CBS is reporting that indeed, they did:
Wanis al-Sharef, a Libyan Interior Ministry official in Benghazi, said
the four Americans were killed when
the angry mob, which gathered to protest a U.S.-made film that ridicules Islam's
Prophet Muhammad, fired guns and burned down the U.S. consulate in
Benghazi.
He said Stevens, 52, and other officials were moved to a second building - deemed safer - after the
initial wave of protests at the consulate compound. According to al-Sharef,
members of the Libyan security team seem to have indicated to the protesters the
building to which the American officials had been
relocated, and that building then came under
attack.
Stevens, 52, was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in the line of
duty since 1979. A Libyan doctor
who says he treated Stevens told the Associated Press Wednesday that the
diplomat died of severe asphyxiation and that he tried for 90 minutes to revive him.
Ziad Abu Zeid said Stevens was brought to the Benghazi Medical Center by Libyans Tuesday night with no
other Americans, and that initially no one realized he was the ambassador. Abu
Zeid said Stevens had "severe asphyxia," apparently from smoke inhalation,
causing stomach bleeding, but had no other injuries.
Not exactly the way Hillary reported events in this CNN
piece:
"The mission that drew Chris and Sean and their colleagues to Libya is
both noble and necessary, and we and the people of Libya honor their memory by
carrying it forward. This is not easy," Clinton said. But she added, "We must be clear-eyed even in our
grief."
"This was an attack by a small and savage group, not the people or
government of Libya. Everywhere Chris and his team went in Libya, in a country
scarred by war and tyranny, they were hailed as friends and partners. And when
the attack came yesterday, Libyans stood and fought to defend our post. Some
were wounded. Libyans carried Chris's body to the hospital, and they helped
rescue and lead other Americans to safety."
Let's see if the truth will reign supreme in the
coming days.
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