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Asmaa Waguih / Reuters
Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
Protests ignited by a controversial film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad spread throughout Muslim world.
A Libyan government militia guarding the main entrance of the U.S. consulate that was attacked last week, fixes a note written by Libyans against the attack, in Benghazi city on Sept. 18. An amateur video appears to show Libyans trying to rescue U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens from a room filled with smoke at the U.S. mission where he was found unconscious after last week's attack by a mob protesting against a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad. The poster on left reads, "No to extremism, no to terrorism in free Libya".
-- Reuters
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At the consulate where four Americans died security consisted of one U.S. regional security officer and a local militia. Ambassador Chris Stevens often had little personal security detail. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
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I guess there are at least four sorry notes on the gate, wish the picture showed more. I realize that those who did this horrible act do not represent an entire nation but these countries need to start to police their own. In our country we protect even the evilest of people that come to the UN conventions. Its not OK and we need to understand that somethings can not be changed in the middle east. the more involved with get with trying to help these people the more we seemed hated and the more American flags are burned. Its time to focus on our nation and protecting Isreal or we really will have a third world war. I think pulling our funding or at least threatening to do this and showing that we DO not always have to play nice with these people maybe the only thing these extremeist understand. Its a sad world we live in when some cultures cannot be reasoned with peacefully. I feel for the good people that live in these countries.
Sadly NM Lady the sanctions are not having an effect as the leaders allow their people to remain in stone age levels, they should be thrown out but this has been through history as the most volitile region on the planet.