Prophet Mohammad film triggers anger, protests in Middle East; U.S. ambassador killed in Libya
Updated: Anger over a film about Prophet Mohammad escalated Tuesday in the Middle East when protests erupted in Egypt and Libya. While protesters shouted slogans and ripped apart an American flag in Cairo to condemn the anti-Islam film being produced in America; in Libya, protests turned violent at the compound of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Four men including U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens were killed.
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- A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. An American staff member of the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has died following fierce clashes at the compound, Libyan security sources said on Wednesday. Armed gunmen attacked the compound on Tuesday evening, clashing with Libyan security forces before the latter withdrew as they came under heavy fire. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. Armed gunmen attacked the compound on Tuesday evening, clashing with Libyan security forces before the latter withdrew as they came under heavy fire. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. An American staff member of the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has died following fierce clashes at the compound, Libyan security sources said on Wednesday. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- A burning car is seen at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
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- People shout slogans and light flares in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- People shout slogans and light flares in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest in Cairo September 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and some pulled down the American flag during the protest, witnesses said. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh /Reuters)
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- People shout slogans and light flares in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- A man climbs the wall of the U.S. embassy during a protest in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- People shout slogans in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- People shout slogans in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
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- People stand around a drawing that says “Remember your black day 11 September” during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
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- Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during the protest, and in place of the U.S. flag, the protesters tried to raise a black flag with the words “There is no God but God, and Mohammad is his messenger,” a Reuters witness said. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
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- People shout slogans in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- People shout slogans in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest in Cairo September 11, 2012. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- A combination picture shows protesters shouting slogans before (L) and after pulling down an American flag in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and some pulled down the American flag during a protest over what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, witnesses said. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in Benghazi attack
Hadeel Al Shalchi | Reuters
11:03 a.m. EDT, September 12, 2012
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff were killed in an attack on the Benghazi consulate and a safe house refuge, stormed by Islamist gunmen blaming America for a film they said insulted the Prophet Mohammad.
Gunmen had attacked and set fire to the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of last year’s uprising against Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule, late on Tuesday evening as another assault was mounted on the U.S. embassy in Cairo.
California-born ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in the assault, but it was not clear how or where he died. U.S. consular staff were rushed to a safe house after the initial attack, Libya’s Deputy Interior Minister Wanis Al-Sharif said.
An evacuation plane with U.S. commandos units then arrived from Tripoli to evacuate them from the house.
“It was supposed to be a secret place and we were surprised the armed groups knew about it. There was shooting,” Sharif said. Two U.S. personnel were killed there, he said. Two other people were killed at the main consular building and between 12 and 17 wounded.
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