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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 06:00 PM Sep 2012

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.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EMBASSY_ATTACKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-13-17-34-37

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US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film (Original Post) dipsydoodle Sep 2012 OP
RW media, McCain, and NEOCONS are spinning this as the Admin was unprepared. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #1
Yup. Wonder if all the Conservative trips to that area glinda Sep 2012 #5
Koch = Tea = Islamophobes patrice Sep 2012 #18
AP Bullshit montanacowboy Sep 2012 #2
I suppose you do realise dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #3
You say "There's no harm in getting caught off guard", a couple days after 9/11 anniversary. nt. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #22
Notice there is no criticism of the Right Wing for producing this video? Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #4
That is like giving the "green light" to their actions. glinda Sep 2012 #6
There isn't in the Guardian either nor the BBC. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #10
Secretary Clinton roundly criticized it. That's as effective as any critique could be. slackmaster Sep 2012 #13
Hateful bigots have a right to be bigots. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #23
yes sir MrDiaz Sep 2012 #28
No, the blame should go to the people telling them the US is behind it,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #29
misleading headline - the "anti-muslim" film has perpetrated no violence nt msongs Sep 2012 #7
I'm assuming you refer to Libya dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #8
No. Poster was using Logic. The film has not burned anyone or struck or maimed anyone. nt. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #20
The Pro-Cennsorship crowd doesn't do logic. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #24
BBC News : Anti-Islam film protests spread across Middle East dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #11
Following any defamation of any other religion 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #9
Yes. Hindus riot. Sikhs riot. Christians riot in Ireland & many places. White Identity Christians US Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #21
Following the release of a movie? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #25
The film is neither the actual cause of the violence nor the real issue slackmaster Sep 2012 #12
And yet the images are the murderers. Igel Sep 2012 #14
the video VotePedia Sep 2012 #16
Agree. patrice Sep 2012 #19
It became the cause of the violence dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #26
It's become apparent to me that the protests and attacks are a coordinated attempt to influence... slackmaster Sep 2012 #27
No Realty elbloggoZY27 Sep 2012 #15
US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film harutmasikyan Sep 2012 #17

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
1. RW media, McCain, and NEOCONS are spinning this as the Admin was unprepared.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 06:05 PM
Sep 2012

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)
5. Yup. Wonder if all the Conservative trips to that area
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 06:19 PM
Sep 2012

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.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
3. I suppose you do realise
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 06:13 PM
Sep 2012

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.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
10. There isn't in the Guardian either nor the BBC.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 06:39 PM
Sep 2012

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

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
23. Hateful bigots have a right to be bigots.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:12 AM
Sep 2012

The blame should go on those who kill people because they are offended by a movie.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
29. No, the blame should go to the people telling them the US is behind it,...
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:55 PM
Sep 2012

....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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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
11. BBC News : Anti-Islam film protests spread across Middle East
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 07:27 PM
Sep 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19584734 13 September 2012 Last updated at 21:58 BST

They were still rioting in Egypt an hour ago.
 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
9. Following any defamation of any other religion
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 06:37 PM
Sep 2012

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)
21. Yes. Hindus riot. Sikhs riot. Christians riot in Ireland & many places. White Identity Christians US
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:54 AM
Sep 2012

Abortion doctor murders.

Clinic bombings.

All the violence against LGBT because they "violate" God's directives.

And so it goes.

Igel

(35,317 posts)
14. And yet the images are the murderers.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:20 PM
Sep 2012

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)
16. the video
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 10:37 PM
Sep 2012

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?

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
26. It became the cause of the violence
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:43 AM
Sep 2012

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)
27. It's become apparent to me that the protests and attacks are a coordinated attempt to influence...
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 10:10 AM
Sep 2012

...the US Presidential election in November.

 

elbloggoZY27

(283 posts)
15. No Realty
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 10:03 PM
Sep 2012

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.

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