Ebook: The Siege
Author: Lewis Damien
- Tags: Ambassadors--Libya--Banghāzī--Death, Assassination, Benghazi Consulate Attack Banghāzī Libya 2012, Diplomatic and consular service American--Buildings--Security measures, Diplomatic and consular service American--Buildings--Security measures--Libya--Banghāzī, HISTORY--Military--Other, Security systems, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science, Terrorism, Terrorism--Libya--Banghāzī, Electronic books, United States. -- Special Mission (Banghāzī Libya) -- Security measures, Stevens John Christopher
- Publisher: Little
- Language: English
- epub
0900 hours, 11th September, 2012. Darkness cloaks the American Embassy in Libya. The flag is flying at half-mast, to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on America. Without warning one hundred heavily armed fighters emerge from the night and blast the Embassy gates asunder.The savage siege of the American Embassy in Libya has begun.The mass of Al Qaeda gunmen surge through the shattered gateway and open fire. Their aim is to kill all Americans based at the Embassy, and to capture their prize, Ambassador J Christopher Stevens, alive. This is a carefully-planned attack, using overwhelming firepower and numbers. The handful of lightly armed defenders stand little chance ? Unless ? On the streets outside the Embassy one man steps out of the shadows. British soldier Sgt Morgan Jones carries with him one Browning pistol, and thirty rounds of ammo - the only weaponry he can lay his hands on amidst the chaos of battle. But he also carries with him a total...