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Wednesday, September 12, 2012


English-Language Film Innocence Of Muslims Sparks Protests, Violence For Mocking Muhammad

by Alex Alvarez | 8:07 am, September 12th, 2012
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Yesterday, protesters — angered over an English-language film titled Innocence of Muslims — stormed the walls of the United States Embassy in Cairo, later attacking the United States consulate in Benghazi and killing the U.S. ambassador to Libya, along with three others. A 14-minute trailer for the film, created bySam Bacile, an Israeli-American California real-estate developer, was posted to YouTube in July.
The New York Times explains how the film began garnering attention overseas and highlights its rumored ties to Pastor Terry Jones, who has previously drawn attention for burning copies of the Koran:
Last week, an Egyptian-American Copt known for his broadsides against Muslims drew attention to the trailer in an Arabic-language blog post and an e-mail newsletter in English publicizing the latest publicity stunt of the Florida pastor Terry Jones, reviled in the Muslim world for burning copies of the Koran. Reached by telephone in Florida, a representative of Mr. Jones seemed unaware of the film, but hours later the pastor sent The Lede a statement by e-mail in which he complained of the attack on the embassy in Cairo and announced plans to screen the trailer for the film on Tuesday night. He said that it “reveals in a satirical fashion the life of Muhammad.”
The film mocks the Muslim prophet Muhammad by portraying him as a fraud, a buffoon, and a womanizer, and refers to donkeys as “the first Muslim animal.”
The London Evening Standard reports that Bacile is now in hiding.

AvatarCheesyGrits  7 hours ago
Mitt Romney doesn't condemn Terry Jones or this "film maker" but he's quick to attack The President of the United States.
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    Roger_Fails  7 hours ago  parent
    Mitt just keeps digging his hole deeper. He looks less and less like a credible, serious candidate when his campaign releases a statement like the one they issued last night. This shoot-from-the-hip cowboy mentality that George W. Bush popularized just doesn't cut it in a world as complex and dangerous as the one we live in.
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    neo_chimp  5 hours ago  parent
    any condemnation of the filmmaker is an immediate capitulation to the terror mob's demands, in my view. Nothing any American did warranted that response
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      willkes  6 hours ago  parent
      Are you blaming the film maker for this ? Could you be any more stupid ?
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        trueblues  4 hours ago  parent
        Yes the Israeli film maker and Terry Jones should be charged for the death of the ambassador. I think the Israeli Mossad has a hand in this. They want America to enter into a war. This Israeli film maker knew what reaction his film would have on the Muslim world and what danger the Americans working in the Arab countries would be in.

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    Romney attacks Obama for ‘mixed signals’ on Middle East violence


    By  | The Ticket – 2 hrs 29 mins ago
    (Jim Young/Reuters)Mitt Romney stood by his criticism of President Barack Obama's response to the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya, accusing the White House of sending "mixed signals" in the aftermath of violence that claimed the lives of the United States ambassador to Libya and three other foreign aid workers.
    Speaking at an impromptu press conference in Jacksonville, Fla., Romney condemned Tuesday's attacks as "disgusting" and "outrageous," but also attacked the Obama administration for standing by a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo condemning "efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims," which he claimed was an "apology" for American values.
    Late Tuesday, Romney issued a statement saying it was "disgraceful that the Obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks."
    But the embassy's statement was issued before violence broke out—prompting Democrats to claim Romney launched a misguided political attack. Asked whether he "jumped the gun" in attacking Obama before he knew all the facts, Romney defended his response, insisting the administration's initial statement was "reiterated" after the embassy in Cairo had been "breached" and the administration stood by the "inappropriate" statement for hours.
    "It's a terrible course for America to stand in apology for our values," Romney told reporters. "It's never too early for the U.S. government to condemn attacks on Americans and defend our values. ... When our grounds are being attacked, being breached, the first response of the United States must be outrage."
    In defending his own response, Romney said, "I don't think we ever hesitate when we see something that's a violation of our principles."
    The Republican presidential candidate used the moment to attack Obama's overall record, saying his decisions have not been based on "sound foreign policy." He slammed Obama for "a lack of clarity" in his diplomatic approach.
    "They clearly sent mixed messages to the world," Romney told reporters. "The statement that came from the administration—and the embassy is the administration—the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology. And I think was a severe miscalculation."
    Under fire for his Tuesday night response, Romney addressed reporters at his Jacksonville campaign office, where he had been scheduled to hold a rally. But after the White House announced Obama would address the ambassador's death, Romney aides abruptly reversed course, collecting campaign signs from supporters and escorting them out of the building so that he could make a statement to reporters first.
    While Romney stood behind his initial criticism of Obama, not everybody on the Romney team appeared to agree. In an interview with National Journal's Major Garrett, John Sununu, a top Romney surrogate, said the campaign should have been more cautious.
    "They probably should have waited," the former New Hampshire governor told National Journal. "You look at the way things unfolded, you look at the timing of it, they probably should have waited."
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