Libyan Consulate Attacked, U.S. Ambassador Killed

American Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, 52, and three American security guards, were killed when a mob of protestors and gunmen stormed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, setting fire to it in perceived outrage over a film that supposedly shows Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in a negative light. Stevens died when he and other embassy employees went to the consulate to assist with the evacuation of staff while hundreds attacked the consulate Tuesday evening, many firing machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades. At the end of the assault the consulate was burned out and trashed. President Barack Obama has order increased security protecting American diplomatic personnel around the world following this second attack in as many days, the first being the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, when they climbed its walls and tore down an American flag, while briefly replacing the flag with a black, Islamic flag.  President Obama made an appearance in the White House Rose Garden, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton beside him and stated “Make no mistake we will with the Libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people, we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious of others, but there is absolutely no justification for this type of senseless violence, none.”