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"I don't see who gains from staging protests on a sensitive day" Did you miss that the protests were a reaction to an incendiary anti-Islamic video?

by Steko 14y ago

HistoryInAction 14y ago
Yet that video was released in July: http://www.newsy.com/videos/american-killed-in-libya-amid-protests-over-anti-islam-movie http://www.newsy.com/videos/american-killed-in-libya-amid-pr...
jahmed 14y ago
Yeah so the NYT says an Israeli-American named Sam Bacile raises funds and directs an anti-Islam movie and posts the trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmodVun16Q4&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmodVun16Q4&feature=youtu...) on July 2. The first Arabic comments are from 2 months ago. 11k views and 2 months later protests erupt at the American embassy in Cairo and consulate in Benghazi. Edit: Video has been pulled from youtube but the account(http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4DjVszAn4GAyzgsjtkJONg http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4DjVszAn4GAyzgsjtkJONg) it was uploaded by links(ed) to this google+ account (https://plus.google.com/u/0/100558867757140477111/posts https://plus.google.com/u/0/100558867757140477111/posts) of Sam Bacile who has one person in his circle. This man (https://plus.google.com/u/0/110003734376972911289/posts https://plus.google.com/u/0/110003734376972911289/posts) Mohamed Hamed El-Sherbini according to his g+ works for something called the Arab Parliamentary newspaper and attended Mansoura University.
- RyanMcGreal 14y ago
  Wow. That trailer is breathtakingly bad.
jerf 14y ago
If I organize a riot involving thousands of people that I manage to incite into killing people, and I claim my reason is that I heard that some guy is Glasgow made fun of the American soccer team over beer... that guy is Glasgow is not the real reason. It doesn't even qualify as a metaphorical fig leaf, it's just a lie. When the excuse is this tiny, you shouldn't even give it the time of day.
lhnn 14y ago
I don't know if you're defending the actions of these people (I can hardly imagine), but I don't understand why people still defend Islamic protests at ALL. Back when that Dutch cartoonist drew an offensive picture of Mohammed, Christians throughout the Middle East and Africa were being killed, churches burned. The entire region is laced with (or at least completely tolerant of) hateful, backwards savages. These "you made fun of me" protests are a way to stir up hatred and Anti-Western sentiment, and maybe get to kill a few non-believers.
- andrewflnr 14y ago
  I'm pretty sure he's not trying to defend them, just addressing the "this is not normal" part of the GGP.
- Evbn 14y ago
  FWIW, the West has similar savages, but they operate through a centralized military organization.
meej 14y ago
The antiterrorist think-tank Quilliam says this is not true. The attack was planned and was not related to the protests. http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f0e249d1af58faacc207ffaea&id=2a12bff02c&e=4e2f19d719 http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f0e249d1af58faacc207ffae...

"I don't see who gains from staging protests on a sensitive day" Did you miss that the protests were a reaction to an incendiary anti-Islamic video?

by Steko 14y ago

"I don't see who gains from staging protests on a sensitive day" Did you miss that the protests were a reaction to an incendiary anti-Islamic video?

HistoryInAction 14y ago

Yet that video was released in July: http://www.newsy.com/videos/american-killed-in-libya-amid-protests-over-anti-islam-movie http://www.newsy.com/videos/american-killed-in-libya-amid-pr...

jahmed 14y ago

Yeah so the NYT says an Israeli-American named Sam Bacile raises funds and directs an anti-Islam movie and posts the trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmodVun16Q4&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmodVun16Q4&feature=youtu...) on July 2. The first Arabic comments are from 2 months ago. 11k views and 2 months later protests erupt at the American embassy in Cairo and consulate in Benghazi. Edit: Video has been pulled from youtube but the account(http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4DjVszAn4GAyzgsjtkJONg http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4DjVszAn4GAyzgsjtkJONg) it was uploaded by links(ed) to this google+ account (https://plus.google.com/u/0/100558867757140477111/posts https://plus.google.com/u/0/100558867757140477111/posts) of Sam Bacile who has one person in his circle. This man (https://plus.google.com/u/0/110003734376972911289/posts https://plus.google.com/u/0/110003734376972911289/posts) Mohamed Hamed El-Sherbini according to his g+ works for something called the Arab Parliamentary newspaper and attended Mansoura University.

RyanMcGreal 14y ago
Wow. That trailer is breathtakingly bad.

jerf 14y ago

If I organize a riot involving thousands of people that I manage to incite into killing people, and I claim my reason is that I heard that some guy is Glasgow made fun of the American soccer team over beer... that guy is Glasgow is not the real reason. It doesn't even qualify as a metaphorical fig leaf, it's just a lie. When the excuse is this tiny, you shouldn't even give it the time of day.

lhnn 14y ago

I don't know if you're defending the actions of these people (I can hardly imagine), but I don't understand why people still defend Islamic protests at ALL. Back when that Dutch cartoonist drew an offensive picture of Mohammed, Christians throughout the Middle East and Africa were being killed, churches burned. The entire region is laced with (or at least completely tolerant of) hateful, backwards savages. These "you made fun of me" protests are a way to stir up hatred and Anti-Western sentiment, and maybe get to kill a few non-believers.

andrewflnr 14y ago
I'm pretty sure he's not trying to defend them, just addressing the "this is not normal" part of the GGP.
Evbn 14y ago
FWIW, the West has similar savages, but they operate through a centralized military organization.

meej 14y ago

The antiterrorist think-tank Quilliam says this is not true. The attack was planned and was not related to the protests. http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f0e249d1af58faacc207ffaea&id=2a12bff02c&e=4e2f19d719 http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f0e249d1af58faacc207ffae...