Sep 13, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(AP) — Federal authorities have identified a Coptic Christian in southern California who is on probation after his conviction for financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Mideast, a U.S. law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The official said authorities ...
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Sep 13, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(THE BLAZE) Islamists claim their bloody siege of the U.S. Embassies in Cairo and Benghazi on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks was catalyzed by an “anti-Islam” movie Experts say the real reason for the onslaught was not a movie mocking Islam, but part of a concerted “ten year plan” to make slandering Islam unlawful ...
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Sep 13, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(CNS NEWS) – As U.S. diplomatic missions tightened security in the aftermath following Tuesday’s deadly attack in Libya and continuing protests in Egypt – and new eruptions in Yemen -- Islamic governments and organizations, including terrorist groups, condemned an obscure film about Mohammed blamed by some for the incidents. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood in a ...
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Sep 13, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from WND: The policy that has hastened the political rise of Islamic radicalism and the attacks on diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya in the wake of the so-called “Arab Spring” was hatched in the “ivory tower” of the Obama administration, charged talk-radio host Michael Savage today. “We’ve gone from the ivory tower to ...
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Sep 13, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(CNS NEWS) – Asked directly on Wednesday evening if Tuesday's deadly violence in Libya was "linked to a terror attack" – possibly al-Qaeda – a State Department official demurred: "Frankly, we are not in a position to speak any further to the perpetrators of this attack. It was clearly a complex attack. We’re going to ...
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Sep 13, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Headline Photo: Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen greets Marines at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, June 2011 (FREE BEACON) U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo. Ambassador to ...
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Sep 13, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Headline Photo: A Santa Clarita production facility that may have been used for filming "The Innocence of Muslims." Excerpted from Pasadena Star News: An inflammatory anti-Muslim film that has been blamed in this week's deadly attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya was produced by a Duarte-based Christian non-profit, officials said. Media for Christ, which has its administrative ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from David Frum's piece in The Daily Beast: Egypt's president is calling upon the United States to punish the film-maker who made the low-grade movie that has been used as an excuse to attack American embassies on the anniversary of 9/11. I can only imagine the film-maker's response: "Thank you, Allah!" This movie deserved to ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(BIG JOURNALISM) 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 of the other two killed with him. Sharmine Narwani, who is also ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from Buzz Feed: The bizarre video that has been cited in deadly protests in Egypt and Libya has been disowned by its actors and linked to a mysterious figure — allegedly the manager of a film company — named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. An AP report suggests that Nakoula may be the "Sam Bacile" who ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Headline Photo: Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and pulled down the American flag during a demonstration over what they said was a film being produced in the United States that insulted Prophet Mohammad. Egyptian protesters burn the U.S. flag during a demonstration outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo, ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(THE BLAZE) The tragic events that unfolded on Tuesday in Egypt and Libya perfectly illustrate the ongoing stalemate between the West and much of the Middle East. The stark reaction to an anti-Islam film that was produced and shot in America led to violent protests and the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(Alarabiya) The U.S. military’s top officer has urged a controversial Christian pastor to disavow a film that has ignited violent protests over its portrayal of the Islamic faith, a spokesman said Wednesday. A day after a deadly assault on the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi possibly sparked by the movie, General ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(AZ CENTRAL) WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say the Pentagon is moving two warships to the Libyan coast, in the aftermath of the attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador and three others. Officials say one destroyer, the USS Laboon, moved to a position off the coast Wednesday, and the USS McFaul is en route ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(REUTERS) - Lebanon's Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah condemned a U.S.-made film about the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday, which triggered violent protests in Libya and Egypt, as an attack on religious belief which it said reflected Western policy. In a statement which made no reference to the killing of U.S. diplomats in Libya in apparent response to ...
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Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(The Guardian) The film that sparked the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi caused uproar across the Muslim world. Protesters took to the streets in some countries, US citizens were warned to keep a low profile and public condemnations of the film were issued. Afghanistan The president, Hamid Karzai, condemned the movie, which he ...
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