The ever-growing violent protests affecting the Islamic world
over an anti-Muslim film hit London yesterday. The film was apparently produced
by a Coptic Christian living in California, using funds raised by radical
American evangelicals and Egyptian Coptic Christians. Clips were shown on Arab
television which provoked outrage, including the US ambassador murder in Libya
on Tuesday.Hillary Clinton the Secretary of State has made clear that ‘the
United States government had absolutely nothing to do’ with the video. British
diplomats were also dragged into the protests after 5000 angry demonstrators
stormed the German embassy in the Sudanese capital, burning a car and rubbish
bins..In London, 150 protesters marched on the US embassy screaming ‘burn burn
USA’ and burnt the American along
with the Israeli flag.In the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli police began shooting,
killing one man, after a mob set fire to a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise and
an American restaurant. Another 25 were wounded in the chaos.In Cairo, Egypt,
the mob was kept clear of the local American mission by riot police, instead
protesting in Tahrir Square. The Muslim half of Jerusalem witnessed a mob of
400 marching towards the US consulate repelled by police.In Damascus, Syria, a
200-strong crowd demonstrated outside the US embassy – although it was
abandoned in February due to of the country’s bloody civil war.In Tehran
(Iran), in Baghdad (Iraq), in Jalalabad (Afghanistan), in Istanbul (Turkey), in
Bangladesh, in cities across Pakistan, and in Bahrain, protesting crowds
limited their anger by raising slogans burning US and Israeli flags
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/)
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