The United States has tightened security of its embassies in Arab
countries following an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, where a
team of the US Marine Corps has already been stationed.
Additionally, two US destroyers have been deployed off the coast of
Libya. Meanwhile, experts warn of thedeterioration of the situation in
the Middle East.
The Arab world is starting to 'boil' as mass protest rallies aretaking
place near the US embassies in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia and Libya.
Protesters are angered about the Innocence of Muslims, an anti-Islam
film made in the United Sates to commemorate the 11th anniversary of
the 9/11 attacks.
Protests turned violent in the Libyan city of Benghazi, where the US
Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens was killed on Tuesday night in an
attack thatwas apparently orchestrated byal-Qaeda, according to some
experts. Others say that the attack might be the work of one of the
groups struggling for power in Libya. The finger of blame is
specifically laid on Benghazi rebels who were irked with the results
of the Libyan revolution.
Libya is seeing the ongoing process of redistribution of the flows of
oil money. Rebels would like to capitalize on their own efforts
because they are based on the territory of oiltransit supplies, where
plants and terminals are located.
As for Egypt, the situation there remains tense and street protests
show no signs of abating, something that was, however, tackled by the
Muslim Brotherhood.
Representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood decided to authorize protest
rallies that were earlier staged near the US embassy in Egypt. They
have repeatedly warned against violence during these rallies,
something that they said could even prompt the enemies of Islam crack
down on Egypt andIslam on the whole.
Experts fear that Americans may well respond in kind given the ongoing
election campaign in the United States. President Barack Obama knows
full well that his sitting on his hands may quickly add up to approval
ratings of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, let alone
Republicans' criticism of Obama.
Yemeni president apologizes to U.S. for embassy attack, death toll rises to 3
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi apologized to U.S. President
Barack Obama on Thursday for the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's
capital Sanaa, as the death toll of the conflict rose to three.
The attack in Yemen came as part of the widespread anger across the
Muslim world over anU.S. movie insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammed.
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224 injured in clashes in front of U.S. embassy in Cairo
At least 224 people were injuredThursday in clashes in front of the
U.S. embassy in the Egyptiancapital of Cairo, official news agency
MENA reported, quoting the health ministry.
Clashes continue Thursday evening between protesters against a U.S.
anti-Islam movie and the security forces in front of the embassy. Full
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Iran's leader blames U.S., Israel for anti-Islam movie
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has
blamed the UnitedStates and Israel on the production of an anti-Islam
movie that insults Muslim's Prophet Mohammed.
In a message issued on Thursday, Khamenei said that"behind this evil
move lie the antagonistic policies of the Zionists and the U.S. and
other heads of the global arrogance," Press TV reported. Full story
Libya arrests suspects in consulate attack
Arrests have been made in connection with Tuesday's attack that killed
four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi,including US
ambassador Christopher Stevens, Libyan Deputy Interior Minister Wanis
Sharif said, according to Reuters.
"Some people have been arrested and are under investigation," Reuters
quoted Sharif as saying.
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