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Islam-insulting film triggers attacks on US consulate in Libya, embassy in Egypt. Published on Sep 12, 2012 by RussiaToday American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt have been attacked by angry …More
Islam-insulting film triggers attacks on US consulate in Libya, embassy in Egypt.

Published on Sep 12, 2012 by RussiaToday
American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt have been attacked by angry mobs over a US-made film said to insult the Prophet Mohammed. The assault in the Libyan city of Benghazi left US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other consulate employees killed. Post-revolutionary Libya and Egypt will only see a further rise in extremism and instability, says Nader Hashemi, an Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the University of Denver.

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