More restrictions on free speech
to come, as supine Western leaders rush to mollify the enraged
Muslims by censoring themselves and others. "Egyptians angry at
film scale U.S. embassy walls," by Tamim Elyan for Reuters,
September 11:
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian
protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down
the American flag and burned it during a protest over what they said
was a film being produced in the United States that insulted Prophet
Mohammad.
In place of the U.S. flag, the
protesters tried to raise a black flag with the words "There is
no God but God, and Mohammad is his messenger", a Reuters
witness said.
The black flag of jihad.
Once the U.S. flag was hauled
down, some protesters tore it up and showed off pieces to television
cameras. Others burned the remains outside the fortress-like embassy
building in central Cairo. But some protesters objected to the flag
burning.
Many Muslims consider any
depiction of the Prophet to be offensive.
"This movie must be banned
immediately and an apology should be made," said 19-year-old
Ismail Mahmoud, a member of the so-called "ultras" soccer
supporters who played a big role in the uprising that brought down
Hosni Mubarak last year.
He called on President Mohamed
Mursi, Egypt's first civilian president and an Islamist, to take
action, without giving details of the film that angered him or other
protesters.
About 20 people stood on top of
the embassy wall, while about 2,000 protesters gathered outside. The
demonstrators were mainly supporters of Islamist groups or "ultras"
youths.
Rafik Farouk, 38, an Egyptian
Christian, also took part. "I am here because I am Egyptian and
reject anything that insults Islam or anything that sparks division
in Egypt," he said....
The U.S. embassy had put out a
statement earlier on Tuesday condemning "misguided individuals"
who hurt the religious feelings of Muslims or followers of other
religions.
"We firmly reject the actions
by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the
religious beliefs of others," the U.S. embassy said in its
statement....
(RELATED)
Libya ambassador Chris Stevens
killed: U.S. warships headed to Libyan coast as Obama says 'justice
will be done'
U.S. launches wave of unmanned
drones to patrol the skies over eastern Libya to search for terror
camps, while an elite team of Marines is also being deployed to the
region to safeguard Americans.
The ruthless attack that killed
four American diplomats in Libya appears to be a carefully planned
terror strike rather than an uprising of a mob angry over a film that
lampooned the Prophet Muhammed.
President Obama vowed Wednesday to
bring those responsible to justice — and moved swiftly to hunt down
the killers.
“Make no mistake,” Obama said.
“Justice will be done.”
Two American warships were headed
to the Libyan coast in a precautionary move. The U.S. launched a wave
of unmanned drones to patrol the skies over eastern Libya to search
for terror camps, while an elite team of Marines is also being
deployed to the region to safeguard Americans.
“The United States condemns in
the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack,” Obama
said from the Rose Garden, joined by Secretary of State Clinton.
“Since our founding, the U.S. is
a nation that respects all faiths,” the President added. “There
is no justification of this type of senseless violence. None.”
Ambassador Chris Stevens, who
spent years working to help stabilize Libya, and three colleagues
died when the U.S. Consulate came under siege by a band of heavily
armed militants.
A wave of anti-American unrest
swept through the Middle East on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11
terror attacks, but officials believe the bloodshed in Benghazi,
Libya, was far more sinister.
Uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia
were sparked by the inflammatory anti-Muslim video, and there was
further unrest Thursday outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, where
protesters had scaled the walls Tuesday. Riot police fired warning
shots and tear gas to keep hundreds of demonstrators away.
U.S. officials initially thought
the protesters in Libya had the same motive, according to reports.
But investigators now suspect the
film protest was being used as a cover by terror groups who, unlike
their unarmed counterparts in other countries, were toting rocket
launchers and other heavy artillery.
The attacks may have been carried
out by a shadowy terror group that has been responsible for a recent
surge of violence in Libya, according to CNN.
The group, believed to be an Al
Qaeda spinoff, is dubbed the “Imprisoned Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman
Brigades” after the blind sheik serving a life sentence in the U.S.
for carrying out the 1993 World Trade Center attack.
Isa 14:9 Hell from beneath
is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming:
Job 18:11 Terrors shall
make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job 18:12 His strength
shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side
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