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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is a 2016 American biographical action-thriller film, directed and produced by Michael Bay. Written by Chuck Hogan, it is based on Mitchell Zuckoff 's 2014 book. The film follows six members of the Annex Security Team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya after waves ...
On September 11, 2012, at 9:40 p.m. local time, members of Ansar al-Sharia attacked the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi resulting in the deaths of both United States Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith. [1][2]
The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 10, 2012, and had its wide release on January 11, 2013. [7] Zero Dark Thirty received critical acclaim for its acting, direction, screenplay, sound design, and editing, and was a major box office success, grossing $132 million worldwide. It appeared on 95 critics' top ten lists of 2012.
Years of service. 1995–2002. Rank. Staff Sergeant. Sean Patrick Smith (January 30, 1978 [1] – September 11, 2012) was an American diplomat [citation needed] and information management officer with the United States Foreign Service who was killed during the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. [3]
American fatalities and injuries of the 2012 Benghazi attack. Four Americans died in the 2012 Benghazi attack: Ambassador Chris Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, [1] and two CIA operatives, [2] Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, [3][4] both former Navy SEALs. [5][6] Stevens is the first U.S. ambassador killed in an attack since Adolph Dubs ...
The Admiral Was a Lady. Albert S. Rogell. Comedy. End of war readjustment of returning American servicemen and servicewomen. 1950. United States. American Guerrilla in the Philippines. Fritz Lang. Japanese occupation of the Philippines filmed on location.
The Palestine Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army that was formed in 1942. [1] During the Second World War, the regiment was deployed to Egypt and Cyrenaica, but most of their work consisted of guard duty. [2] Some Palestine Regiment members were killed in Benghazi, where they fought heavy battles against the Germans. [3]
The history of the Jews in Libya stretches back to the 3rd century BCE, when Cyrenaica was under Greek rule. The Jewish population of Libya, a part of the Sephardi - Maghrebi Jewish community, continued to populate the area continuously until modern times. During World War II, Libya's Jewish population was subjected to antisemitic laws by the ...