2012 Benghazi attack

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The 2012 Benghazi attack was a coordinated militant assault on U.S. diplomatic and CIA facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans and sparked intense political controversy in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attack on a diplomatic mission ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
militant attack ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
attackType armed assault with small arms ⓘ
mortars ⓘ
rocket-propelled grenades ⓘ
causeOfDeath mortar fire for Glen Doherty ⓘ
mortar fire for Tyrone S. Woods ⓘ
smoke inhalation for J. Christopher Stevens ⓘ
smoke inhalation for Sean Smith ⓘ
commemoratedBy memorials for the four Americans killed ⓘ
conflictType armed assault ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
date 2012-09-11 ⓘ
endDate 2012-09-12 ⓘ
fatalities 4 Americans ⓘ
several Libyan security personnel ⓘ
followedBy State Department Accountability Review Board investigation ⓘ
multiple U.S. congressional hearings ⓘ
injuries multiple U.S. and Libyan personnel wounded ⓘ
involvedOrganization Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Libyan security forces ⓘ
linked to: Libyan Armed Forces

U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
location Benghazi ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive U.S. and international news coverage ⓘ
motive militant opposition to U.S. presence in Libya ⓘ
notableVictim Glen Doherty ⓘ
J. Christopher Stevens ⓘ
Sean Smith ⓘ
Tyrone S. Woods ⓘ
partOf Libyan Crisis (2011–present) ⓘ
aftermath of the Libyan Civil War ⓘ
perpetrator Islamist militants ⓘ
politicalImpact congressional investigations in the United States ⓘ
criticism of Obama administration ⓘ
criticism of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ⓘ
major political controversy in the United States ⓘ
result destruction of U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi ⓘ
evacuation of U.S. personnel from Benghazi ⓘ
securityContext criticized security arrangements at U.S. facilities in Benghazi ⓘ
suspectedPerpetrator Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) ⓘ
target CIA annex in Benghazi ⓘ
U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi ⓘ
time late evening of 2012-09-11 local time ⓘ
victimNationality United States ⓘ

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Hard Choices → topic → Benghazi attack ⓘ
linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
Hard Choices → describesEvent → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Ansar al-Sharia in Libya → involvedIn → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Jack Silva → conflict → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Tyrone S. Woods → notableEvent → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
United States House Select Committee on Benghazi → investigatedEvent → Attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi ⓘ
linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
Mitchell Zuckoff → notableEventCovered → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Kris Paronto → participantIn → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Kris Paronto → writesAbout → Benghazi attack ⓘ
linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
Mark Geist → conflict → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
CIA Annex Security Team → activeDuringEvent → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
CIA Annex in Benghazi → relatedToEvent → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Hard Choices → notableEventDescribed → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Libya–United States relations → majorIncident → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
U.S. State Department Accountability Review Board report → triggeredBy → September 11–12, 2012 attacks in Benghazi ⓘ
linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
J. Christopher Stevens → participantIn → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Sean Smith → participantIn → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Tyrone Woods → conflict → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Glen Doherty → conflict → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Oz (pseudonym) → participatedIn → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Sean Smith → causeOfDeath → 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi ⓘ
linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
Sean Smith → participantIn → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Glen Doherty → conflict → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi → subject → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
Kris Paronto → conflict → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
subject linked to: Paronto
Clinton political dynasty → associatedWithScandal → Benghazi controversy ⓘ
linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
John Tiegen → eventParticipatedIn → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
John Tiegen → bookSubject → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
John Tiegen → publicSpeakingTopic → Benghazi attack ⓘ
linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
Clinton email controversy → relatedTo → Benghazi attack ⓘ
linked to: 2012 Benghazi attack
Glen A. Doherty → participantIn → 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ