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It was first announced he was killed. by that night, the night of september 11th this week, we had what appears to an organized military style, sustained sophisticated attack on the same consulate again and this time they killed the american ambassador and three other americans. as we learn more about that attack, the idea that this was a protest gone wrong, that it was a grassroots angry mob that overran this facility, that seems less and less likely. it was a sustained attack that took place over more than four hours. we're now told it involved two different locations. the original consulate...

September 11th this week, we had what appears to an organized military style, sustained sophisticated attack on the same consulate again and this time they killed the american ambassador and three other americans. as we learn more about that attack, the idea that this was a protest gone wrong, that it was a grassroots angry mob that overran this facility, that seems less and less likely. it was a sustained attack that took place over more than four hours. we're now told it involved two different locations. the original consulate building and another supposedly safe site to which consulate pers...

Which is guarded by u.s. marines and has full security. it didn't happen there. it happened when the ambassador was in this lightly fortified consulate building over in the eastern part of the country in a city that's basically right next to what al chi qaeda is trying to build as a new hub for terrorist training. the city of benghazi is a city in the past few months have seen multiple attacks that are not just about local grievances or lingering anti-gadhafi stuff. they're about targeting the west. on may 22nd there was an attack on the red cross in benghazi. a group claimed credit for it. in...

>> they armed themselves. they have slammed this for quite some time. there was nothing impromptu. nothing it coincidental this happened at the same time muslims in cairo were protesting the movie. but it looks to be more coincidence than anything else. >> also, u.s. officials say no u.s. marines were guarding the consulate at the time of the attack. and apparently that's not unusual. >> this was a consulate building and not an embassy. our embassies in these places and there is a marine detail who have a responsibility of the obscurity up to the perimeter wall. this was a small building. they...

Who was visiting the consulate was killed along with three others. not sure of the nationality of those three others. the u.s. state department has not confirmed this, but this has been told to us by a senior security source in libya. we've been also told that the libyan prime minister and the libyan president will both be speaking today about this subject, offering their condolences to the united states and to the family of the fallen ambassador. and this is according to the report. we were told that when gunmen and a mob stormed the consulate building, they first attacked it with rpgs, then ...