US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration was caught by surprise by the ferocity of the Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ambassador and three other Americans. Now it is bracing for another potential eruption of violent demonstrations in parts of the Muslim world after Friday's weekly prayers - traditionally a time of protest in the Middle East and North Africa.
Angry demonstrations over an anti-Islam video already have occurred in Egypt and Yemen, and officials theorize that well-armed Libyan extremists hijacked a similar protest in Benghazi, where several Libyan security guards also were killed. The U.S. put all of its diplomatic missions overseas on high alert, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered an explicit denunciation of the video as the administration sought to pre-empt further turmoil at its embassies and consulates.
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U.S. officials said they suspect that the attack at the Benghazi consulate, which had also been the target of an unsuccessful attack in June, may have been only tangentially related to the film.
They also stressed there had been no advance warning or intelligence to suggest a threat in Libya that would warrant boosting security, even on the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)This is the October Surprise, early. They're spinning it to taint the fact that our President and his Administration have kept us safe. Watch them spin, spin, spin.
glinda
(14,807 posts)recently should be investigated. Personally I think they should. As well as funding for the film and all US Citizens/radical Groups involved in the Film. Bachmann & Koch Bros should top the list.
patrice
(47,992 posts)montanacowboy
(6,089 posts)unprepared my ass
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)that if they were not caught by surprise then they knew it was coming. Which statement do you prefer. ? There's no harm in getting caught off guard.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 13, 2012, 07:24 PM - Edit history (1)
That's possibly because reputable news sources avoid conjecture.
Anti-Islam film protests spread across Middle East.
Protests against an anti-Islam film made in the US have spread across the Middle East and North Africa. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19584734
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)The blame should go on those who kill people because they are offended by a movie.
completely agree
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)....just because we didn't ban it....
By their logic, the US is endorsing the idea of the Cenobites too because it didn't ban the "Hellraiser" series.
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msongs
(67,413 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)but that may not be so of Egypt and the Yemen.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)They were still rioting in Egypt an hour ago.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)do we or any other nation have to brace for waves of violence?
I really can't see any movie being offensive enough to get buddhists to blow up an embassy.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Abortion doctor murders.
Clinic bombings.
All the violence against LGBT because they "violate" God's directives.
And so it goes.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)Can you cite instances of this?
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Igel
(35,317 posts)Those who actually committed the violence, well, they're innocent.
The attitude appears to be that after all, who can blame the poor little dears. They can't be held responsible, or even criticized by description. We condemn the film and the maker. But we condemn the agentless violence.
It's like the Muhammed movie that was made a while back, in which there was no Muhammed. The stars are oddly absent, even though they're the central characters. Silence.
VotePedia
(8 posts)i know there are tech savvy people all over the world, so im not saying they aren't capable of finding this lame video and legitimately got pissed by it. but what i am saying is i have never heard of it, i never would have heard about it, i wouldn't have popped up on YouTube, or been emailed to me..... nothing. so unless there are people in the business of starting riots, (may be the case....) i think this video has been mothballed for a few years just waiting till the time when they need to drop the curtain on the real show... which is what?
patrice
(47,992 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)following discussion of its contents on the Salafi TV news channel in Egypt which thereafter spread by word of mouth. As such it became the issue.
What isn't currently apparent is exact reason for the timing of that news broadcast which triggered these events.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)...the US Presidential election in November.
elbloggoZY27
(283 posts)There is no surprise to this citizen. INTOLERANCE is INTOLERANCE.
Religion for many many years is a Live Wire for very ugly violence/wars.
The truth is we should be out of the Middle East but for the OIL.
We in this country need a real ENERGY POLICY and it is an alternative to OIL.
harutmasikyan
(12 posts)interesting news