Attacks Overseas

From the Stars and Stripes:

"US embassies step up security after Libya attack"

U.S. embassies across the world ramped up security Thursday following an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, as Muslims angry over an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. mission in Yemen and clashed with police near the American mission in Cairo. President Barack Obama ordered increased security at U.S. sites worldwide after Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed Tuesday in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The Benghazi attack followed the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo after the trailer from an American-made film, "Innocence of Islam," went viral on YouTube. Libyan officials said militants used civilians protesting the film as cover for a violent assault timed for the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. As violence continued Thursday, embassies from the Philippines to the Middle East warned Americans to be on guard for more protests, especially on Friday, the main Muslim day of prayer when religious fervor runs high. In Yemen, hundreds of protesters chanting "Death to America!" stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in the capital, Sanaa, and burned the American flag. Yemen's president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, quickly apologized to the U.S. for the attack and vowed track down the culprits. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, police stopped a march by about 400 people who burned a U.S. flag several miles (kilometers) from the U.S. Embassy, where higher security was evident. And in Cairo, where protests against the film began, police fired tear gas Thursday at youths who hurled stones about 100 yards (meters) from the U.S. Embassy there.  U.S. officials said the heightened security would be maintained indefinitely following the attack in Libya.

^ People should stop going on about the movie and focus on all the stupid, violent idiots (most can't even read and and haven't even seen the movie, but only heard about it) around the world being allowed to go around and attack us. Where are all the security forces in those countries - Egypt, Yemen and Libya? Where are our forces? We have freedom of speech and while I may or may not agree with the movie that's not a reason to go attack and kill others or allow it to happen. They always say they are for peace and yet their actions speak louder than their words. We have every right to protect our people and way of life. ^

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/us-embassies-step-up-security-after-libya-attack-1.189183