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Benghazi Consulate Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012

LC control no.sh2013000228
Topical headingBenghazi Consulate Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
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Variant(s)Benghazi Mission Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
U.S. Consulate Terrorist Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
U.S. Mission Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
U.S. Special Mission Terrorist Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
United States Consulate Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
United States Mission Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
United States Special Mission Terrorist Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
See alsoTerrorism--Libya
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Found inWork cat.: Accountability Review Board report for Benghazi, 2012: PDF file, p. 4 (A series of terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11-12, 2012, resulted in the deaths of four U.S. government personnel, Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty; seriously wounded two other U.S. personnel and injured three Libyan contract guards; and resulted in the destruction and abandonment of the U.S. Special Mission compound and Annex)
Benghazi and beyond, 2012: p. 2 (The coordinated, preplanned and brazen attacks against the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11th was an outrage.)
Google, Jan. 25, 2013 (hit counts: US Consulate attack, 2,610,000; Benghazi Consulate attack, 1,580,000; US Mission attack, 190,000; Benghazi Mission attack, 274,000)
Google, March 11, 2013: ("United States special mission terrorist attacks": 0 hits; "Benghazi consulate attack": 1,620,000 hits; "Benghazi mission attack": 208,000 hits; "special mission terrorist attacks": 4 hits; "U.S. consulate terrorist attack": 120,000 hits; "U.S. mission attack": 140,000 hits; "U.S. special mission terrorist attack": 0 hits)
New York times WWW site, March 11, 2013: archive, searched dates 11 Sept. 2012-11 March 2013 ("Benghazi consulate attack": 237 hits; "U.S. consulate terrorist attack": 161 hits; "Benghazi consulate attack": 4 hits; "Benghazi mission attack": 16 hits; "United States special mission terrorist attacks": 0 hits)
Al Jazeera English WWW site, March 11, 2013: ("Benghazi consulate attack": 1050 hits; "U.S. consulate terrorist attack": 0 hits; "United States consulate terrorist attack": 0 hits; "Benghazi terrorist attack": 0 hits)
Year in review, 2012: Libya (deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three consulate staff members in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Banghazi (Benghazi) by an armed group on September 11)