Attacks on Embassies in Wake of Anti-Islamic Film a Result of U.S. Wars, Double Standards, Lawlessness

September 14, 2012
The Guardian (UK)
New Attacks on Embassies in Wake of Anti-Islamic Film

by Julian Borger
A wave of anger that saw British, German and American embassies in Khartoum attacked by rioters swept across the Muslim world with violent scenes playing out on streets from north Africa to south-east Asia.
The continuing demonstrations have claimed further lives. Two protesters were killed in Khartoum, Sudan and two more in Tunis, Tunisia. Four were killed in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a.
Police in Cairo cleared demonstrators from outside the American embassy and Tahrir Square. A 36-year old man died after being hit by a rubber bullet
In Sydney around 200 demonstrators clashed with police outside the American consulate.
Friday's worst violence was in the Sudanese capital, where protesters targeted the German embassy first, storming through the outer wall and setting fire to buildings and a car near the gates before they were pushed back by police firing teargas. German diplomats fled to the British embassy next door, which became the next target of the mob. . . .
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