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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 07:10 PM Sep 2012

American Killed In Libya Prophet Protest

Source: Sky News

An American is reported killed in an attack on the US consulate in Libya over a film that is said to insult the Prophet Mohammed.



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The protest was sparked by outrage over a video being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian campaigner in the US.

The film apparently depicts Mohammed as a fraud, showing him having sex and calling for massacres.

Many Muslims consider any depiction of the prophet to be offensive


Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/983922/american-killed-in-libya-prophet-protest

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Vincardog

(20,234 posts)
1. "Many Muslims consider any depiction of the prophet to be offensive" The GOP feels the same way
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 07:15 PM
Sep 2012

about any TRUTHFUL depiction of Saint RayGun.

dougolat

(716 posts)
5. Yeah, must be oversensitive about Crusaders.
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 08:17 PM
Sep 2012

Sheesh, can't they see we're not going to go over there and act on it?
( Heck no, we've got drones now)

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
4. film produced by US pastor Terry Jones and co-produced by some Egyptian Copt expatriates ?
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 08:03 PM
Sep 2012

Last edited Wed Sep 12, 2012, 04:25 AM - Edit history (1)

The film that sparked the protest is said to have been produced by US pastor Terry Jones and co-produced by some Egyptian Copt expatriates.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19562688

Riftaxe

(2,693 posts)
8. The article you link to says differently
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 10:43 PM
Sep 2012
"The film that sparked the demonstration is said to have been produced by a 52-year-old US citizen from California named Sam Bacile, and promoted by an expatriate Egyptian Copt."
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awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
6. Screw the prophet...
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 09:19 PM
Sep 2012

my question is- is that the wall to the consulate? Are there not marines in the consulate

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
11. Everyone was evacuated prior too the protest...
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 05:27 AM
Sep 2012

And the Egyptian authorities allowed folks to climb the wall but not go over it...Although a few did get inside the wall but that was it. Libya was a different story one American was killed!

The film that caused all this was made by a Sam Bacile, a Jewish American with a $5 Million budget...It was made to do exactly what it is doing! The film maker is a pig but the folks acting a FOOL & rioting over this are not very bright either.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/sam-bacile-in-hiding_n_1876044.html

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