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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nMary sends us a Washington Post<\/a> story about the 13 US sailors who are buried in Libya since 1804 from the USS USS Intrepid;<\/p>\n In 1804, the 13 sailors aboard the USS Intrepid were dispatched with explosives to blow up the Tripoli harbor. The city\u2019s ruler had been using it as a base for pirate ships that were pillaging American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean, and the covert mission was a last-ditch effort to put an end to the practice.<\/p>\n The Americans\u2019 vessel, however, exploded prematurely \u2014 it\u2019s unclear exactly why \u2014 killing all on board.<\/p>\n The Navy has respectfully declined to retrieve the remains, saying it believes Libya is the \u201cfinal resting place\u201d of the sailors and noting that it is custom to honor the burial grounds of those lost on ships and downed aircraft. There was a formal memorial ceremony held in honor of the sailors and crew in Tripoli in 1949, and the Navy says that U.S. Embassy personnel conducted regular services there for decades afterward.<\/p>\n The cemetery that is believed to be the site of most of the remains is U.S. diplomatic property.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, well, the consulate in Benghazi was “U.S. diplomatic property”, too, well, until September 11, 2012. This is not a suitable resting place for American servicemembers;<\/p>\n![\"Intrepid](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Intrepid-graves-300x200.jpg\")
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