13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Factual error: When the militants are preparing to burn down the building, a contractor twice reports that they are spreading diesel around. Diesel does not burn under normal circumstances and will only combust under high temperature/pressure. (00:51:50 - 00:52:30)

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Suggested correction: "Diesel does not burn under normal circumstances" FALSE. Just like it's Brethren Fuels, Jet - A and Kerosene, Diesel Fuel burns at the touch of a flame. Please don't conflate combustion with ignition.

Diesel will not ignite if you throw a flame into it. The flashpoint of diesel is approximately 140° Fahrenheit (60 Celsius). This means in most ambient temperatures it will not ignite. The fuel would not have ignited in the conditions show in the film.

No, it doesn't. I should know; I've tried it. I've dropped lit matches into a container of diesel fuel. Nothing happened.

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Mistakes

Revealing mistake: When a contractor fires a grenade at an enemy technical, the truck visibly explodes and moves upwards before the (most likely) CGI projectile hits it. (01:02:00)

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Quotes

Kris 'Tanto' Paronto: I mean seriously guys. If the consoluate ordered a fucking pizza it would've been there by now.

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Questions

Question: I have a few questions about the different groups in the film. 1. I looked up 17th Feb, or February 17th Martyr's Brigade, on Wikipedia, and I noticed that an ally that was listed on Wiki was Ansar-Al-Sharia. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Ansar-Al-Sharia the current ISIS/ISIL that we're fighting today? 2. Was the group the soldiers were fighting in the film ISIS? 3. Who was the group of soldiers that saved them all at the end of the film?

Answer: Ansar-Al-Sharia isn't ISIS; it was disbanded in 2017. The group the soldiers were fighting weren't ISIS, they were February 17th Martyr's Brigade. The soldiers at the end were Tripoli GRS reinforcements.

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