{"id":1590,"date":"2011-03-20T17:30:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2011-03-20T17:30:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T16:30:18","slug":"a-chicken-of-benghazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2011\/03\/20\/a-chicken-of-benghazi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chicken of Benghazi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just one of those strange moments.<\/p>\n<p>Watching <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/skynews\/\">Sky News<\/a> as the situation in Libya continues to unfold. Some video from this morning, from outside Benghazi, runs.<\/p>\n<p>A bright sunny day. Something explodes in the background, sending up a black-streaked fireball. People run in various directions. Small-arms fire rattles. 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