Third and fourth victims of the attack on US consulate in Libya identified; both were former Navy SEALs

thisistwitchy | 9:08 PM on September 13, 2012

Two former Navy SEALs were identified Thursday as the third and fourth victims of the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya this week that also killed the U.S. ambassador.

U.S. officials and family members identified the men as Glen Doherty, 42, a native of Winchester, Mass., and Tyrone Woods, 41. Details of how they died haven’t been made public.

The men were working as private security specialists for the U.S. government when militants attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday night. In all, four Americans were killed; the others were previously identified as the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, an information management officer.

We already know how some on the Left feel about civilian military contractors:

“I feel nothing over the death of merceneries (sic). They aren’t in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them.”

The rest of Twitter is mourning the loss of these two American veterans — two heroes who were murdered in the prime of their lives:

It makes me so sad, we lost two heroes, & Ex-SEALs in #Libya, Glen Doherty & Tyrone Woods, men in their prime protecting our country. #RIP

— Ann (@Evilpa) September 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/gckovach/status/246315844970377216

RIP Tyrone Woods & prayers to his family. #AmericanHero #NavySeal #Libya http://t.co/OzlBURcf via @gretawire

— Proud American VMom (@votermom) September 13, 2012