of his staff were killed.
Speaking by phone Tuesday from an undisclosed location, writer and director Sam Bacile remained defiant, saying Islam is a cancer and that the 56-year-old intended his film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion.
Protesters angered over Bacile's film opened fire on and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi."

These people knew they would be putting American citizens and US Forces at risk and in harms way<>That should be condemn and they should be prosecuted to also teach them a lesson.

"According to the Journal, Bacile raised "$5 million from 100 Jewish donors" and he produced the film using 60 actors and 45 crew members.
Bacile told the Journal that he made the film to expose "Islam as a hateful religion."
"Islam is a cancer," he told the paper. "The movie is a political movie. It's not a religious movie."

"The film is not intended to insult the Muslim community, but it is intended to reveal truths about Muhammad that are possibly not widely known," Jones said in a statement obtained by The Orlando Sentinel.
Update at 7:27 p.m. ET. Calif. Coptic Christian Confirms Role:
Using the cellphone number they talked to "Sam Bacile," The Associated Press tracked down a man named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, who lived at the address that aligned with cellphone records.
Nakoula denied that he directed the film but admitted that he was the manager for the production company. He also told the AP that he was a Coptic Christian.
The AP notes that Nakoula has a criminal record: He pleaded no contest in 2010 to federal bank fraud charges and served 21 months in federal prison."

I'll stop here for now, but this is not over<>Those unbalanced Jews must be stop from putting the sons and daughters of the good people of the United States in HARMS WAY as they have been doing it for a while now. Let them clean up their own mess and pay the consequences of their own actions.

[smartalecq]

Why don't we wait for all the facts first before blaming this on the Jews. I really doubt that Jews have anything to do with this.

They say they spent 10 Million on the production, but the quality was very poor. It looks more, 100K budget and shot in China town.

[swicked]

You have to admit, if you disregard for a moment the actual victims of such attacks, Muslims protesting a parody depicting them as amoral, violent monsters by mercilessly killing innocent people is pretty amusing.
They've really found an interesting way of disarming an offensive parody: by living it to the letter.

In any case, I would gladly applaud their sense of comedic timing before their inevitable execution.

[eyes_on_the_news]

The United States ought to be a little more cautious this time around, and carry on their strategic offensive against the perpetrators in a more incommunicable and secretive way. This can also carry consequences against The United States citizens visiting other parts of the world regardless if they are, or not in Arabic Nation. They can be stone to death by crows, they can be killed to make a point just to teach us a lesson that we should respect their way the same way we want them to respect ours. They can use home made bombs to killed our own in bars, stores, shops, or touristy sights . They can organize an offensive not yet thought of such as targeting American businesses overseas in Europe, Asian, India, Latin America, etc. Because of the stupid fakeng Jews we are in the mess we are with those people. They have done it time and time again and again, and we keep sending our sons and daughters in harm way. Do they care about the United States, no they don't<>They care for the US Armed Forces as a bunch of trained barbaric mercenaries ready to kill at their command to satisfy their intended goals. If your sons and daughters die they won't be there to support you, they won't be their to support their families and their children, for they mean nothing to them. USA citizens should attempt to take the Jewish community to court and obtain restitution for the death of their children due to their negligence and actions to implicate this countries Armed Forces into battle. I am getting angry with these SOB using The United States Of America as a clandestine and mercenary head quarters. The United States sons and daughters have sworn an oath, yes THEY HAVE, but to defend this country (TO DEFEND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, not a bunch of pieces of turds Zionists, Fascists) and its citizens, not a bunch of fakeng criminals and murderers trying to annihilate the Palestinians and their children, with animal instincts, hypocrites, manipulating every possible media resource to get into our heads and makes the good people of this Nation feel sorry and kind toward their miserable, pathetic, ingenious, rehearsed, incongruous, cry that they have been mistreated. What the FK are they doing now, and what DID THEY DO (killed and steal the intellectual and quick mental response from honest citizens by manipulating their thoughts and intellect through media manipulation and providing distractions to society) killed others who did not agree with them. There was a man who SAW THEY WERE BUT PARASITES TO GOOD citizens and honest PEOPLE, who did not care except for themselves, and although I don't agree with his tactics, he missed some bad apples, for there are a few who are great human beings. They have always found a way to have others do their dirty work<KILL>They did it with the ROMANS by having them killed Yah-Zeus (Jesus) and cleaed (washed) their hands-we did not do it (although you now find many Jews in Israel and in the USA who would yell and cry out loud they would do it again. Their ultimate goal is to eradicate all of the people in GAZA who is not Jewish, and to attempt to annihilate the rest of the Arabic nations. I hope you all know history, and if not read...., for this is going to be an interesting mess we are getting into because of those pathetic imbalanced Jewish people. And I will say, that I have defended a few and have protected a few in my youth, and I would do it again, for one reason, those individuals did have morals, and do no agree with those perverted Zionists and mentally unbalanced Jewish people committing such calculated crimes with this countries repertoire of arms and military personnel. To you when those caskets comeback, they are tears and excruciating pain deep in your heart, for them they are expendable tools, when you hear the buzzing noise of the bullets and the explosion of the bombs while some television channel show the fighting or the good sons and daughters of this GREAT NATION, they frightening sounds, to them those same sounds are, a symphony full of melodies and high pitched notes displaying one more reason to rejoice indicating how close they are to their intended goal at the expense of your sons and daughters lives.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessing of Liberty, to OURSELVES (OURSELVES MEANS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOT SOME ZIONISTS MURDERERS SOMEWHERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEANS) and our Prosperyty, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States.

[smartalecq]

Why is your comment so long? Don't you have anything else to do?

[Verascity]

Deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Glen Doherty. They must be very proud of him.

[thefatcat2]

Time and others now reporting
Marines in Egypt were not allowed to have LIVE AMMO.
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No wounder they were not guarding the Ambassador

[yankskeptic]

Not only that (no live ammo), some US embassies are protected by the host governments security forces. In this case, the Libyan security forces ran from the protesters rather than fight to death.

The strict Rules of Engagement for US Marines may also have contributed to 4 American deaths--- NO protesters died.

We'll never know the truth as the White House controls the investigation into this incident, and the media is too timid and submissive to challenge Obama.

[umish]

UPDATE: Sept. 13, 11:34 a.m. -- The Associated Press has identified Californian Nakoula Basseley Nakoula as the man behind the anti-Muslim film that's been the target of protests across the Middle East. The AP says its source for the information is an official in U.S. law enforcement who "spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation."
In earlier interviews, Nakoula said he was the manager of the company that made the film but did not say he was the actual filmmaker. He identified himself as a Coptic Christian and said that the film's director supported concerns about the treatment of the Copts by Muslims.

He also denied posing as Sam Bacile, the mysterious man whom initial reports on Tuesday quoted and identified as an Israeli Jewish filmmaker, but AP reports that telephone numbers for Bacile and Nakoula trace to the same address. Questions remain as to why Bacile, who was interviewed by the AP and the Wall Street Journal, said he was an Israeli Jew.