Egyptian protesters take over U.S. Embassy and fly black flags.

[Soul Crusher]

http://twitchy.com/2012/09/12/us-embassy-in-cairo-defaced-with-pro-osama-anti-semitic-graffiti-protesters-chant-i-am-a-terrorist


Nice.   

[Soul Crusher]

http://twitchy.com/2012/09/11/us-embassy-in-cairo-quietly-deletes-its-we-stand-by-our-apology-tweet


Unfucking real what a piece of shit obama and his admn are.   

[Soul Crusher]

Islam’s Black Flag Flies Over U.S. Embassy in Egypt-appeasement spawns a devastating failure
 FrontPage Magazine ^ | September 12, 2012 | Raymond Ibrahim

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:17:21 AM

Obama's appeasement spawns a devastating foreign policy failure


- FrontPage Magazine - http://frontpagemag.com -


Islam’s Black Flag Flies Over U.S. Embassy in Egypt

Posted By Raymond Ibrahim On September 12, 2012 @ 12:45 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 3 Comments


The United States embassy of Egypt is under siege.  According to Fox News:


“Mainly ultraconservative Islamist protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Egypt’s capital Tuesday and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with an Islamic inscription to protest a video attacking Islam’s prophet, Muhammad.  Hundreds of protesters marched to the embassy in downtown Cairo ….  Dozens of protesters then scaled the embassy walls, went into the courtyard and took down the flag from a pole. They brought it back to the crowd outside, which tried to burn it, but failing that, tore it apart. The protesters on the wall then raised on the flagpole a black flag with the Muslim declaration of faith on it, ‘There is no god but God and Muhammad is his prophet.’ The flag, similar to the banner used by al-Qaida, is commonly used by ultraconservatives around the region….  By evening, the protest grew with thousands standing outside the embassy, chanting ‘Islamic, Islamic. The right of our prophet will not die.’ A group of women in black veils and robes that left only their eyes exposed chanted, ‘Worshippers of the Cross, leave the Prophet Muhammad alone.’”

Some clarifications for context: Islam’s black flag with the shehada and sword inscription is not an al-Qaeda banner but rather Islam’s most ancient banner, popularized by the Abbasid caliphs in the 800s.  In other words, these protesters were not imitating al-Qaeda; rather they—and al-Qaeda—are imitating Islam’s heritage, replete with jihad against the infidel.  Same with the phrase “worshippers of the cross”—Islam’s ancient appellation for the hated Christians.

The reason behind this latest rampage is Muslim outrage over the appearance of a film deemed offensive about the Islamic prophet Muhammad.  Apparently it depicts him inciting jihads, deceiving people, and exercising his libido—not unlike what is recorded in Islam’s own authoritative biographies and hadiths of the prophet.  It is not exactly clear who made the video, though Egyptian expatriates and Copts are being accused, possibly in conjunction with Pastor Terry Jones.  In other words, the reason for this latest bit of Muslim outrage is once again the issue of free speech—in the same camp of Danish Muhammad cartoons, burned Korans, and any number of other freedoms of expression exercised by non-Muslims, and even Muslims.

The U.S.’s formal response to this terror campaign against its embassy and the desecration of the American flag has, once again, been to lay the blame on free speech. In a statement, the U.S. said, “The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals [film makers] to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims—as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions.  We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.”

Interestingly, while very concerned about the “religious feelings of Muslims,”  the U.S. embassy in Egypt had nothing to say about the fact that, right before it was attacked, a Christian man in Egypt stood on trial for “insulting” Islam—even as a throng of Muslims besieged the court-house, interrupting the hearing and calling for the man’s death.  Apparently appeasing thin skins is more important than speaking up for those whose lives are at stake—not just Christian Egyptians, but now U.S. employees—over issues of freedom.

Left unsaid and unknown in any Western media is the fact that the U.S. embassy has long been under threat, but for different reasons.  Earlier, the Egyptian paper El Fagr reported that Jihadi groups in Egypt, including Islamic Jihad, the Sunni Group, and Al Gamaa Al Islamiyya had issued a statement threatening to burn the U.S. embassy in Cairo to the ground unless all the Islamic jihadis currently imprisonment and in detention centers in the U.S. including Guantanamo Bay were released:


“The group, which consists of many members from al-Qaeda, called [especially] for the quick release of the jihadi [mujahid] sheikh, Omar Abdul Rahman [the 'Blind Sheikh'], whom they described as a scholar and jihadi who sacrificed his life for the Egyptian Umma, who was ignored by the Mubarak regime, and [President] Morsi is refusing to intervene on his behalf and release him, despite promising that he would. The Islamic Group has threatened to burn the U.S. Embassy in Cairo with those in it, and taking hostage those who remain [alive], unless the Blind Sheikh is immediately released.”

Despite all this—despite longstanding threats to the U.S. embassy, followed by a real attack, culminating with the destruction of the American flag—Victoria Nuland, the U.S. State Department’s Spokesperson, speaking in response to this latest attack, said that “none of this suggests that there are hostile feelings for the U.S. in Egypt.”

In fact, none of this is surprising—neither the attack on the U.S. embassy, nor the U.S. government’s head-in-the-sand response, with strong words reserved only for those non-Muslims exercising their free speech rights.  This event also explains the situation in a way that even a child can understand: the more you appease—as the Obama administration has been doing with the Islamic world in ways unprecedented—the more contempt you earn from those you appease, and the more demands will be made of you.   Thus, today, far from being respected as a super-power, the U.S. is increasingly seen as a subdued, contemptuous dhimmi—who must say “how high?” whenever Muslims command “jump!”

[Soul Crusher]

The Obama Watch


A Black Flag Day for America

By Ross Kaminsky on 9.12.12 @ 6:10AM



Guaranteed to be so by the official U.S. response.

On a pretense of anger about an anti-Islamic film, "ultra-conservative" Muslim "protesters" attacked the U.S. embassies in Cairo, Egypt, and Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday. (Short video of the Cairo mob here.)
 
In Egypt, some of the protesters scaled the embassy walls, went into a courtyard, and took down the American flag. They tried (and failed) to burn it, then tore it up, and then put up a black Islamic flag.
 
My immediate question is this: Why did the first terrorist to touch our flag not have his head blown off? Or perhaps: Why did the first terrorist to touch our flag not receive a "warning shot" to the arm or leg, and the second terrorist, who presumably was not impressed by the admonition, not then have his head blown off?
 
The AP reports that the attack in Libya was far worse:
 

In the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a large mob stormed the U.S. Consulate, with gunmen firing their weapons, said Wanis al-Sharef, an Interior Ministry official in Benghazi. A witness said attackers fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at the consulate as they clashed with Libyans hired to guard the facility.
 
Outnumbered by the crowd, Libyan security forces did little to stop them, al-Sharef said.
 
The crowd overwhelmed the facility and set fire to it, burning most of it and looting the contents, witnesses said.
 
One American was shot to death and a second was wounded in the hand, al-Sharef said. He did not give further details, and there was no immediate U.S. confirmation of the death.
 
And on Wednesday morning, we learned that US Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, along with three other embassy staff members were killed in the attack. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton offered statements of outrage and condolence, but some of the blame can be found when they look in the mirror.
 
Again, I ask, why are there not dozens of dead Libyan radicals lying on the American sovereign territory they were invading?
 
The offending film, of which you can see a 14-minute clip here, is a pathetic farcical joke of a film which comes across as more like Monty Python than a serious critique of Islam or anything else. Furthermore, it was posted to the web two months ago.
 
Much as radicals used the Koran burning incident to justify murder in Afghanistan early this year, there can be no doubt that Tuesday's protest used this ridiculous movie as a pretext to attack America on September 11.
 
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo offered an apology for the film that it claims was issued before the protest started. Color me skeptical on that aspect, but even so the statement was a pathetic embarrassment -- and perfect reflection of the thinking of the blame-America-first Obama administration:
 

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.
 
This is, not surprisingly, a remarkable misstatement of the First Amendment. Saying something offensive is not "abusing" free speech. And what about the Islamic world, or even much of Europe, makes them claim that the right of free speech is "universal"? Perhaps they meant in theory rather than in practice, in which case our Founders might agree, but what is the point of making a statement like that to people who will never believe it, and who will take such a statement as incitement to further violence simply because it proves that we have decided on a suicidal strategy of Islamic rope-a-dope… from which we will never suddenly hit back.
 
Even if you take the embassy's word that it put this note out before the protest started, it restated its support for the statement well into the night, well after the protest began, and presumably before it ended.
 
On the Cairo embassy's Twitter feed were posted the following "tweets" which appear to be in response to others (numbers are part of the tweets, not added by me):
 

1) Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
 2) Of course we condemn breaches of our compound, we're the ones actually living through this.
 3) Sorry, but neither breaches of our compound or angry messages will dissuade us from defending freedom of speech AND criticizing bigotry.
 
And then they followed up with this gem:
 

This morning's condemnation (issued before protest began) still stands. As does our condemnation of unjustified breach of the Embassy.
 
Wow, the hateful, violent radicals must be shaking in terror at the fearsome response of the world's only superpower. An "unjustified breach"! Sounds like something that needs a little Preparation H.
 
But in fact, it needed a few U.S. Marines with HK416s and a set of rules of engagement designed to actually deter those who would do us harm.
 
These radicals are made that much braver by the obvious timidity and pro-Muslim bias of Barack Hussein Obama. Can you imagine what the Islamic world is thinking after we react to attacks on our embassies with soft words and apologies on the same day that it is reported that Barack Obama won't meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because it's just too inconvenient for Obama's campaign schedule? (I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that Obama's campaign advisers, desperate to win Florida in November, find a way to make the meeting happen.)
 
None of this is an accident or coincidence. It is our enemies testing us and finding us weak. And it is the surest way to embolden Islamofascists to test us further with more aggressive and more deadly attacks on American interests in the Islamic world, not least because the local police and military forces were unwilling or unable (most likely the former) to defend our embassy.
 
It is only the Obama administration that doesn't not realize that we are at war with "radical" Islam. Not only do the "protesters" know it, but the President of Egypt knows it; after all, he is just one of them in a more expensive suit.
 
Speaking of Islamic wolves in sheep's clothing: On Wednesday, the Afghani President Hamaid Karzai issued a statement denouncing the "inhuman and abusive act." But he was not talking about the killings in Libya. He was referencing the making of the anti-Islamic film. Karzai, whose rhetoric after the Koran burning incident in February probably led to some of the subsequent murder of Americans, added that "Such an obscene act of an extremist filmmaker should not be allowed to hurt the feelings of Islamic world." Apparently, if censorship isn't possible, the proper response to "hurt feelings" is murder; after all, what else does "should not be allowed" mean in a part of the world where the wrong haircut can earn you a severe beating?
 
The Obama team doesn't even recognize radical Islam. So here's an easy test that Hillary Clinton can order embassy staff to try: Say to someone that you are not sure that Mohammed is a prophet. If that someone responds by shooting you, you know he is a radical Islamist. But then, Hillary would say that the person shot deserved it for being so insensitive.
 
Tuesday's actions in Egypt and Libya were acts of war against the United States. By allowing the terrorist "protesters" to fly a black flag on our territory, the Muslim world and perhaps our allies elsewhere see us as waving the white flag of surrender. And who can blame them?
 
About the Author

Ross Kaminsky is a self-employed trader and investor and is a senior fellow of the Heartland Institute. He is the host of The Ross Kaminsky Show on Denver's NewsRadio 850 KOA at 11 AM on most Sundays. You can reach Ross by e-mail at rossputin(at)rossputin(dot)com.
 

 
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/09/12/a-black-flag-day-for-america

[blacken700]

"STFU.   Those animals and muslim sand nigs always have an excuse."    333386 IS RIGHT

[Soul Crusher]

"STFU.   Those animals and muslim sand nigs always have an excuse."    333386 IS RIGHT

Damn right I am.  Those camel fucking, towel head, rug rat, dirty, smelly, beasts will never move beyond their savagery.   

[Soul Crusher]

Krauthammer To Muslim Protestors In Egypt: “Go To Hell”
 Tammy Bruce Live Wire ^ | September 11, 2012 | Tammy Bruce

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:17:07 AM by el_texicano

Via Daily Caller:

“That statement is an embarrassment. That is a hostage statement. That’s a mob of al-Qaeda sympathizers in Egypt, forcing the United States make a statement essentially of apology, on 9/11 of all days, for something we’re not responsible. I would issue a statement saying to the mob, ‘go to hell.’

The way America works, the way democracy works is that everybody has a right to express themselves. We don’t police our speech. And you ought to apologize to the United States for storming the embassy and the violation of the ultimate sacred principle of democracy, which is protecting embassies and missions abroad.

For the U.S. to essentially issue a veiled apology, I think is disgraceful.”

[Kazan]

Well done Barack, you have full filled Carters second term. By now we should know you don't apologize or appease these fuckers.

[Soul Crusher]

Egypt intelligence warns of attacks on Israel, US embassies

By JPOST.COM STAFF

09/11/2012 16:58



Egypt's General Intelligence Service warned that a jihadi group is planning to launch terrorist attacks against the US and Israeli embassies in Cairo, according to a report Tuesday by Egypt Independent, citing a secret letter obtained by Al-Masry Al-Youm.

According to the report, the attack is being planned by Global Jihad, the group suspected of killing 16 Egyptian border guards in Sinai on August 5.

Al-Masry Al-Youm reportedly obtained a copy of the September 4 letter, sent to all Egyptian security sectors, warning that Sinai- and Gaza-based Global Jihad cells were planning attacks on the two embassies.

Egypt's military is engaged in an ongoing campaign to root out Sinai-based terrorists.

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=284684




WTF! 

[Soul Crusher]

Joel B. Pollak

11 Sep 2012


http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/11/Hillary-Contradicts-Obama-on-Egypt-Apology

 

For the second time in as many weeks, the State Department has contradicted President Barack Obama, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton re-affirmed the apologetic stance disavowed earlier this evening by the White House in reacting to the storming of the U.S. embassy in Cairo by a mob of radical Egyptian Al Qaeda sympathizers on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
 
Clinton's statements on the day's events, released through the State Department's website and Twitter feed, condemn "in the strongest possible terms" an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya in Benghazi that left one American dead, but offer no condemnation of the attack on the U.S. embassy in Cairo.
 
Instead, Clinton reiterates an apology issued earlier today by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo--now deleted--which said: "We condemn the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims." 
 
"The U.S. deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others," Clinton said. "Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation," she added.
 
However, the White House has distanced itself from such apologies, according to Politico, saying that they were not "cleared by Washington."
 
Evidently, there is some discord in Washington.
 
Last week, the State Department contradicted the President when it reiterated its position that the U.S. does not consider Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
 
President Obama was reported to have intervened with the Democratic Party leadership during the Democratic National Convention to re-insert language supporting Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
 
However, Politico reported--and then quietly scrubbed--the fact that President Obama had likely insisted on the change, after a controversy on his administration's evolving Jerusalem policy.
 
Regardless, at the end of the week the State Department and the White House found themselves at odds--just as they do today over the apology to Egypt for the attack on the U.S. embassy on 9/11.
 

[Soul Crusher]

The President and the Arab Fall



By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 12th, 2012 at 03:30 AM  |  27

RESIZE: AAA


Oh if only Islamic radicals would riot over the HHS contraception mandate and gay marriage. If they did, the Administration would fall all over themselves to apologize.
 
Don’t believe me? Consider yesterday’s events well chronicled by Jeff Emanuel.
 
A group in the United States exercised their first amendment rights, which set off rioting yet again among the religion of peace. Egyptians stormed the American Embassy, torn down the American flag, burned it, and replaced it with a black flag used by Al Qaeda. In Libya, our consulate was attacked and an Embassy employee killed.

The Obama Administration’s Egyptian Embassy responded by apologizing that someone somewhere exercised their first amendment rights and dared offend the religion of peace. In fact, the Embassy wants it known that no religion should ever ben offended ever. So you Christians who think Jesus is the only path to Heaven, don’t say it. It might offend someone. [UPDATE: The initial response happened before the walls were scaled, though afterwards the Embassy stood by that response on twitter.]
 
I guess now Barack Obama will abandon calls for gay marriage and Democrats everywhere will stop calling Christians “bigots” for standing up for their religion. After all, it appears now to be American policy to apologize for offending religious sensibilities.
 
But wait, overnight the White House distanced itself from the United States Embassy in Cairo. That’s right. The White House “disavowed” the statement. On Twitter, however, the Embassy was standing by its statement. A White House and its own Ambassador operating out of different play books is not good. Well, except, the Embassy deleted that tweet, but here it is:
 


Barack Obama embraced the Arab Spring. He encourage it. He encouraged the people of Egypt and the people of Libya. Now, to quote Jeremiah Wright, the chickens are coming home to roost. You lay down with the Muslim Brotherhood, you’re still the infidel swine.
 
This will not end well. Mordor is restless. Egypt and Iran are now collaborating. Mr. Romney may lack the foreign policy experience of a sitting President of the United States, but he would never apologize for Christians in exile making a movie. And he would never seek to put distance between his administration and Israel just as Egypt and Iran begin courting.
 
11 year later in the war on terror, Obama has turned ‘let’s roll’ into let’s apologize.
 
By the way, yesterday Barack Obama’s Party, done with booing God and Jerusalem, released a tribute to veterans that showcased Russian ships. Ahhh . . . Keystone Cops.

[Soul Crusher]

Egypt to take legal action in US against Prophet film makers


Published:  09.12.12, 19:11 / Israel News 
 



Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi asked the Egyptian embassy in Washington to take legal action in the United States against makers of a film attacking the Muslim Prophet Mohammad, the official state news agency said on Wednesday.

 

Morsi had requested the mission take "all legal measures", the MENA agency said, without giving further details on what that might involve. (Reuters)

 

[Kazan]

Egypt to take legal action in US against Prophet film makers


Published:  09.12.12, 19:11 / Israel News 
 



Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi asked the Egyptian embassy in Washington to take legal action in the United States against makers of a film attacking the Muslim Prophet Mohammad, the official state news agency said on Wednesday.

 

Morsi had requested the mission take "all legal measures", the MENA agency said, without giving further details on what that might involve. (Reuters)

 

LOL, what law did he break

[a_ahmed]

Well this will turn out sour.

The US does not follow any law when it comes to doing what it wants. Just like Israel.

Israel had literally thousands of UN resolutions against it. But the US veto'd every single one.

When the whole world was opposed to the unilateral invasion of iraq by the united states and the lies of Powell did not fly at the UN (those fake audio tapes and photoshopped bullshit photos circa 1990s hollywood).. the US said fuck it we dont care about the UN, we are going anyway.

As usual. The US an Israel do whatever they want. Law is only what the US decides to bomb with.

[Shockwave]

Well this will turn out sour.

The US does not follow any law when it comes to doing what it wants. Just like Israel.

Israel had literally thousands of UN resolutions against it. But the US veto'd every single one.

When the whole world was opposed to the unilateral invasion of iraq by the united states and the lies of Powell did not fly at the UN (those fake audio tapes and photoshopped bullshit photos circa 1990s hollywood).. the US said fuck it we dont care about the UN, we are going anyway.

As usual. The US an Israel do whatever they want. Law is only what the US decides to bomb with.

Fuck the UN anyway, most corrupt group of people in existance. They can all go to hell for all I care, they have no jurisdiction over our country.
The UN can go fuck itself.

[Soul Crusher]

Fuck the UN anyway, most corrupt group of people in existance. They can all go to help for all I care, they have no jurisdiction over our country.
The UN can go fuck itself.

I was in the east river two years ago w my jet ski when Mahmoud Achmadinjad was speking at. The UN. 

I breached a security zone and the CG nearly sank me w the .50 cal.   I said to the gunner "bro you have a terrorist speaking today and you are aiming at me?  WTF?".


UN sucks! 

[Fury]

Fuck the UN anyway, most corrupt group of people in existance. They can all go to help for all I care, they have no jurisdiction over our country.
The UN can go fuck itself.

The most corrupt, incompetent and inept organization on the planet. You know it's a joke when you have some of the worst violators of human rights on the planet (Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, North Sudan, etc, etc) serving on its human rights council (you know, the one that passes all those "resolutions").

Ahmad is a whiny little small-dicked bitch and a societal outcast. Not even a born Muslim but a little pussy convert who took the extremist angle to try to fit in. It's cute.  

By the way, Ahmed, the UN doesn't set any "laws" for the US. No one gives a fuck about a "resolution" passed by some third-world carpet-kisser. Hope this helps.

[Soul Crusher]

Former deputy national security adviser: US response to embassy attack ‘bizarre and unacceptable’
The Daily Caller ^ | September 12, 2012 | Jamie Weinstein, senior editor
Posted on September 12, 2012 2:21:16 AM EDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former deputy national security adviser Elliot Abrams and renowned Middle East scholar Barry Rubin lambasted the U.S. Embassy in Cairo’s response to Tuesday’s attack on it by Egyptian protesters.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo was attacked by an Egyptian mob to protest an obscure and almost entirely unheard of American film being made that supposedly depicts the Muslim prophet Muhammad in a negative light. According to Reuters, some of the Egyptian vigilantes scaled the embassy walls, pulled down the American flag and burned it, and attempted to raise a black jihadi flag with the inscription, “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.”

In response to the brazen attack, the American embassy in Cairo released a statement to criticize the film — not the protesters committing violence.

“The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions,” the embassy in Cairo said in a statement.

“Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.”

Abrams, who advised President George W. Bush and is a senior fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, told The Daily Caller that he found the embassy’s statement “bizarre and unacceptable.”

“nstead of a protest the embassy has responded with a statement that says nothing about this failure by the government of Egypt to protect our people and property,” he wrote in an email. “Instead it criticized those who say mean things about Islam, when in fact in Egypt today it is non-Muslims, and Christians in particular, who feel threatened. So I find the embassy statement untimely on 9/11, bizarre and unacceptable.”

Rubin, who directs the The Global Research in International Affairs in Israel, found the embassy’s statement baffling.

“The response to an attack on the U.S. embassy by several revolutionary Islamist groups — one of which is the Egyptian affiliate of al-Qaida — is to apologize for hurting Muslim feelings!” he exclaimed in an email. “Yet the problem is not the production of some obscure film that no American knows anything about but the political program of the jihadists, Salafists, and Muslim Brotherhood to destroy U.S interests in the region.”

“And the administration doesn’t seem to notice that the new regime’s media and institutions are promoting anti-American incitement despite all the nice things Obama is doing for it,” Rubin added. “And all this on the anniversary of September 11!”

Abrams questioned why the Egyptian government didn’t do a better job protecting the embassy.

“On the anniversary of 9/11, thousands of Egyptians chose to protest at the U.S. Embassy, in essence making common cause not with the victims of 9/11 but with its perpetrators,” he said. “First, the United States embassy ought to be protesting the lack of police protection. The demonstration was planned, and known in advance. Why did police not protect the embassy? Why did they permit protesters to scale the walls?”

Late Tuesday evening, the Obama administration disavowed the embassy’s statement.

“The statement by Embassy Cairo was not cleared by Washington and does not reflect the views of the United States government,” a senior White House official told Politico.

No embassy staff were reported to have been hurt in the attack in Cairo.

Two gunmen also attacked the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya Tuesday, killing one U.S. official.

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[Soul Crusher]

Obama compares his campaign volunteers to embassy staff killed in Libya
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | Sept. 12, 2012 | Joel Gehrke
Posted on September 12, 2012 11:01:48 PM EDT by Free ThinkerNY

President Obama told his campaign volunteers in Nevada that he is “really proud” of them after comparing them to the U.S. ambassador and embassy staff murdered in Libya.

“And obviously [our] hearts are broken for the families but I wanted to encourage those folks at the State Dept. that they were making a difference,” Obama told volunteer leaders in Las Vegas, according to the pool report. “The sacrifices that our troops and our diplomats make are obviously very different from the challenges that we face here domestically but like them, you guys are Americans who sense that we can do better than we’re doing….I’m just really proud of you.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...

[Soul Crusher]

One of Culprits behind Egyptian Embassy attack scheduled to visit U.S. next week
 Shoebat ^ | 9/13/12 | Walid Shoebat

Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:41:23


The attacks on U.S. Embassies had very little to do with the latest film and much more to do with the old story of the Muhammad Cartoon and the failure of Muslims to prosecute internationally the culprits who drew the Muhammad cartoons. This will be another attempt to change the laws globally.

Wisam Abdul Waris of Dar Al-Hekma (House of Wisdom) – about whom the Nour Salafist party announced publicly that its call to demonstrate was in support of – began a call to push for the passage of laws to be placed in the Egyptian Constitution – as well as internationally – that would make it illegal to criticize Islam.

The evidence can be found on this video, where Wisam tells viewers, in Arabic about his plans:



Here is a translation of the relevant portion:

We have moved to review with Mr. Rifai all the legal procedures today by which we created The Voice of Wisdom Coalition (I’itilaf Sawt al-Hekma); it will hold accountable everyone who insults Islam locally and internationally, in accordance with every country’s laws. We all know the problems Yasser Al-Habib had in London and after that in Berlin… in Germany, an extremist group was allowed to publicize cartoons that insult the prophet in front of the Salafist Mosque in Berlin, through a legal decision. So what we did was to ask Sharabi Mahmoud to reject this legal decision on behalf of the Egyptian people who are Muslim; for this reason, we created this coalition. We also made an official request from the Church in Egypt to issue a public announcement, to state it has nothing to do with this deed.
 Then you have the official statements from the Nour Salafist party, which announces an official partnering with this call.


(Excerpt) Read more at shoebat.com ...

[Soul Crusher]

REPORTS: Marines not permitted live ammo

Anne Patterson / Wikimedia Commons

BY: Adam Kredo

September 13, 2012 10:36 am


http://freebeacon.com/reports-marines-not-permitted-live-ammo



U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.
 
Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson “did not permit US Marine guards to carry live ammunition,” according to multiple reports on U.S. Marine Corps blog spotted by Nightwatch. “She neutralized any US military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.”
 
If true, the reports indicate that Patterson shirked her obligation to protect U.S. interests, Nightwatch states.
 
“She did not defend US sovereign territory and betrayed her oath of office,” the report states. “She neutered the Marines posted to defend the embassy, trusting the Egyptians over the Marines.”
 
While Marines are typically relied on to defend U.S. territory abroad, such as embassies, these reports indicate that the Obama administration was relying on Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood-backed government to ensure American security, a move observers are questioning as violence in Cairo continues to rage.

 This entry was posted in Middle East, National Security, Obama Administration and tagged Adam Kredo, Anne Patterson, Cairo, Egypt, Obama administration, U.S. Embassy in Cairo, U.S. Marines. Bookmark the permalink.

[Shockwave]

REPORTS: Marines not permitted live ammo

Anne Patterson / Wikimedia Commons

BY: Adam Kredo

September 13, 2012 10:36 am


http://freebeacon.com/reports-marines-not-permitted-live-ammo



U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.
 
Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson “did not permit US Marine guards to carry live ammunition,” according to multiple reports on U.S. Marine Corps blog spotted by Nightwatch. “She neutralized any US military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.”
 
If true, the reports indicate that Patterson shirked her obligation to protect U.S. interests, Nightwatch states.
 
“She did not defend US sovereign territory and betrayed her oath of office,” the report states. “She neutered the Marines posted to defend the embassy, trusting the Egyptians over the Marines.”
 
While Marines are typically relied on to defend U.S. territory abroad, such as embassies, these reports indicate that the Obama administration was relying on Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood-backed government to ensure American security, a move observers are questioning as violence in Cairo continues to rage.

 This entry was posted in Middle East, National Security, Obama Administration and tagged Adam Kredo, Anne Patterson, Cairo, Egypt, Obama administration, U.S. Embassy in Cairo, U.S. Marines. Bookmark the permalink.

WTF!? Since when are Marine Security Forces not allowed live ammo at the embassy they're protecting? Talk about a fucking waste of time, why even have them there?
Man Im glad I got out when I did, fuck that noise....

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Thanks Obama –The Terrorists You Used To Topple Regimes Are Now Attacking Our Embassies
 American Dream ^ | Septembe 12, 2012 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 09/13/2012 6:00:42 AM PDT by


Many of us tried to warn Barack Obama that using militants from al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations to overthrow governments in the Middle East would not end well.

The Obama administration has been so determined to get rid of some of these dictators in the Middle East that they have not even really stopped to think about who would be replacing them. Our leaders assured us that those opposed to Mubarak and Gaddafi were "freedom fighters" that just wanted "liberty" and "democracy" in those countries.

Well, of course it turns out that the folks that took control of both Egypt and Libya bear no resemblance to George Washington whatsoever. They have simply replaced one form of tyranny with an even worse form of tyranny.

Sadly, the last couple of days have been a huge wake up call for all of us. Radical Islamic militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt and replaced the American flag with the al-Qaeda flag. In Benghazi, Libya the U.S. consulate was attacked by a crowd equipped with guns, homemade bombs and rocket-propelled grenades. They torched the consulate, looted it, and killed the U.S. ambassador and three other U.S. officials. Apparently they are not as grateful for our help in "liberating" their homelands as the Obama administration thought they would be.

Unfortunately, our politicians fundamentally misunderstand what is going on in the Middle East, and this is going to continue to lead to more policy errors.

 For years, our politicians told us that "al-Qaeda" was the big enemy in the "War on Terror".

But then during the "Arab Spring" the U.S. government was openly working with "al-Qaeda" and a bunch of other similar organizations all over the Middle East to overthrow established governments. To say that our approach to the Middle East has been "inconsistent" would be a massive understatement.

After the protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo, they made it very clear who they are aligned with. They tore down the U.S. flag and desecrated it, and they put up a black Islamic flag in its place.

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U.S. Embassy calls out Muslim Brotherhood for conflicting tweets
 Yahoo News ^ | 13 Sep 2012 | Ron Recinto

Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:42:01 PM by mandaladon

The U.S. called out the Muslim Brotherhood for apparently tweeting a different set of messages—a kind one in English, and one in Arabic with a different tone—as demonstrators and security forces were battling outside the embassy in Cairo.

The Muslim Brotherhood's English-language Twitter account (@Ikhwanweb) retweeted a message from deputy head Khairat el-Shater saying he was "relieved none of @USEmbassyCairo staff was harmed" and hoped U.S.-Egypt relations "will sustain [the] turbulence of Tuesday's events."

However, according to ahramonline.com, the Brotherhood's Arabic-language Twitter account and its website were praising the protests staged against a U.S.-made film that some Muslims deem insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. The Brotherhood's messages also called for a million-man march on Friday.

That prompted an interesting response from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo: "Thanks. By the way, have you checked out your own Arabic feeds? I hope you know we read those too."

Later the Brotherhood responded, "we understand you're under a lot of stress, but it will be more helpful if you point out exactly the Arabic feed of concern." The exchange in cyberspace underscores the relationship between Egypt and the U.S.

President Barack Obama said in an interview with Spanish-language network Telemundo, "I don't think that we would consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy."

Egypt is a "new government that is trying to find its way," Obama said. The president warned, however, that if the Egyptian government takes actions showing they're not taking responsibility, then it would "be a real big problem."


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Fox spreads a false rumor that marines were not armed at embassy.
U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.

Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson “did not permit US Marine guards to carry live ammunition,” according to multiple reports on U.S. Marine Corps blog spotted by Nightwatch. “She neutralized any US military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.”

If true, the reports indicate that Patterson shirked her obligation to protect U.S. interests, Nightwatch states.


Then gives the you-knew-it-was-coming "update".


**UPDATE**

Further Marine spokesman at Pentagon Lt Col Chris Hughes says these reports are NOT true. This is on the record:

“The Ambassador and RSO have been completely and appropriately engaged with the security situation. No restrictions on weapons or weapons status have been imposed. This information comes from the Det Commander at AMEMB Cairo.”