What is 2012 Benghazi attack?
[[File:Ambassador christopher stevens.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|United States ambassador Christopher Stevens, first sitting US Ambassador killed since 1979}}]] The '''2012 Benghazi attack''' took place on the evening of September 11, 2012. [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic militants]] attacked the [[United States]] [[consulate]] in [[Benghazi]], [[Libya]]. Killed in the attack were US [[Ambassador]] [[Christopher Stevens]] and [[Sean Smith]] a US [[diplomat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/assault-on-us-consulate-in-benghazi-leaves-4-dead-including-us-ambassador-j-christopher-stevens/ |title=Assault on U.S. consulate in Benghazi leaves 4 dead, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens |author=CBS/AP |date=12 September 2012 |publisher=CBSNews.com |access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref> Stevens was the first U.S. Ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/09/12/christopher-stevens-first-american-ambassador-slain-duty-since/eEc8mnxx6phcWSeJ1uMnsM/story.html |publisher=Boston Globe |date=September 13, 2013 |title=Christopher Stevens first American ambassador to be slain on duty since 1979}}</ref> Two other US diplomats were killed in the attack.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-christopher-stevens-us-ambassador-to-libya-dies-at-52/2012/09/12/b1c00cee-fcd0-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story.html |title=J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. ambassador to Libya, dies at 52 |author=Anne Gearan|date=12 September 2012|publisher=The Washington Post|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> At first the attack was thought to be an angry [[mob]]. But later it was learned it was a planned [[terrorist]] attack.<ref name=ffCNN>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/10/world/benghazi-consulate-attack-fast-facts/|title=Benghazi Mission Attack Fast Facts|date=2 December 2014|publisher=CNN|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> Late in the evening of September 11, 2012, about 150 [[gun]]men with beards blocked off the street