The U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in Benghazi

Protesting against a film that describes Islam as cancer, demonstrators attacked the U.S. consulate on Tuesday, killing four people. Libya has apologized to the United States. While the United States commemorating the 11 - September, broadcast on YouTube extracts of anti-Islamic film, directed by an obscure Israeli-American real estate developer, Tuesday caused an outbreak of anti-American violence in Middle East. Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassy in Cairo.The U.S. consulate in Benghazi in Libya he was attacked by dozens of armed men belonging to the Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, who launched rockets against the building. The U.S. ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens and three consular officials of American nationality were killed in the attack. Diplomat and the other victims were to board a car to evacuate consulate when the vehicle was targeted, said a Libyan official. According to al-Jazeera channel , victims succumbed to toxic fumes generated by the fire. J. Christopher Stevens was stationed in Tripoli since May 2012. connoisseur of the region , he had served as a political aide to Jerusalem, Damascus, Cairo and Riyadh. President Barack Obama , who strongly condemned "the outrageous attack," ordered a strengthening security around the U.S. embassies in Libya and the rest of the world. About the film, he stressed that "the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, and we must all, unequivocally oppose this kind of senseless violence that cost the lives of officials. " Libya, the voice of Mohamed al-Megaryef Congress President National Executive (CGN), the highest political authority in the country presented his "apology to the United States, the American people and the world for that s' is past. " In France, François Hollande condemned "with the utmost firmness" the attack, calling on Libyan authorities to "shed light on these heinous crimes and unacceptable, identify those responsible and bring them to justice." The United States said Wednesday the deployment of a team of Marines specialized in counter-terrorism in Libya. The violence around the consulate was such that Libyan forces had to retreat, leaving the field open to looters before the building is on fire. Meanwhile in Cairo, Egypt, 2000 people gathered outside the U.S. embassy to denounce the film, considered blasphemous. Several groups, including the Salafist leader Wesam Abdel-Wareth had called for demonstrations. Demonstrators climbed the front and tore the American flag. After trying unsuccessfully to set it on fire, they burned and replaced it with a black banner proclaiming: "There is only one god and Muhammad is his prophet." As a precaution, the diplomatic staff had been evacuated in the day. On the spot, the police and the army finally pushed the Egyptian protesters.

The director is hiding now

According to the Wall Street Journal, the film was originally titled violence of Muslims Innocence ( Innocence Muslims ). It was written and directed by an Israeli-American, Sam Bacile, who told the U.S. daily have tried to show that "Islam is a cancer." And say: "This is a feature political and non-religious."Interviewed by the Associated Press, Sam Bacile, hiding since the protests, said he was sorry for the death of U.S. official lamented but poorly guarded embassies. With a budget of $ 5 million, funded by Jewish donors 100, the two-hour film was shot in three months last year in California. Nearly 60 actors and 45 technicians participated. The film was screened in the general indifference, a few months ago, in a movie theater in Los Angeles. The trailer, posted on YouTube in July, went unnoticed until recent days, when Twitter users have relayed. Meanwhile, someone had translated into Arabic. In the excerpts that have leaked on the Internet, Muhammad is portrayed as a womanizer who approves sexual abuse against children. United States, Innocence of Muslims received support from the American pastor Terry Jones, who had created controversy by burning copies of the Quran and opposing the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York. The pastor announced that he intended to show an extract of 13 minutes Tuesday night, in his church in Gainesville, Florida. "It's an American production, which does not attack Muslims but shows the destructive ideology of Islam," said he. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the violence, but the film, which earned him criticism from Republican candidate for the White House Mitt Romney . "The United States deplores any action deliberate denigration of religious beliefs. But things are clear: nothing can justify such acts of violence ", said Hillary Clinton. She met with the president of the Libyan National Assembly on ways to implement to better protect Americans working in Libya.Libyan authorities, they promised to open an investigation.