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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

This action packed movie is based on the events of September 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya when ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and Foreign Service Information officer Sean Smith were killed during a coordinated attack by Islamic militants on the American embassy. Another compound approximately 1 mile away was also attacked and 2 CIA contractors, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty, were killed. Both Woods and Doherty were former Navy SEALS,

The event is also called the Battle of Benghazi.

The movie details the events leading up to the attack, the attack itself and the aftermath.

The militants actions are detailed in the movie and shows their planning and them carrying out the attack. The planning started with them scouting and gathering information on the American embassy and suspected CIA compound. The militants prepared staged public demonstrations to cover their initial assault on the embassy and compound. The staged demonstrations used the cover of Libyans demonstrating and condemning the militias, who actually carried out the attack. Most of the demonstrators were militants who took an active part in the attack and subsequent assault on the American embassy and CIA compound.

As for the Americans, the movie shows events leading up to the demonstrations, the lack of proper security at the embassy and the failure to properly guard against and prepare for any possible militant action at 9:40 p.m local time, on the anniversary of 9/11. It details the usual bureaucracy involved in such failures, which is compounded when the State Department refuses to allow reinforcements to go assist the Americans that are being attacked.

The movie focuses on the actions of a small group of operators and soldiers, consisting of 2 active-duty JSOC operators and five CIA personnel along with a small contingent of Libyan forces. It shows the challenges they faced gaining permission to reinforce the CIA compound and embassy and their subsequent arrival and defense of the compound and the 32 Americans inside. The group was able to get to Benghazi after commandeering a small jet in Tripoli by paying the pilot $30,000.00.

Central to the movie are the problems the on-site personnel had with the State Department, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, CIA Director David Petraeus and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The State Department and Pentagon considered the demonstrations to be minor. They believed that the demonstrations were being carried out in response to the release of a movie titled "The Innocence of Muslims." They believed that a 10 man security team at the CIA compound would be able to defend the embassy if it were attacked.

The last part of the movie details the reasoning, lies and excuses that the Pentagon and Secretary of State made regarding the attacks. It details the aftermath and the truth eventually being told by the people, operators, etc who were the target of the attacks.