Salon.com > Jillian Rayfield and Prachi Gupta http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Video timeline of the Middle East crisis http://www.salon.com/2012/09/12/video_timeline_of_middle_east_crisis/ http://www.salon.com/2012/09/12/video_timeline_of_middle_east_crisis/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13009138 U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were confirmed killed in rocket attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The attacks came after an anti-Islamic film of allegedly American origin fueled angry protests in Egypt and Libya.

A trailer from the film in question mockingly depicts an actor playing the Prophet Muhammad, and refers to a donkey as “the first Muslim animal.” Via YouTube.

Protests began to break out in Cairo, as demonstrators scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy:

Violent protesters in Benghazi, Libya, also attacked the U.S. consulate, resulting in the death of Stevens and three other Americans:


Tuesday night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the attacks in the strongest possible terms:

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