{"id":25553,"date":"2012-09-12T22:25:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T02:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=25553"},"modified":"2012-09-12T22:25:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T02:25:10","slug":"cowardly-attack-on-us-consulate-in-libya-condemned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/09\/cowardly-attack-on-us-consulate-in-libya-condemned","title":{"rendered":"Cowardly Attack On US Consulate In Libya Condemned"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25554\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25554\" title=\"Attack in Libya. Photo AAP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/libya-attack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/libya-attack.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/libya-attack-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attack in Libya. Photo AAP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASSAU, The Bahamas \u00a0 &#8211; The government of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas stands with its ally the United States and joins other free and democratic countries around the world in condemning the \u201ccowardly attack\u201d on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the life of United States Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three embassy staff members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are shocked and dismayed by the disregard for life and this overt and violent display of intransigence by a fanatical minority towards the principles of freedom of expression and sovereignty, tenets that we hold so dear,\u201d said Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration in a statement issued Wednesday, September 12, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Bahamas reiterates its commitment to freedom, democracy, tolerance (in the face of dissenting points of view) and the prevalence of the rule of law, as foundational pillars to an ordered and peaceful society, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiplomacy must always be the preferred option in resolving conflicts, whether the conflicts exist on a personal, national or international level,\u201d Mr. Mitchell said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bahamas stands with the United States and other free and democratic countries in condemning the cowardly attack on the American Consulate in Libya, which claimed four American lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[420,168,219],"class_list":["post-25553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-democracy","tag-politics-2","tag-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}