Texy Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 The US ambassador to Libya has died after an attack by militiamen on the US consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, reports say. Ambassador Christopher Stevens is said to be among four US officials killed in a protest over a US-produced film that is said to insult the Prophet Muhammad. The US state department has only confirmed the death of one official - but it has not named them. Protesters have also attacked the US embassy in Cairo over the film. In the attack in Benghazi, unidentified armed men stormed the grounds, shooting at buildings and throwing handmade bombs into the compound. Security forces returned fire but Libyan officials say they were overwhelmed. A Libyan official has said Ambassador Stevens died from suffocation as a result of the attack. BBC breaking news
Jersey #10 Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 US needs to show em who's the boss. This is unacceptable. Seriously, middle-east is just not worth it anymore.
superstar Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 US just does not learn. Democracy and freedom are not middle east cup of tea. They had this is in Afghanistan, then Iraq. Now Libya and Egypt. Syria will be the same. Better to help Bashar in Syria.
cowboysfan Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Arab spring and the religion of peace,what could go wrong?
cricket_usa Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Its really sad when humans feel the need to defend the so called almighty God against other humans by killing them. According to religionGod created everyone, them we all are siblings and God is our parent. What kind of a parentwould God be if he is happy that you kill your sibling for insulting his parent?
Tiger80 Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Which movie was it? Innocence of muslims .It is low budget film that mocked muhhammed
Desi Cartman Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 This is beyond pathetic. So what can US do, bomb the entire country or withdraw from Islamic countries ? If I was an American, I would be asking for the govt to STOP all funding including humanitarian to these countries.
Crookbond Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 This is beyond pathetic. So what can US do, bomb the entire country or withdraw from Islamic countries ? If I was an American, I would be asking for the govt to STOP all funding including humanitarian to these countries. Which will never happen, I haven't seen someone so DUMB.
Desi Cartman Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Which will never happy' date=' I haven't seen someone so DUMB.[/quote'] ?
Malcolm Merlyn Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 USA should not give a single dollar to them.Put sanctions.Let there be no trade there.Lets see how these fanatics do on an empty stomach.
cowboysfan Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 USA should not give a single dollar to them.Put sanctions.Let there be no trade there.Lets see how these fanatics do on an empty stomach. The Islamists will be happy with this,they will make this state into another pakistan or afghanistan,maybe its their ulterior motive for the attack,get rid of America from the country now that the americans helped them to get rid of Mubarak and Gaddafi.
Texy Posted September 12, 2012 Author Posted September 12, 2012 White house now blaming this on Al Qaeda as they do not want to directly blame the people and jeopardize losing all the widely available resources on offer. Pathetic.
Tiger80 Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 These Libyans had done much more damage to muslims than anyone else.The film portray Mohammed in very bad way and now every Tom Dick and Harry will see the film , which O/W could have been a very low profile film
ganeshran Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 One idiot creates a movie sitting in his home and lots of idiots all over the world damage property and kill just to express their outrage. :WTF: the movie would have gone unnoticed had these people not made it a big issue out of it.
Crookbond Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Afghanistan braces for backlash over Islam film http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5giYNoYoYpC6sPkWMt_inqXFBTRcw?docId=CNG.1476c9a50ef002a2a8738bf599960fbe.941 KABUL — Afghanistan on Wednesday strongly condemned as "inhuman and insulting" a film deemed offensive to Islam as it braced for possible protests after an anti-US riot in Libya killed the American ambassador and three other diplomats. President Barack Obama ordered increased security at US diplomatic missions around the world and condemned Tuesday's deadly assault in Benghazi, in eastern Libya, that coincided with the anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States. Made by an Israeli-American, the film describes Islam as a "cancer" and depicts the Prophet Mohammed sleeping with women, the Wall Street Journal reported. The film has been promoted by controversial US pastor Terry Jones, who has drawn protests for burning the Koran and vehemently opposing the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York. The Afghan government released a statement strongly denouncing "the desecrating" film, calling for efforts to prevent the release of the insulting film and denouncing the producer and the US pastor. It called the film an insult to the values of 1.5 billion Muslims across the world, and said it had "badly impacted the peaceful coexistence between human beings". "This heinous act has created outrage and anxiety for all peace-loving humans who back up the idea of peaceful coexistence," it said. Insults to Islam are taken very seriously in deeply conservative Afghanistan, where the Taliban are fighting a 10-year insurgency against 117,000 NATO troops and the US-backed government. Riots killed around 40 people earlier this year after US troops burnt copies of the Koran on a military base. The Taliban issued a statement calling on its to fighters to take revenge against the American government over the film "by dealing a heavy blow to its invading troops on the battlefield". It also called on religious scholars to "inform the masses about such barbaric acts of America in their sermons and to prepare them for a lengthy struggle". Presidency spokesman Aimal Faizi told AFP that the eruption of possible protests over the film "is an issue of concern" and said that officials had been instructed to be vigilant. But there was confusion over whether or not the government had briefly banned YouTube in an effort to stop the film being seen. Communications ministry official Aimal Marjan told AFP that the website had been "temporarily blocked" for almost 90 minutes. Faizi confirmed that the information and culture ministry had requested a ban, but only of the film itself, and had been informed by the telecommunications ministry that it would be impossible to ban the film entirely in Afghanistan. He said that instead there had been a "technical issue" that left YouTube briefly inaccessible. The trailer remained accessible on YouTube in Afghanistan late Wednesday.
Desi Cartman Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 One idiot creates a movie sitting in his home and lots of idiots all over the world damage property and kill just to express their outrage. :WTF: the movie would have gone unnoticed had these people not made it a big issue out of it. I agree but there is freedom of speech. WTF is this that we will burn things , kill people etc etc. I dont know what the film is about but it doesnt matter what it shows, its not compulsory to be seen by everybody.
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