US embassy burned in Libya and Egypt because of a film trailer on YouTube

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CAIRO — Protesters angered over a film that ridiculed Islam’s Prophet Muhammad fired gunshots and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing one American diplomat, witnesses and the State Department said. In Egypt, protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo and replaced an American flag with an Islamic banner.

It was the first such assaults on U.S. diplomatic facilities in either country, at a time when both Libya and Egypt are struggling to overcome the turmoil following the ouster of their long-time leaders, Moammar Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak in uprisings last year.

The protests in both countries were sparked by outrage over a film ridiculing Muhammad produced by an American in California and being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States. Excerpts from the film dubbed into Arabic were posted on YouTube.

SOURCE: U.S. consulate in Libya burned, diplomat killed in protest over film | World | News | National Post

Here's the trailer ...

[Dorothea]

Hello, because of YouTube? you gotta have tougher/thicker skin than that! You can't go into a rampage every time you see a stupid video on YouTube! Ridiculous!

[FAQ]

Oh well , that's a "religion of peace" for ya !

[Dorothea]

This is exactly why people equate Islam with violence, because of crap like this.

[flanker]

Thanks to the Western intervention in Libyan now the Islamist is running the country.

[Dorothea]

^you mean, the country is worse off now that Qaddaffi is six feet under?

[flanker]

^you mean, the country is worse off now that Qaddaffi is six feet under?

Yes. Before the intervention, Libya is the best country in Africa. Now the West turned back its clock back to stone age.

[Dorothea]

^kadali ra pud nabalik sa stone age?

[ghostie2472]

They should have hired a professional for the special affects.. I'm pretty sure that triggered the outrage.

[reptoid]

These animals begged the West to rid them of their dictators and then as soon as they have a little freedom they begin causing problems. I'm so sick of these radicals and also the moderate Muslims who never seem to condemn what they are doing.