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Sunday, September 16, 2012

U.S. strengthens the security of its embassies in Muslim countries


The recent attacks on the U.S. embassies across the Muslim world have made the Obama administration to make a move, moving Marines (100 to 50 to Libya and Yemen) to protect their legations, and evacuating nonessential diplomatic personnel from Tunisia and Sudan. Al Qaeda has been encouraged to continue attacking U.S. interests and assured that the incident that ended in the death of Benghazi ambassador in Libya was motivated by the controversial film that ridicules Muhammad, but also for the murder of the number two in the organization by the U.S. in June. "Call it what you want," said the president of the Libyan National Council, "Al Qaeda or something else, what has happened is an act of violence by a group with a rematch on the agenda. They chose the time, appropriate technical and victims. This film was suspended six months ago on the Internet. No use and can not be put as an excuse. " From the first assault on the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Tuesday to Friday's incidents have been protests from Morocco to Indonesia. A total of 11 protesters have died. Even in Europe, Muslims have taken to the streets.

The Taliban destroyed six NATO fighters in their attack on the base of Prince Harry


NATO's mission in Afghanistan (ISAF) acknowledged today that lost six fighters during the Taliban attack on Friday against the base of Camp Bastion , where Target and Prince Harry that killed two U.S. Marines. "Six AV-8B Harrier fighters were destroyed and two suffered significant damage. Tres fueling stations were also destroyed and six hangars suffered some damage " , the military organization said today in a statement. The ISAF said the attack began on Friday night and it was "well coordinated" , and acknowledged that the aggressors, "at least 15" , were organized into three teams and managed to penetrate the base perimeter at one point. "They were well equipped and trained. Wore U.S. Army uniforms and were armed with automatic rifles, grenade launchers and suicide vests , "ISAF said in his note. According to the official, international troops killed fourteen insurgents and wounded another who was arrested while on his side two soldiers were killed and nine others, eight soldiers and a civilian were injured. The base Camp Bastion, defended by British and U.S. military is in the Washer district, in the troubled Helmand province, a stronghold of the insurgents, who attributed the action to a "revenge" against Muhammad by video"It was an act of revenge against the anti-Islamic video made in the United States," said a spokesman Saturday insurgent militias, Mohamed Yusuf Ahmadi. The Taliban had called on Muhammad avenge the video that has generated widespread protests in the Muslim world , but YouTube blocked the Afghan government to prevent its spread and on Friday there were only small protests in the east. According to British media, at Camp Bastion is for the Prince Harry , who was unharmed, which is his second stay military in Afghanistan, which is running the process of withdrawal of international troops. The Taliban are fighting to overthrow the Afghan government and ensure the immediate withdrawal of international troops deployed in the country in order to establish an Islamic fundamentalist regime, as they did between 1996 and 2001.

Photos of Topless Kate Middleton

Topless photos of Princess William's wife Kate Middleton, the photos taken while Kate and William were on vacation at a relative's private estate in southern France last month. 











"Innocent Muslims" Muhammad provocateur Nakoula has criminal past


"The innocence of Muslims" is the anti-Islam film by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula that has led to violent protests in the Arab world.U.S. authorities have alleged the makers of the videos in their sights.The Coptic probably a criminal past. According to local media Nakoula Besseley Nakoula was early on Saturday picked up by police from his home in Cerritos, California.It should be checked whether he had violated laws.His interrogation Nakoula voted accordingly to itself.According to the TV channel CNN Nakoula voluntarily went with the officers to the police station and left it alone for several hours.The 55-year-old has to U.S. media reports, a criminal past.Accordingly, he was convicted of bank fraud in 2010 to a prison term of 21 months, but was released after a year.He was also banned for five years of access to the Internet.Moreover, it has been accused of welfare fraud and drug possession. Nakoula, as the author of thefilm "The innocence of Muslims" is true, claims to be a 55-year-old Coptic Christian.According to "New York Times" was the film that represents the Prophet Muhammad as a womanizer, violent offenders and pedophiles, shot in the summer of 2011 in the vicinity of Los Angeles.To have played the role that it Nakoula exactly is still unclear.Some U.S. media describe him as a filmmaker, other as the mastermind behind the strip, which can be seen in excerpts on the Internet platform YouTube.On Friday, he announced, not to regret the release of the video, in the face of attacks on Western institutions in the Arab world but to feel "guilty."In the Arab countries came on Saturday experienced a quiet.Egyptian security forces evacuated the central Cairo's Tahrir Square and the streets to the nearest U.S. embassy.In Egypt, meanwhile worldwide protests had begun on Tuesday with an assault on the U.S. mission.

Google rejects blocking of Muhammad videos

The Internet giant Google Inc on Friday rejected a request by the U.S. President's, his decision on the disputed Mohammed film to reconsider again. Google had decided to block the information published on its YouTube platform only film in Egypt and Libya, but otherwise to be online. The film, which denigrated the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was the trigger for violent protests in many Muslim countries. They were directed mainly against U.S. embassies. In Libya, while three American diplomats were killed, including the ambassador. Google said, restrictions on access to the video were imposed in some countries such as India and Indonesia, for compliance with local law. These decisions were not made on political pressure. In Egypt and Libya, it has been frozen because of the tense situation there.


U.S. Presidential comes up to Google

The U.S. Office of the President had asked Google to check whether the video the terms and conditions of the Internet service provider violated. Meanwhile, in California, a man being questioned in connection with the Mohammed defamatory film because of a possible violation of his parole. The 55-year-old had come voluntarily to the police station, a spokesman for the sheriff said in a suburb of Los Angeles. He was not arrested, but will spend some time there and face interviews. The masked man with a hat and scarf was led by police to a car.He has been linked in media reports in connection with a 13-minute film that triggered a wave of deadly violence in Islamic countries. The man himself has rejected in a telephone conversation with his Coptic Bishop of involvement.

Filmmakers could have violated regulations

The respondent has served court papers, according a prison sentence for bank fraud and was released in June 2011 from prison. At least parts of the film were then produced. Among the conditions for his release was a five-year suspended sentence.During this time, it is forbidden to use the Internet or without the consent of his probation officer to adopt a pseudonym. With an offense he faces a return to prison. The film itself is not under investigation because the representations fall under the powerful protection of freedom of speech in the U.S. Constitution. Even blasphemy and defamation of religious communities in the U.S. are not punishable. The anti-Western violence of radical Muslims because of the video sparked worldwide concern. The UN Security Council condemned the attacks on embassies in several Muslim countries and called on the governments of the affected states to protect foreign missions efficiently. In the Arab countries came on Saturday initially experienced a quiet. But the radical Islamist al Qaeda called on Muslims worldwide to further attacks on the U.S. embassies and diplomats.The attacks enraged Muslims against U.S. embassies and other Western countries in the past few days were "the natural response to a tremendous insult ', and the group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula announced on Saturday on its website. The film released in the U.S. libel against the Prophet Muhammad was part of a crusade against Islam. The incident was so great that every effort should be focused on "the American embassies in Muslim countries to kick." Who always hit on American ambassador and diplomats should follow the example of Libyans who had killed the U.S. ambassador.

Riots keep on for days

The riots in Muslim countries adhere to for days. Tuesday was the anniversary of the September 11 September 2001 killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, the American ambassador and three employees. In attacks on Western embassies on Friday including the German mission was stormed in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and set on fire. In Tunis urged demonstrators into the U.S. Embassy and set fire to the American School in the Tunisian capital. In Cairo, security sources said one protester was killed in clashes with the police near the U.S. Embassy. Yemen's al-Qaida branch, which is classified by the U.S. as the most dangerous, called also called on Muslims in Western countries, there also attack key installations in the respective States. According to Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, the federal government has no concrete evidence of an increased stroke risk in Germany because of the controversial film. However conquer increased alertness and increased attention from authorities and citizens, "said Minister of the CSU" Leipziger Volkszeitung ".

The Muslim anger spreads through the world


The protests often violent against the film in Figure offending the prophet Muhammad spread yesterday to the entire Muslim world coinciding with Friday prayer for the faithful of Islam. The purpose and not only was the U.S., where the film was shot, but other Western countries like Britain or Germany. The demonstrations, in which there were at least half a dozen dead , took place across the bow comprising predominantly Muslim countries from Indonesia to Morocco. Just finished the prayer after midday, about 5,000 protesters had gathered as near Avenue Baladia Khartoum, capital of Sudan. A mob broke into the German Embassy and besieged the British and American legation on for Internet diffusion in the American film " The innocence of Muslims . " Protesters set fire outside the German embassy and raised an Islamic flag. Soon after, the police dispersed them with tear gas.

Papal visit to Lebanon

The arrival of His Holiness the Pope to Lebanon amid significant security measures by the violence that plagues the area did not prevent this country was also the scene of riots for the same reason. The balance was at least one dead and over 25 injured in the city of Tripoli, in the north, where protesters burned a U.S. fast-food chain "Kentucky Fried Chicken". Eyewitnesses told the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), which the protesters responded with stones Lebanese army gunfire immediately deployed in the area to control the participants, while broke posters announcing the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. In Tunisia, at least three people were killed and dozens wounded in the assault on the U.S. Embassy. The country that sparked the Arab revolutions and in just a few weeks managed to overthrow Zine El Abidine Ben Ali , joined the wave of violence caused by the film.

Flags jihadists

In addition to the U.S. embassy, ​​protesters burned the American School of the capital and waved black flags of "jihad" (holy war), visible from earlier this week in all Muslim countries where there have been incidents.Tunisia opened in January 2011 to change the way a number of countries like Libya, Egypt and Yemen a few months later are the epicenter of a wave of protests during Friday prayer reached to Indonesia, where they heard cries of " Death to America "and" Death to Jews ". Without Persecution of dictators who watched with an iron fist for Islamist movements, the most radical groups now have the green light to act and the excuse of the film has served to show their ability to mobilize. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called for performing demonstrations outside mosques after the end of the sentence, but "in a civilized and peaceful, in keeping with the ancient civilization of the Egyptian people and the great Islam ". One tip that came to the attention of hundreds of young people for a fifth day chose stones and petrol bombs as a means to express their anger at the gates of the U.S. embassy. As before, when anger was motivated by burning Korans or the publication of cartoons of Mohammed, the kingdom of Morocco was the scene of demonstrations that have burned American flags. This happened yesterday in the city of SalĂ©, near Rabat. Meanwhile , several hundred people demonstrated in front of the U.S. consulate in Casablanca , the largest city in the country.

Marines in Yemen

Yemen, which on Thursday was about to repeat the vivid scenes in Benghazi a few days before, had a day of tension and prepares for a week in the Salafist forces have called for keeping the pulse on the streets. Protests were unable for a second day to the walls of the Embassy for all accesses were sealed by the security forces and the interior of the legation had the backing of fifty Marines. Throughout the morning air shots were heard in the nearby and used riot trucks with water cannons. The civil war in Syria did not stop their citizens also manifest. Several hundred people gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Damascus at the end of the sentence, official SANA news agency reported.

Nigeria and Libya

In Nigeria, where Boko Haram terrorist jihadists have spent months trying to impose "Sharia" based attacks, authorities ordered increased deployment of security forces around the foreign embassies. Soldiers shots into the air to disperse a demonstration in the city of Jos. Before yesterday extended to all Muslim riots elmundo the controversial film, in the Libyan city of Benghazi and the authorities had detained several people in connection with the death on Tuesday night the U.S. ambassador and three other officials in an attack the consulate in that city.