Thursday - September 13, 2012

Yemeni protesters storm the US embassy in Sanaa

Just caught this. It’s an hour old.

US EMBASSY in YEMEN stormed. So who’s next to join the band wagon?

US embassy in Yemen stormed - latest

Yemeni protesters storm the US embassy in Sanaa and angry crowds gather in Cairo after the US ambassador was killed in Libya in violent reactions to an anti-Islam film made in America.

By Raf Sanchez, Washington, with Barney Henderson

Telegraph, UK

Latest

15.20 (10.20) Hillary Clinton is addressing the film that first sparked these protests across the Middle East. She calls it “disgusting and reprehensible” and “appears to have a deeply cynical purpose”. However, she says there is “no justification” for responding with violence. Clinton says that the US can’t stop the distribution of provocative videos but wouldn’t do even if it could, out of respect for freedom of speech. She reminds all governments that they have a responsibility to protect diplomats and embassies says “any responsible leader” must condemn the violence.

4.40 (09.40) Clashes continue outside the US Embassy in Cairo, the scene of the original protest on Tuesday.

14.00 Yemen’s president has apologised to President Barack Obama for the embassy attack and has ordered an investigation into the incident.

12.56 German emergency services have evacuated the visa section of the United States consulate in Berlin after an employee fell ill after opening a suspicious envelope that was handed to her by a visitor, a police spokesman said. It was not clear whether the incident was linked to protests over the ant-Islam film that was made in America.

Television footage showed investigators in special protection suits at the building and staff waiting outside.

“The lady felt unwell and reported a metallic taste in her mouth,” the police spokesman said.

A spokesman for the fire services, who were also at the scene, said three people had reported breathing difficulties.

The US embassy could not immediately be reached for comment.

12.44 The Afghan authorities have ordered that YouTube be shut down indefinitely to prevent people watching the anti-Muslim film, hovernment sources have told Reuters.

12.42 A Yemeni protester has reportedly been shot dead outside the US embassy.

11.50 Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani said the film, Innocence of Muslims was “abhorrent”, according to a report in state-controlled Pres TV. He reportedly added:

Quote US politicians’ claims of supporting and respecting different cultures are ... a blatant lie.

11.47 Iranian students were protesting outside the Swiss embassy in Tehran. Additional security forces were deployed around the embassy, which looks after US interests in Iran where Washington has no diplomatic relations, Fars news agency reported. It gave no estimate of the size of the protest.

Members of one student organisation present called on Muslim nations to “cut their relations with the United States and demonstrate their religious values against the colonial system”, Fars said.

Protesters expressed support for demonstrators in Libya and Egypt, shouting slogans including “Muslims unite” and “Mohammad is God’s prophet,” the report said.

US ambassador killed in Libya: investigators probe whether Benghazi assault was planned

By Peter Foster, Washington and Richard Spencer in Cairo

Two US destroyers were steaming towards Libya on Thursday as marines began their hunt for the killers of the American ambassador and three other diplomats, and investigators probed whether the attack may have been a planned strike.

As well as warships, Mr Obama sent 50 marines to secure the embassy in Tripoli and help in evacuating diplomats and other Americans from the country. But pressure was also rising for firm action against groups thought to be involved in the assault on the consulate.

Despite initial suggestions that the building was burned down during a protest against a film ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed, witnesses said that was sidelined when a large gang up to 200-strong arrived armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades, and started firing.

Analysts and former jihadists suggested the attack might have been well-planned and linked to a call earlier in the day by the head of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, for vengeance for the death of his Libyan deputy in a US drone strike in June. The White House is investigating whether these suggestions could be true.

read more, telegraph

So then, will the Marines arrest the killers and hold em for trial?  What are the chances of catching anyone?  Do they know exactly who they will be looking for?  Then too, I’m sure the ACLU and Human Rights Watch and all the other scum will be on hand to make sure if caught their ‘rights’ will be protected.
That’s my jaded take on things.

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