Obama slams ‘outrageous’ Libya attack that killed US envoy
Obama slams ‘outrageous’ Libya attack th… JPost – International.
( Because it’s a religion it’s above criticism?! Ever hear of “freedom of speech?” This is an American president saying this… Where am I? – JW )
Photo: reuters
US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on their car, a Libyan official said, as they were rushed from a consular building stormed by militants denouncing a US-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad. Conflicting reports suggested the diplomats were killed by crowds storming the embassy.
Gunmen had attacked and burned the US consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, a center of last year’s uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, late on Tuesday evening, killing one US consular official. The building was evacuated.
The Libyan official said the ambassador was being driven from the consulate building to a safer location when gunmen opened fire.
“The American ambassador and three staff members were killed when gunmen fired rockets at them,” the official in Benghazi told Reuters.
Libyan deputy prime minister Mustafa Abu Shagour condemned the killing of the US diplomats as a cowardly act.
The consular official had died after clashes between Libyan security forces and Islamist militants around the consulate building. Looters raided the empty compound and some onlookers took pictures after calm returned.
In neighboring Egypt, demonstrators had torn down an American flag and burned it during the protest. Some tried to raise a black flag with the words “There is no God but God, and Mohammad is his messenger”, a Reuters witness said.
Mob violence possibly sparked by Israeli-American film
US pastor Terry Jones, who had inflamed anger in the Muslim world in 2010 with plans to burn the Koran, said he had promoted “Innocence of Muslims”, which US media said was produced by an Israeli-American property developer; but clips of another film called “Mohammad, Prophet of Muslims”, had been circulating for weeks before the protest.
That film portrayed Mohammad as a fool, a philanderer and a religious fake. In one clip posted on YouTube Mohammad was shown in a sexual act with a woman.
Jones, a pastor in Florida whose latest stunt fell on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, triggered riots in Afghanistan in 2010 with his threat to burn the Koran.
Many Muslims consider any depiction of the Prophet offensive and any depiction of him can cause outbursts of anger in the Islamic world and among Muslims in Europe.
Libya’s interim government has struggled to impose its authority on a myriad of armed groups that have refused to lay down their weapons and often take the law into their own hands.
It was clearly overwhelmed by Tuesday night’s attack on the consulate that preceded the assault on the ambassador.
WarSclerotic 
September 12, 2012 at 3:26 PM
If you want to see what Islam is all about, just look at their reaction to the infamous Mohammad movie.
If you want to see what Obama is all about, just look at his reaction to the embassy attacks and murders.
Obama= We apologize.
Clinton= Here’s more money.
McCain= Here are more weapons.
The USA is suffering from a complete and total lack of leadership. Hopefully, this will all end in November. Meanwhile, our enemies grow bolder and the pressure to do nothing grows stronger. We can only hope the military is not buying into this BS and stands ready to defend with overwhelming force and determination.
September 12, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Steve…
I’m hoping a successful operation by Israel against Iran will be enough to convince the US electorate to dump this 2nd coming of Jimmy Carter.
September 12, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Well spoken.
September 12, 2012 at 4:05 PM
I too, but historically, a sitting president has never been voted out of office during war, even if pulled into war kicking and screaming. Hopefully, history will not repeat itself.
September 12, 2012 at 4:40 PM
I’m hoping Netanyahu gives the order to proceed this week. Now that Obama won’t be meeting with him there’s no reason left to keep delaying.
September 12, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Bibi’s an extraordinarily articulate speaker……
September 12, 2012 at 4:52 PM
This is how Islam treats ambassadors:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/american_ambassador_others_killed_uvtJF2mvUd6CzlMsrh169K
September 12, 2012 at 4:58 PM
If that link gets you pumped then take a look at this one:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/american_ambassador_others_killed_uvtJF2mvUd6CzlMsrh169K
September 12, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Sorry for the repeat, I meant this link:
http://www.barenakedislam.com/2012/09/12/after-barack-hussein-obama-begs-the-arab-world-for-forgiveness-for-u-s-made-anti-islam-film-muslims-in-libya-murder-4-diplomats-and-drag-u-s-ambassdors-dead-body-through-the-streets/
September 12, 2012 at 5:17 PM
Lindsey Graham , republican and South Carolina senator, has just said on Fox that the region – the middle east- is about to explode and this will be ”thanks” to Obama’s catastrophic foreign policy.
We agree with him.
September 12, 2012 at 6:19 PM
These people need to get a sense of humour.
September 12, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Humour in the Muslim World ? It reminds me this comedy :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433116/
Its about looking for comedy among muslims; very good movie.
September 12, 2012 at 8:17 PM
It’s only a matter of time before someone blames Israel and calls it a ‘false flag’ attack.
September 12, 2012 at 9:57 PM
Actually we can already tell what happened there : it was an Al Qaeda premeditated attack in which the ” angry crowd ” , by putting the building on fire, provoked the evacuation of the ambassador, meaning he left the building for enter in the car with his team.
That was the moment the terrorist team with rockets was waiting for and they targeted the ambassador car.
A tragic death as a result of a murderous action. It will cost the reelection for Obama. I saw his face when he reacted and I heard his voice; he knows he has lost it.
September 12, 2012 at 11:43 PM
Actually, now there’s a report that says it was the Gaddafi loyalists who were responsible.
September 13, 2012 at 3:22 AM
The naïveté of the West is stunning. The Mullahs in Iran have their heads full of Allah and Devine intervention.
They see the West as crumbling, and the Arab awakening as signs of Allah’s Devine intervention toward the ultimate goal of the global Caliphat. The words and deeds of men are less than meaningless to them.
Those waiting and hoping Iran will come around because of sanctions are fools and Chamberlin’s progeny.
Appeasement is always the cowards way out, hoping and wringing of hands praying that maybe just maybe evil will change its stripes. It never does!
The West waited and waited hoping Hitler would be sated.
He never was, he wanted it all. He saw the West as worms for their reticence. Tens of millions died in WWII because Hitler was not dealt with sooner.
The evil that were the Nazis has resurrected itself in the form of Radical Islam. Radical Islam is just a virulent an evil as were the Nazi. They also want it all, and this time if not stopped will have atomics! How many will die this go around due to reticence and a failure of leadership.
September 13, 2012 at 3:40 AM
Blowback: someone in Libya was still a bit ticked off that the US/NATO attacked their country