Embassy attacks a policy wake-up call for US elite . . .
By 1WC’sChannel | earthWatch (Syawal 28), Saturday 15, September 2012
RT News - demonstrasi Marah terhadap filem anti-Islam merebak setakat terluas mereka lagi di seluruh Timur Tengah dan lain-lain negara-negara Islam pada hari Jumaat. Penunjuk perasaan merempuh Kedutaan Jerman di ibukota Sudan dan menetapkan sebahagian daripadanya pada api, dan memanjat dinding kedutaan AS di Tunis. Siasatan wartawan Gareth Porter bercakap RT. Beliau berkata siri serangan ke atas kedutaan AS di seluruh dunia Arab harus panggilan-up panggilan lampu merah berkelip - untuk keselamatan elit kebangsaan di Amerika Syarikat. (28 Syawal, 1433 atau September 15, 2012)
RT News - Angry demonstrations against an anti-Islam film spread to their widest extent yet around the Middle East and other Muslim countries on Friday. Protesters smashed into the German Embassy in the Sudanese capital and set part of it on fire, and climbed the walls of the US embassy in Tunis. Investigative journalist Gareth Porter talks to RT. He says the series of attacks on US embassies across Arab world should be a wake-up call -- a red light flashing - for the national security elite in the US. (Syawal 28, 1433 atau September 15, 2012)
Iranian oil sales 'on rise' despite all sanctions
& rhetoric - report . . .
RT News - Agensi Tenaga Antarabangsa berkata jualan mentah Tehran semakin meningkat, kini tepi lebih satu juta tong sehari. Eropah dan sekatan Amerika Syarikat telah dikenakan untuk menekan Iran mengenai program nuklearnya, yang mengekalkan Tehran adalah semata-mata damai. Tetapi sumber Iran masih komoditi panas di seluruh rantau ini - dengan Turki, China dan India kini pengimport utama. Penganalisis politik Chris Bambery mengatakan menyekat perdagangan minyak dengan Iran boleh membahayakan ekonomi negara lain. (28 Syawal, 1433 atau September 15, 2012)
RT News - The International Energy Agency says Tehran's crude sales are rising, now edging over a million barrels a day. European and US sanctions were imposed to pressure Iran over its nuclear programme, which Tehran maintains is purely peaceful. But Iran's resources are still a hot commodity across the region - with Turkey, China and India currently the top importers. Political analyst Chris Bambery says blocking oil trade with Iran could harm other economies. (28 Syawal, 1433 atau September 15, 2012)
Amerika Syarikat mesti keluar di Afghanistan sekarang
untuk menghentikan pergolakan Arab . . .
RT News (36 minit yang lalu) 'Amerika Syarikat mesti keluar di Afghanistan sekarang untuk menghentikan pergolakan Arab' Washington telah dikerahkan marin di seluruh DUNIA Arab, untuk melindungi misi 'Amerika Syarikat, manakala White House perjuangan untuk mengandungi kejatuhan. Kepimpinan Amerika telah mengutuk filem itu, dan menegaskan ia tidak mempunyai apa-apa kaitan dengan ia. Tetapi sebagai Gayane RT Chichakyan laporan, video itu bukan sahaja rungutan penunjuk perasaan menentang Amerika Syarikat (Syawal 28, 1433 atau September 15, 2012)
RT News (36 minit yang lalu) 'US must exit Afghanistan now to stop Arab unrest' Washington has deployed its marines across the Arab world, to protect U.S. missions, while the White House struggles to contain the fallout. America's leadership has condemned the film, and stressed it had nothing to do with it. But as RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports, the video is not the only grievance the protesters have against the U.S. (Syawal 28, 1433 atau September 15, 2012)
Amaran Tinggi di US kedutaan: Takut bahawa kemarahan
anti-Islam filem boleh melanda Timur Tengah . . .
Kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di seluruh DUNIA mengetatkan keselamatan selepas duta ke Libya mati dalam serangan militia terhadap konsulat Benghazi. Serangan itu mencetuskan oleh filem Amerika Syarikat satirizing Nabi Muhammad (Shalla‘Allahu Alayhi wa Sallam). Protes selama beberapa filem terus melebar. Kor Marin Amerika Syarikat anti-keganasan kumpulan telah dihantar ke Libya untuk meningkatkan keselamatan ekoran serangan maut, kata pegawai hari ini. Serangan Selasa malam mengakibatkan kematian John Christopher Stevens, duta Amerika Syarikat ke Libya, dan 3 lagi kakitangan diplomatik.
Selain pesanan unit kira-kira 50 anggota Pasukan Keselamatan Armada Antiterrorism untuk bergerak, Washington juga telah memberitahu semua bukan kecemasan kakitangan kerajaan Amerika Syarikat untuk meninggalkan negara Afrika Utara dan memberi amaran kepada rakyat Amerika Syarikat terhadap ada perjalanan. Berikutan serangan itu, Amerika Syarikat telah dipindahkan semua kakitangan dari Benghazi ke Tripoli. Sementara itu, kakitangan di kedutaan Tripoli telah dikurangkan ke tahap kecemasan, laporan Reuters.
Mengutuk serangan itu, Amerika Syarikat menggesa semua kedutaan Amerika di seluruh DUNIA untuk mengambil langkah berjaga-jaga tambahan. Panggilan untuk lebih bantahan terhadap filem buatan Amerika Syarikat amatur mengejek Islam sudah dibangkitkan di Mesir, Afghanistan, Algeria dan negara-negara lain.
Di Tunisia, polis melepaskan gas pemedih mata dan peluru pemedih mata untuk menyuraikan penunjuk perasaan di luar kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di ibu negara. Kira-kira 200 penunjuk perasaan Salafi berkumpul di luar premis di Tunis untuk mengutuk filem kontroversi. Beberapa bendera Amerika telah diletakkan di atas api dan solat diberitahu untuk kedutaan ditutup. Selepas rali aman selama beberapa jam, penunjuk perasaan kemudian cuba untuk memecahkan melalui pintu kompaun kedutaan, tetapi telah disekat oleh polis dan tentera. Satu demonstrasi serupa di Gaza dibalut dengan Palestin membakar bendera Amerika Syarikat.
High alert at US embassies: Fear that anger at anti-Islam film may engulf Middle East . . .
US embassies across the globe are tightening security after the ambassador to Libya died in a militia attack against the Benghazi consulate. The attack was sparked by a US film satirizing the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be on him). Protests over the film are widening. A US Marine Corps anti-terrorism group has been dispatched to Libya to boost security in the wake of the deadly assault, officials said Wednesday. The Tuesday night attack resulted in the death of John Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya, and three other diplomatic staffers.
Besides ordering the roughly 50-member unit of the Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team to move in, Washington has also told all non-emergency US government personnel to leave the North African country and warned US citizens against travelling there. Following the attack, the US has evacuated all personnel from Benghazi to Tripoli. Meanwhile, staff in the Tripoli embassy was reduced to emergency levels, Reuters reports.
Condemning the attack, the US urged all American embassies across the world to take extra precautions. Calls for more protests against the US-made amateur film mocking Islam are already being raised in Egypt, Afghanistan, Algeria and other countries.
In Tunisia, police fired teargas and tear bullets to disperse protesters outside the US embassy in the country 's capital. Around two hundred Salafist demonstrators gathered outside the premises in Tunis to condemn the controversial movie. Several American flags were put on fire and prayers were told for the embassy to be closed. After rallying peacefully for several hours, the demonstrators then attempted to break through the gates of the embassy compound, but were blocked by the police and army. A similar demonstration in Gaza wrapped up with Palestinians burning a US flag.
Tunisia rusuhan Polis gas api pemedih mata untuk menyuraikan penunjuk perasaan semasa demonstrasi terhadap filem yang dianggap menyinggung Islam, di luar kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di Tunis pada 12 September, 2012 (Tunisian riot police fire teargas to disperse the protesters during a demonstration against a film deemed offensive to Islam, outside the US embassy in Tunis on September 12, 2012) (AFP Photo/Khalil)
Taliban dipanggil pada rakyat Afghanistan Rabu untuk menyediakan untuk perjuangan menentang Amerika, dan menggesa pemberontak untuk "membalas dendam" pada tentera Amerika Syarikat. "Panggilan Emiriah Islam di atas kepala agama di seluruh negara untuk sepenuhnya memberitahu pengikut Islam perbuatan tidak berperikemanusiaan Amerika . . . Dan menjadikan mereka bersedia untuk perjuangan jangka panjang," kata kumpulan itu dalam satu kenyataan.
Pihak berkuasa Afghanistan memaksa perkhidmatan telekom terbesar di negara ini untuk menyekat akses ke YouTube untuk mencegah filem kontroversi daripada dilihat. Washington juga meminta Kabul untuk tenang bantuan mengekalkan lebih video. Perkhidmatan akan terus disekat "sehingga video diambil," pegawai Afghanistan berkata. Pakistan telah dilaporkan diikuti guaman, manakala di Mesir filem itu disekat untuk semua pengguna YouTube.
The Taliban called on Afghans Wednesday to prepare for a fight against Americans, and urged insurgents to "take revenge" on US soldiers. "The Islamic Emirate calls on religious heads around the country to completely inform Muslim followers of the inhumane acts of Americans… And make them ready for a long-term fight," the group said in a statement.
Afghan authorities forced the country’s largest telecom service to restrict access to YouTube to prevent the controversial film from being viewed. Washington also asked Kabul for assistance maintaining calm over video. The service will continue to be blocked “until the video is taken down," Afghan officials said. Pakistan has reportedly followed suit, while in Egypt the movie was blocked for all YouTube users.
Lelaki Palestin membakar bendera Amerika Syarikat semasa demonstrasi terhadap filem dianggap menyinggung perasaan kepada Islam, pada 12 September, 2012 di hadapan ibu pejabat Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa di Bandar Gaza United (Palestinian men burn the US flag during a demonstration against a film deemed offensive to Islam, on September 12, 2012 in front of the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City) (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
Filem di sebalik kemarahan baru-baru ini adalah selama 2 jam filem amatur "tidak bersalah umat Islam", yang satirizes kehidupan Nabi Muhammad (Shalla‘Allahu Alayhi wa Sallam). Filem, yang dibuat di Amerika Syarikat dan dipromosikan oleh terkenal Pastor Terry Jones, mendakwa nabi itu adalah penipuan dan ‘Brickhouse’ hati wanita yang antara dosa-dosa lain, diluluskan seksual menyalahguna-kan kanak-kanak. Selepas dimuat naik ke YouTube, filem itu mencetuskan kemarahan di kalangan masyarakat Islam antarabangsa dan dilaporkan menghantar pengarah, Israel-Amerika Sam Bacile, bersembunyi. Pastor Jones telah dihubungi oleh tentera Amerika Syarikat atas dan diminta untuk menarik balik sokongan beliau untuk filem kontroversi. Lubnan Hizbullah parti politik mengutuk filem itu, menyeru umat Islam "untuk menangani isu ini". ‘Dubbing’ filem "satu tindakan tidak bermoral yang mewakili tahap tertinggi pencerobohan," kata kumpulan menggesa PBB untuk mendakwa anti-Islam bertindak kerana ia anti-Semitisme.
The movie behind the recent outrage is the two-hour-long amateur film "Innocence of Muslims", which satirizes the life of the Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings of God be on him). The movie, made in the US and promoted by notorious Pastor Terry Jones, claims the prophet was a fraud and a philanderer who, among other sins, approved of sexually abusing children. After being uploaded to YouTube, the film sparked outrage among the international Muslim community and reportedly sent its director, Israeli-American Sam Bacile, into hiding. Pastor Jones was contacted by top US military and asked to withdraw his support for the controversial film. Lebanese political party Hezbollah condemned the film, calling on Muslims “to address the issue”. Dubbing the movie “an immoral act which represents the highest degree of aggression," the group urged the UN to prosecute anti-Islam acts as it does anti-Semitism.
Wanita Maghribi menjerit slogan semasa demonstrasi terhadap filem yang dianggap menyinggung Islam, pada 12 September, 2012 berhampiran Konsulat Amerika Syarikat di Casablanca (Moroccan women shout slogans during a demonstration against a film deemed offensive to Islam, on September 12, 2012 near the US consulate in Casablanca) (AFP Photo/Abdelhal Senna)
Kira-kira 2,000 penunjuk perasaan Mesir berkumpul sekitar malam Selasa kedutaan Amerika Syarikat. Selepas mendaki dinding-kompaun ini dan mengoyak turun bendera Amerika, mereka mengibarkan satu banner hitam yang mengandungi-mesej Islam tradisional: Tiada Tuhan melainkan Allah dan Muhammad adalah RasulNya" Pada hari Rabu, yang Ikhwan Muslim, organisasi terbesar politik Mesir, menggesa "protes damai di luar semua masjid utama di semua wilayah Mesir." demonstrasi yang ditetapkan untuk hari Jumaat, dan "semua pasukan kebangsaan" digesa untuk menyertai, kata kumpulan itu. Ahli-ahli politik Mesir juga telah menyuarakan kebimbangan bahawa filem itu bertujuan untuk menghasut keganasan mazhab di negara ini. Pengeluaran dilaporkan telah terlibat 2 Amerika Syarikat berasaskan Kristian Koptik, manakala Copt membentuk minoriti berkuasa agama di Mesir. ‘Dubbing’ filem satu "jenayah perkauman," Kebebasan Mesir dan Parti Keadilan berkata bahawa "kedua-dua elemen itu orang Mesir - Kristian dan Muslim - telah menjadi dan sentiasa akan boleh bersatu dalam menghadapi cubaan itu keji yang berusaha untuk meruapkan konflik di tanah air ini "
Some 2,000 Egyptian demonstrators massed around the US embassy Tuesday night. After climbing the compound’s walls and tearing down the American flag, they hoisted a black banner bearing the traditional Islamic message: “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet.” On Wednesday, the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest political organization, urged “peaceful protests outside all the main mosques in all of Egypt's provinces.” The demonstrations are set for Friday, and “all national forces” are urged to join in, the group said. Egyptian politicians have also voiced concerns that the film aims to incite sectarian violence in the country. Production is reported to have involved two US-based Coptic Christians, while Copts make up a powerful religious minority in Egypt. Dubbing the movie a “racist crime,” Egypt’s Freedom and Justice Party said that “both elements of the Egyptian people – Christians and Muslims – have been and will always be united in the face of such despicable attempts that seek to foment conflict in this homeland.”
Penunjuk perasaan Tunisia memegang bendera Islam sebagai mereka melangkah pada bendera Amerika Syarikat semasa demonstrasi terhadap filem dianggap menyinggung Islam, di luar kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di Tunis pada 12 September, 2012 (Tunisian protesters hold Islamic flags as they step on a US flag during a demonstration against a film deemed offensive to Islam, outside the US embassy in Tunis on September 12, 2012) (AFP Photo/Khalil)
Screenshot oleh pengguna @alibomaye menunjukkan laman web YouTube mendapat itersedia di Afghanistan pada September 12, 2012 (Screenshot by user @alibomaye shows YouTube website gets unavailable in Afghanistan on September, 12, 2012) (Image from Twitter.com)
Penunjuk perasaan KFC obor di Tripoli, Lubnan . . .
Penunjuk perasaan di Tripoli, Lubnan, dibakar restoran milik Amerika Syarikat berasaskan rantaian KFC bantahan terhadap filem anti-Islam mengejek Nabi Muhammad (Shalla‘Allahu Alayhi wa Sallam). Sekurang-kurangnya seorang terbunuh dan 24 cedera dalam pertempuran dengan polis. Berikutan solat Jumaat, beratus-ratus penunjuk perasaan berkumpul dalam bantahan terhadap lawatan Paus 3 hari ke Lubnan dan menjerit slogan anti-Amerika. Dikir termasuk "Kami tidak mahu Pope," dan "Tiada peng-hinaan lebih (Islam)," saksi-saksi melaporkan.
Pasukan keselamatan melepaskan tembakan amaran ke udara dalam usaha untuk menyuraikan penunjuk perasaan yang berarak dari Masjid Al-Mansouri Tripoli Square Nour berdekatan. 300 lagi penunjuk perasaan berarak setengah kilometer ke jalan raya dan menyerang rantaian makanan segera Amerika, menetapkan bangunan terbakar. Pekerja restoran telah dipindahkan. Berikutan pembakaran restoran Amerika, penunjuk perasaan Tripoli berkumpul semula dan cuba menyerbu ibu pejabat Perdana Menteri di Grand Serail. Saksi di kawasan itu mendakwa mereka mendengar bunyi tembakan.
Pegawai Lubnan mengesahkan bahawa seorang terbunuh dan 25 cedera dalam pertempuran antara penunjuk perasaan dan pasukan keselamatan, yang kemudian dikepung kawasan tersebut untuk menyekat kemajuan demonstran. 12orang anggota pasukan keselamatan cedera oleh batu-batu yang dibuang oleh penunjuk perasaan, laporan Reuters. Lubnan Perbadanan Penyiaran Antarabangsa (LBCI) melaporkan bahawa penyerang tidak diketahui melepaskan tembakan berhampiran Serail Tripoli, mendorong pasukan keselamatan untuk menembak kembali, Kafanov RT Lucy menulis wrote on Twitter.
Keganasan datang di tengah-tengah bantahan meluas di DUNIA Arab terhadap anti-Islam filem pembakar 'tidak bersalah orang Islam.' Lubnan adalah hanya satu lagi dalam segelintir negara-negara yang dilanda gelombang kemarahan mencetuskan Selasa oleh tidak bersalah filem anti-Islam "umat Islam. "Dalam paparan yang paling ganas rasa tidak puas hati setakat ini, gerombolan bersenjata membunuh empat kakitangan diplomatik Amerika Syarikat (armed mob killed four US diplomatic staff), termasuk duta ke Libya, semasa serangan di Konsulat Amerika Syarikat di Benghazi.
Pada hari Khamis, pembantah Islam (clashed with police near the US embassy in Cairo) bertempur dengan polis berhampiran kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di Kaherah untuk hari ketiga berturut-turut. Sementara itu, di Yaman (four protesters were killed) sekurang-kurangnya 4 penunjuk perasaan terbunuh dan puluhan lagi cedera apabila pasukan keselamatan melepaskan tembakan pada penunjuk perasaan selepas beratus-ratus menyerbu Kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di ibu negara Sana'a,
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Hardee dan Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) cepat terbakar kedai makanan selepas penunjuk perasaan menetapkan bangunan terbakar di Tripoli, utara Lubnan September 14, 2012. (A Hardee's and a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food outlet burns after protesters set the building on fire in Tripoli, northern Lebanon September 14, 2012). (Reuters/Omar Ibrahim)
lelaki Lubnan menggeledah makanan segera Amerika Syarikat rantaian Hardee dan KFC kerana mereka membantah "tidak bersalah orang Islam" filem kontroversi di bandar utara Lubnan Tripoli pada 14 September, 2012. (Lebanese men ransack US fast food chains Hardee's and KFC as they protest against the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on September 14, 2012). (AFP Photo/Str)
Tentera Lubnan tembakan keselamatan kebakaran untuk menyuraikan lelaki menggeledah makanan segera AS rantaian itu Hardee dan KFC kerana mereka protes terhadap "tidak bersalah orang Islam" filem kontroversi di bandar utara Lubnan Tripoli pada 14 September, 2012. (Lebanese security forces fire shots to disperse men ransacking US fast food chains Hardee's and KFC as they protest against the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on September 14, 2012). (AFP Photo/Str)
Protesters torch KFC in Tripoli, Lebanon . . .
Demonstrators in Tripoli, Lebanon, burned down a restaurant belonging to US-based chain KFC in protest against an anti-Islamic film mocking the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be on him). At least one person was killed and 24 were wounded in the clashes with police. Following Friday prayers, hundreds of demonstrators massed in protest against the Pope's three-day visit to Lebanon and shouted anti-American slogans. The chants included "We don't want the Pope," and "No more insults (to Islam)," witnesses reported.
Security forces fired warning shots into the air in an attempt to disperse the protesters, who marched from Tripoli’s Al-Mansouri Mosque to nearby Nour Square. Another 300 protesters marched a half-kilometer down the road and attacked an American fast-food chain, setting the building on fire. The restaurant’s employees were evacuated. Following the torching of the American restaurant, the Tripoli protesters regrouped and attempted to storm the Prime Minister’s headquarters at the Grand Serail. Witnesses in the area claimed they heard gunshots.
Lebanese officials confirmed that one person was killed and 25 were wounded in clashes between protesters and security forces, which then cordoned off the area to block the demonstrators’ advance. Twelve members of the security forces were wounded by stones thrown by protesters, Reuters reports. The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) reported that unknown assailants opened fire near the Tripoli Serail, prompting security forces to fire back, RT's Lucy Kafanov wrote on Twitter.
The violence came amid widespread protest in the Arab world against the incendiary anti-Islamic film ‘Innocence of Muslims.’ Lebanon is just another in a handful of countries hit by the wave of outrage sparked Tuesday by the anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims.” In the most violent display of discontent so far, an armed mob killed four US diplomatic staff, including the ambassador to Libya, during an attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi.
On Thursday, Muslim protesters clashed with police near the US embassy in Cairo for the third consecutive day. Meanwhile, in Yemen at least four protesters were killed and dozens more injured when security forces opened fire at protesters after hundreds stormed the US Embassy in Sana'a, the country's capital.
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3 terbunuh, 40 cedera sebagai pertembungan penunjuk perasaan Tunisia dengan polis, skala dinding kedutaan Amerika Syarikat . . .
Sekurang-kurangnya 3 orang telah terbunuh dan 40 cedera berhampiran kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di Tunis sebagai penunjuk perasaan menyerang kompaun, memanjat pintu pagar kompleks diplomatik dan meruntuhkan bendera Amerika Syarikat. Selepas beberapa jam pertempuran ganas dan maut antara penunjuk perasaan marah dan pegawai-pegawai polis, pasukan keselamatan berjaya mengusir penunjuk perasaan dari dalam kawasan kedutaan. Pertempuran berlaku selepas penunjuk perasaan selesai solat malam Jumaat dan berarak ke kedutaan tersebut. Penunjuk perasaan telah membantah secara aman selama berjam-jam apabila kira-kira 300 bermula untuk memecahkan melalui pintu. Saksi melaporkan bahawa bendera kedutaan Amerika Syarikat telah digantikan dengan bendera hitam. Penunjuk perasaan membakar pokok dan memecahkan tingkap.
Satu kebakaran besar dan kepulan asap hitam tebal dilihat di dalam kompaun. Polis menembak kanister gas pemedih mata ke arah orang ramai dan penunjuk perasaan lobbed batu pada pasukan keselamatan. Kemudian polis melepaskan tembakan untuk menyekat serangan ke atas kedutaan, tetapi ia masih tidak jelas jika pusingan atau peluru getah telah digunakan. Bom petrol telah dibuang pada bahagian yang berasingan kedutaan, menyebabkan kebakaran sebagai pasukan keselamatan terus melancarkan gas pemedih mata dan tembakan amaran.
Penunjuk perasaan juga merompak dan membakar sekolah menengah Amerika, menghadiri terutama-nya oleh warga asing, yang terletak di seberang jalan runing sepanjang belakang kedutaan, agensi berita rasmi Tunisi . Tiada kanak-kanak atau kakitangan cedera, sebagai sekolah ditutup pada Jumaat. Bantahan besar-besaran terus marah di seluruh DUNIA Arab ekoran pembebasan anti-Islam filem pembakar 'tidak bersalah orang Islam.'
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Penunjuk perasaan yang lari menyelamatkan diri semasa demonstrasi di hadapan Kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di Tunisia September 14, 2012. (Protesters run for cover during a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tunis September 14, 2012). (Reuters/Zoubeir Souiss)
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Penunjuk perasaan berjalan untuk perlindungan daripada pihak polis rusuhan semasa demonstrasi di hadapan Kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di Tunisia September 14, 2012. (Protesters run for cover from riot police during a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tunis September 14, 2012. (Reuters/Zoubeir Souiss)
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3 killed, 40 injured as Tunisian protesters clash with police, scale US embassy walls . . .
At least three people have been killed and 40 wounded near the US embassy in Tunis as protesters attacked the compound, climbing the gates of the diplomatic complex and tearing down the US flag. After a few hours of violent and deadly clashes between outraged protesters and police officers, security forces managed to expel the demonstrators from inside the embassy compound. The clashes took place after protesters left Friday evening prayers and marched to the embassy. Demonstrators had been protesting peacefully for hours when about 300 started to break through the gates. Witnesses reported that the embassy’s US flag had been replaced with a black flag. Protesters set fire to trees and smashed windows.
A large fire and thick plume of black smoke was seen inside the compound. Police fired tear gas canisters into the crowd and protesters lobbed rocks at the security forces. Later police opened fire to suppress an assault on the embassy, but it remains unclear if rounds or rubber bullets were used. Petrol bombs were thrown at a separate part of the embassy, causing fire as security forces continued to launch tear gas and warning shots.
Protesters also looted and set fire to American secondary school, attended mainly by foreigners, located across the road runing along the back of the embassy, Tunisia's official news agency has confirme. No children or staffers were injured, as the school was closed on Friday. Mass protests continue to rage throughout the Arab world in the wake of the release of the incendiary anti-Islamic film ‘Innocence of Muslims.’
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