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Sep. 12, 2012 11:59am Madeleine Morgenstern

A vehicle and the surrounding buildings burn after they were set on fire inside the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012. Four American personnel, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed in the attack. (Getty Images)

Sean Smith, one of the State Department employees killed in Tuesday’s attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya was a popular Internet gamer who went by the name “Vile Rat,” according to an online post.

User “The Mittani” wrote Wednesday that he had known Smith for more than six years and described him as a well-respected and heavily influential player in the role-playing space game “Eve Online.” Mittani said he and Smith were friends “both in real life and in internet spaceships.”

Smith, along with Ambassador Chris Stevens and two other American personnel, was killed when the consulate came under a mob attack in protest of a film said to be offensive to Islam. Smith was a foreign service information management officer, according to the State Department.

Mittani said Smith was chatting online at the time the attack started:

(12:54:09 PM) vile_rat: assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures

At one point, Mittani said, Smith wrote the words “f–k” and “gunfire,” then was disconnected.

“In Baghdad the same kind of thing happened – incoming sirens, he’d vanish, we’d freak out and he’d come back ok after a bit. This time he said ‘F–’ and ‘GUNFIRE’ and then disconnected and never returned,” Mittani wrote.

In a statement Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Smith was a husband and father of two who joined the State Department 10 years ago.

“Like Chris, Sean was one of our best. Prior to arriving in Benghazi, he served in Baghdad, Pretoria, Montreal, and most recently The Hague,” Clinton said.

Mittani wrote that Smith shaped the Eve Online galaxy largely through his “talent as a diplomat.”

“I’m clearly in shock as I write this as everything is buzzing around my head funnily and I feel kind of dead inside,” he wrote. “I’m not sure if this is how I’m supposed to react to my friend being killed by a mob in a post-revolutionary Libya, but it’s pretty awful and Sean was a great guy and he was a goddamned master at this game we all play, even though a lot of people may not realize how significant an influence he had. It seems kind of trivial to praise a husband, father, and overall badass for his skills in an internet spaceship game but that’s how most of us know him, so there you go.”

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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:00pm
The cognitive dissonance on this one is dizzying .

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- Meyvn
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:26pm
  You mean evil?
  
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The Scarecrow
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:53pm
All of the aid we give these low lifes should be cut off immediately. No money, no nothing. These people are all inbred heathens that can be set off by the smallest spark as we have seen.

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- Kaoscontrol
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:59pm
  Who? The angry muslim mob or the online gamers?
  
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- ccfonten
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:23pm
  Yes, cut off all aid and that includes any and all dollars, food, medicine. Let them return to the 6-7th century they seem to be stuck in mentally, emotionally.
  Wall them off and let them all feed on each other.
  We don’t need their “friendship” nor their people for even one second.
  Obama looks like the fool he is …………… again.
  
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- darkknight91
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:44pm
  I’d send them all one last big shipment of halal laced with cyanide.
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 6:06pm
  Halal is not a food in and of itself, its a definition for how it was prepared. We do not want to offend these little cry babies any further do we?
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 10:59pm
  Barry sent them RPG’s and Arm’s, comin’ back to bite
  him in the AZZ.. this was inevitable..
  
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bobefann
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:52pm
What Obama said to Israeli PM. Post everywhere and post often.

http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/09/12/wall-street-insider-sadly-every-concern-about-this-man-calling-himself-obama-has-proven-true-and-far-worse-is-yet-to-come/

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- VioletLilly
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:16pm
  Correct link of more photographs of Stevens: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/09/islamists-drag-dead-body-of-us-ambassador-in-the-streets/
  
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Sirfoldallot
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:51pm
We th ppl hve been set u. REMOVE b. obama.

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budahbabe
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:46pm
If we don’t replace Obama and his administration in November,(if we last that long) then we’re farked. We must do everything in our power to make sure that people know the truth. You know the Media is behind him and lies constantly for him. This is America’s last stand!

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- horsehockey
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:56pm
  Without organized resistance to what our government has become under Obama, it is, indeed, our Constitutional Republic’s last stand.
  
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- daniel3839
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:58pm
  Thats a fact. If he gets re-elected it will be time to prepare yourselves and your families for Chaos.
  
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- elderbat
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:17pm
  agreed. too many obamabots both here and abroad.
  
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- Meyvn
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:14pm
  @daniel3839:
  
  Now is the time to prepare for chaos, and worse.
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 7:19pm
  @budahbabe
  
  Yes, the media “lies” by pointing out the lies that Cons repeatedly tell.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:41pm
Kind of shocking that this embassy or any other for that matter doesnt have a safe room with a massive hidden door and two foot thick concrete walls, equipped with food and water and communication equipment…….did they just go in and drag these people out or what ?????

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- ImprovementEra
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:21pm
  Unfortunately, this wasn’t an embassy. It was just a consulate which is smaller.
  
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- Texas Chris
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:35pm
  They did have a safe room.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:47pm
  but no Marine guard…..
  
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- havbrew
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:09pm
  @Detroit & Improvementera: I am a former IMO, I worked with Sean in Baghdad, RIP Brother. The consulate there had a safe room, but it’s not hidden like it is in a home. It’s a vault where all the classified is kept. Which can be penetrated if beaten on long enough or blown with enough explosives.
  
  @ Warmunger_Al: Who do you think the “2 others” that were killed are? Most likely, US Marines assigned the the Marine Security Guard detail, or perhaps a Marine and the Diplomatic Security Services Officer, also known as the RSO at post.
  
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woodyee
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:40pm
Gaybama’s Arab Spring, ergo Gaybama’s ARAB FALL…

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:36pm
I think we are past Spring, we are now in the winter of our discontent.

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schroeder123
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:36pm
Obamamama, .. well that’s just part of the job. Lets get your daughters to represent the US and see how you feel.

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- gryffn
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:18pm
  Marry them off. It’s high time. Iran is taking 9-year-olds. Marry them off to some stinking 50-yr old.
  
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repairsea
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:30pm
First, my condolences and prayers to the families who have lost their loved ones. This president and his administration has killed so many of our beloved veterans including the Navy Seals who killed Osama. Now the Ambassadors. Isn’t it clear whose side Obama is on?

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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:14pm
  Very, and I add my condolences to yours, God bless their families, and God bless the USA, save us from our president.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:29pm
Who in their right mind would want to work for Obama and Clinton ……….no way.

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- Elena2010
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:36pm
  Except for the Ambassador, who is a political appointee, most of these folks are career State Dept employees. They work for us.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:22pm
Can you imagine what Ronald Reagan would be doing to Libyia right about now……..we are so screwed if the FOODSTAMPERS vote this turd back into office………….

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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:14pm
  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the attack was the work of a “small and savage group”. A billion Muslims is a small group now. This administration looks at people the same way they do tax dollars.
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:20pm
The real story here is why is our Embassy people playing online games, at our Embassy? This should be investigated and anyone who participated in these activities should be prosecuted. Sarcasm off.

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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:30pm
  The real story is a guy is about to die he knows it and rather than try to make preparations he plays a game LOL, you can’t make this stuff up LOL.
  
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- mlgunner
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:43pm
  I would assume that even embassy personnel have free time. Since the attack was at night, he was probably taking some time to catch up on his game and chat with friends.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:52pm
  MLGunner
  Sarcasm, you know the Lib Media would pick up on that first and run with it.
  
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- SlushPuppyKing
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:58pm
  You are joking right?
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:18pm
  yes
  
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- Dont-hate-on-me-2
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:15pm
  Well in case it isn’t posted in the story and I’m pretty sure it doesn’t say “Sean died while playing a game to escape reality”. Sean sent an IM that there is gunfire and explosions. He wasnt playing a game. In this day and age with all our tech and gadgets even I send Im when something is going on. He wanted to let his friends/family know what was happening and that this could be it. He was a friend, He will be sorly missed. No words can dispher the loss to his family and friends.
  
  Yes I knew him. I’m proud to have known him,He was a good man. May he R.I.P. Along with all the other Americans who have liad down there lifes for our freedom during service and not.
  
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ozchambers
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:18pm
Some may think of online gaming friendships as trite, but I can vouch that sometimes these online friendships become true friendships. Many, many hours can be spent with a person over a period of years. Over a period of years my wife and I made some very good friends with people by playing online poker. I now have get-togethers with many of these online friends and they travel to my home in VA from all over the US, including TX, WI, Chicago, Seattle, NY, CA, PA and FL.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:11pm
  Playing poker online is not the same as what these children were doing. Living life as a Wookie, can hardly be compared to a gambler online.
  
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- Bluntobj
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:55pm
  Oneirish, that reply is a fail.
  
  His actions over the years touched the lives of tens of thousands of people. Can you boast of the same?
  
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Gonzo
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:18pm
Gaddafi and Mubarak are looking pretty damned good to me right now Obama, you foreign policy whizz.

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:44pm
  B.O.’s foreign policy:
  
  Step 1: Bow
  Step 2: Apologize
  Step 3: Repeat
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:23pm
  So that what he learned during the BAR exam?
  
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- betsyyoung
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:59pm
  That’s what he learned in the bath houses in Chicago, especially the bow part!!!!!!
  
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- Chinishque
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:07pm
  It was the same thing with Carter and the Shah…Carter said the Shah was persecuting thousands of his own people so Carter pulled US support away from him due to human rights violations. Then the Islamists took over and killed a few HUNDRED thousand and took over our embassy killed and held hostage the staff. If Obama isnt the second Carter administration then I must be smoking crack to see so many similarities.
  
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hillbillyinny
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:17pm
A real person, “sacrificed” by an administration that has their own agenda, and has been maneuvering it since they came into office in 2008!

God be with those who lost their lives in our service and with the families who have lost loved ones.

Lord, bring REAL LEADERS into control of our country instead of the charlatan’s elected by idiots!

God bless and lead the United States of America.

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woodyee
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:15pm
Where were/are the Marine Embassy Guards? What happened to them?

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- Tom
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:44pm
  Probably budget cuts….Code Pink was cheaper to use
  
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- 79USMC83
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:14pm
  Marines guard Embassies this was a consulate. The USA Embassy is in Tripoli, Libya not Bengahzi, Libya. The Ambassador was killed outside the building in a car heading away or to the building one report mentioned.
  
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floridareader
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:15pm
Will Mrs. Clinton go to Libya and offer her profound apologies as well? To the new government, I mean.

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- floridareader
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:19pm
  She already excused Libyan government in her recent remarks: “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”.
  
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- FREEinAZ
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 1:27pm
  Response to Ms. Clinton’s comment/apology: Those who made that movie are only a small group so why are you taking it out on the US and killing our US Ambassador and others? It goes both ways. I think it is time someone was in charge of the United States of America who actually LIKES the United States of America and will PROTECT the United States of America and her citizens. Just keep praying these truths quit getting ignored so people can vote informed! We need a miracle. Good thing we believe in miracles!
  
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bobefann
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:14pm
Clinton, you need to shut your mouth. How dare you say anything about this. Your one of the ones who support these people. You and this administration are a disgrace.

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- SUNTZU
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:17pm
  Dito.
  
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gemologist
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:14pm
As a recovering Online gaming addict, I can say or certian that when you get that deep into it, even the obvious real life situations seem unimportatant and do not impact you the way that they should. This would allow you to not realize that the “New Democracy” is nothing more than an anti-american anti-semetic mob that is in control and that you should be fearing for your life and making action plans.

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Ironeagle
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:13pm
Behold the fruits of Baracka al Hussein Osama…traitor of our Republic.

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- Meyvn
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:20pm
  Most certainly.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:12pm
Arab spring smells like death…………..

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- Meyvn
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:19pm
  It is.
  
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kalli
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:12pm
Think – 2008′s October surprise. Think – there is nothing this admin will not do to retain power to complete their agenda to transform America into their own utopia. Think – understand how the marxist mind coordinates one’s re-election which in turn will give one complete control over American lives. Think – this could be America’s last stand!

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- BloodSweatandTears
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 6:03pm
  Except no one has ever experienced that ‘Utopia,” they dream about…better chance of it being a nightmare in practice. You see how everthing else works out they touch…
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:11pm
Nothing will be done about this travesty except more apologizing from the muslim brotherhood president of the US. Real Americans were killed. American territory (the embassy) was invaded and burned. Our reputation is gravely threatened by muslim but the muslim president of the US does nothing.

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- mottdahoop
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:28pm
  Give me the big red button. Benhazi would be no more.
  
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- AllWeatherPatriot
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 7:15pm
  I agree with MOTTDAHOOP. Our biggest failure in the “war on terror” has been the failure to DESTROY THEIR WILL TO FIGHT. We keep surgically removing specific terrorists without bringing massive pain to their multitudes of supporters.
  
  We never would have fought World War II like this, nor did we. Yet we’re facing a far more dangerous enemy today than the Nazis. The Nazis were confined to a single country and didn’t have nuclear weapons. They weren’t infesting our own government and culture as the Islamists are today. In this war, we are simultaneously fighting a military battle and a cultural one. If we are to prevail, we must begin to dish out massive pain in the former and refuse to comply with PC rules in the latter.
  
  I would immediately stop all immigration from Muslim countries. While there are a few reformed, moderate Muslims, most unfortunately still at least somewhat sympathize with the likes of the Muslim Brotherhood. Since we have yet to devise a method to read the minds of Muslims to differentiate between “good” ones and “bad” ones, we should err on the side of caution.
  
  On the military front, I would inform every Muslim-led nation that if Americans are attacked in any way by their citizens, we will hold their government and the rest of their people accountable and will mete out punishment accordingly. They certainly know who the radicals are in their midst. Let them deal with them, or face the consequences. Killing Americans must once ag
  
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- Hobbs10
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:08pm
  What is the matter with people who can’t see that you are absolutely right on!!!!
  
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Master.Debater
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:11pm
security guard taking photos before the attack? Can anyone say INSIDE JOB?

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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 12:39pm
  Sure it was, we have no allies in the Muslim world. Our one true friend in the whole region is Israel and Obama can’t even find time for a meeting with their leader.
  
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- DIR
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:40pm
  GONZO
  
  Your being way to hard on the anoited one. He’s got more important things to do like go on the David Letterman show and huckster his brand of BS to his loyal worshipers and anyone else who watches that liberal trash.
  
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