Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
September 12, 2012 06:25 pm GMT

YouTube Video Sparks Violence in Libya, US Ambassador Killed


The United States ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed along with three staff members in an overnight attack against the American Consolate in Benghazi. The attack was apparently sparked by outrage over an anti-Islamic video recently posted to YouTube.

The clip that sparked the controversy is a nearly 14-minute-long trailer for a film that critiques the life of the Prophet Mohammad. The producer, Sam Bacile, is an Israeli-American real estate developer living in California, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Bacile made the film to condemn the religion of Islam, and has been quoted as saying that "Islam is a cancer." He has since gone into hiding following Tu…
Continue reading...

More About: Egypt, World, YouTube, afghanistan, libya


Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/zJFf9mGdTjY/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Mashable

Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.

More About this Source Visit Mashable