Even while White House spokesman Jay Carney reiterated that the attack against the US Embassy in Libya was a reaction to a film “m,any Muslims found offensive” and that there was no advance warning of the attacks, Democrat Senators briefed
Some 150 Muslims gathered outside the US embassy in London on Friday and burned US and Israeli flags in protest against a film that mocks Islam, an AFP photographer said. Demonstrators chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) and waved placards
(AP) Militants attack peacekeeper base in Egypt’s SinaiBy AYA BATRAWY and LEE KEATHAssociated PressCAIROA senior official with the international peacekeeping force in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula says suspected Islamic militants stormed their base near the Gaza-Israel border, wounding four officers. The
(AP) German FM: Sudan embassy in flames BERLINGermany’s Foreign Minister says the country’s embassy in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum has been stormed by protesters and set partially on fire. Guido Westerwelle told reporters in Berlin on Friday that the
Paul Mirengoff at Powerline reported that the Marine Corps issued a statement on Thursday confirming that prior to the September 11 murder of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, no Marines were stationed in Libya, either at
(AP) US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim filmBy MATTHEW LEE and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe 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
Prior to the deadly attack on a US consulate in Benghazi this week, there were two other attacks on visiting dignitaries within the last five months. In addition two western outposts were targeted including a bomb attack at the same
The “movie” was an excuse and the attack on our Libyan consulate was planned, claims one paper. The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious
By OSAMA ALFITORY and HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressBENGHAZI, LibyaHeavily armed militants used a protest of an anti-Islam film as a cover in their deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate, screaming “God is great!” as they scaled its outer walls and descended
The murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens has raised questions as to why he was in Benghazi to begin with and who in the Libyan government knew he was there. Stevens’ home base was not in Benghazi, but Tripoli. What was
President Obama compared his campaign volunteers to the murdered consulate staff in Libya at a Wednesday stump speech in Las Vegas: “And obviously [our] hearts are broken for the families but I wanted to encourage those folks at the State Dept.
(AP) Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen Chanting “death to America,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag on
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A squad of U.S. troops despatched by helicopter across the Libyan desert to rescue besieged diplomats from Benghazi on Wednesday ran into a fierce overnight ambush that left a further two Americans dead, Libyan officials told
US President Barack Obama said the killers of the American ambassador to Libya would be brought to justice, as the United States dispatched two destroyers and a unit of Marines to Libya. Tuesday’s assault on the Benghazi consulate followed a
Today, speaking about the despicable and stomach-wrenching attacks by Islamists on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and our embassy in Cairo, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked: “How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city
Huffington Post contributor Sharmine Narwani took the occasion of the murder of our ambassador to Libya to launch into an anti-American diatribe that culminated in her asking why she is supposed to care about Ambassador Chris Stevens’ death or that
Islamic mobs that stormed the U.S. Embassy in Egypt and the U.S. consulate in Libya on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, murdering the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, said they were doing so because they were enraged by an
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKYouTube has blocked a video attacking Islam’s prophet Muhammad in Egypt and Libya, where angry protests were sparked by outrage at the video. Ultraconservative Muslims enflamed by the video stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo
Aside from the 11th anniversary of 9/11, there was no bigger story on Sept. 11, 2012 than the attack made upon the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt. But for half the day on Tuesday, MSNBC didn’t mention the incident. A
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESA California-based filmmaker went into hiding after a YouTube trailer of his movie attacking Islam’s prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya. The U.S. ambassador to Libya
(AP) US Embassy in Algiers warns of protestsALGIERS, AlgeriaThe U.S. Embassy in Algiers is warning Americans in the country to avoid non-essential travel amid calls for protests after an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya. The embassy said in
President Obama made a brief statement this morning about the death of American Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans at our Libyan consulate on yesterday. Obama’s prepared remarks reflected virtually word for word an earlier statement made by
(WaPo) — U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed Tuesday in an assault on the American consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the White House said. In a statement issued by the White
The United States is deploying a US Marine anti-terrorism team to Libya to bolster security after a deadly attack on its consulate in Benghazi, a US defense official said Wednesday.
