Wednesday, September 12, 2012

ANOTHER TIMELINE PROBLEM...

The tweet from the US Embassy in Cairo was sent hours before a crowd even gathered at the embassy:
Inside the public relations disaster at the Cairo embassy
Posted By Josh Rogin Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 8:48 PM
FOREIGN POLICY

The official noted that the statement was posted at exactly 12:18 p.m. Cairo time -- 6:18 a.m. Washington time -- well before the protests began. Romney has said, wrongly, that the statement was the administration's first response to the protests, but the official said that the demonstrations did not begin until 4 p.m. Cairo time and protesters breached the wall about 2 hours later.
UPDATE: The tweet was also hours before the attack on our Libyan consulate. From POLITICO -
Sometime early Tuesday morning, EDT [6:18 AM]: The U.S. Embassy in Cairo releases a statement condemning “the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions.”

1:39 p.m.: The Associated Press reports that protesters in Egypt have scaled a wall at the embassy and torn down an American flag.

5:16 p.m.: A Libyan official tells the AP that armed men have stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya and set it on fire.

7:41 p.m.: The first news comes via the AP that an American was killed during the attack in Libya.

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