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Saturday 15 September 2012

Al-Qaida praises ambassador killing, calls for more attacks. Thats too bad.

Cairo •Al-Qaida’s most active branch in the middle East called for more violence on U. S. embassies Thursday to "set the fires raging, " seeking to co-opt outrage over an anti-Muslim film whilst the wave of protests that swept 20 countries this full week eased.

Senior Muslim religious professionals issued their strongest pleas still against resorting to violence, attempting to defuse Muslim anger over the film a day after new attacks on U. S. and Western embassies that left at the very least eight protesters dead.


Egyptian protesters run in the site of clashes with security forces, unseen, near the U. S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Exclusive, Sept. 14, 2012, as a part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
Egyptian protesters react in the tear gas during clashes at the U. S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Exclusive, Sept. 14, 2012. Protesters clashed with police at the U. S. Embassy in Cairo for the third day in a short period. Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi vowed to safeguard foreign embassies in Cairo, where police were using split gas to disperse protesters with the U. S. mission. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
Egyptian street vendors salvage what they are able to of their belongings as authorities clear Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2012 after days of protests at the U. S. embassy over a film insulting Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
Egyptian police load furniture and other items confiscated from street vendors while they clear Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2012 after days of protests at the U. S. embassy over a film insulting Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
A good Egyptian riot policeman smashes plastic material chairs as police clear Tahrir Rectangular in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 after days of protests at the U. S. embassy over a film insulting Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
A Sudanese protester stands with a barricade during a demonstration within Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2012, as part of widespread anger throughout the Muslim world about a motion picture ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Germany's Foreign Minister says the country's embassy inside the Sudanese capital of Khartoum continues to be stormed by protesters and set partially on fire. Minister Guido Westerwelle told reporters that this demonstrators are apparently protesting towards an anti-Islam film produced in the united states that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
A Sudanese protester raises a fire extinguisher within a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan, Exclusive, Sept. 14, 2012, as a part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Germany's Foreign Minister says the country's embassy inside the Sudanese capital of Khartoum continues to be stormed by protesters and set partially on fire. Minister Guido Westerwelle told reporters that this demonstrators are apparently protesting towards an anti-Islam film produced in the united states that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
A new Lebanese army soldier sits on his armored personnel carrier, as he stands guard outside the Burger King as part of stepped up security measures, inside the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Thursday Sept. 15, 2012. Security causes in Lebanon beefed up security presence around U. S. take out restaurants Saturday, a day after having a crowd angry over the anti-Islam movie set fire with a KFC and a Hardee’s restaurant in Tripoli north of Lebanon, sparking clashes using police. At least one on the attackers was killed and 25 people wounded inside the melee. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)


The leading cleric in U. S. best friend Saudi Arabia denounced the motion picture but said it can’t really hurt Islam, a contrast to protesters’ frequently heard cries that this movie amounts to a humiliating attack that requires retaliation. He urged Muslims to not be "dragged by anger" in violence. The head of this Sunni Muslim world’s pre-eminent faith based institution, Egypt’s Al-Azhar, backed restful protests but said Muslims should counter the movie by refreshing Islam’s moderate ideas.

In this Egyptian capital Cairo, where the first protests against the movie that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad erupted, police finally succeeded in clearing away protesters who had been clashing with security forces for days at the U. S. Embassy. Police arrested 220 people plus a concrete wall was erected throughout the road leading to the embassy.

No significant protests were reported inside the Mideast Saturday; the only report of violence from the film came from Australia, where riot police clashed with about 200 protesters with the U. S. Consulate in Sydney.

In his weekly radio as well as Internet address, President Barack Obama paid tribute on the four Americans, including Ambassador Joe Stevens, who were killed in a armed attack on the U. S. Consulate in the japanese Libyan city on Benghazi this week. He also denounced this anti-U. S. mob protests that followed.

"I have made it clear that the united states has a profound respect for folks of all faiths. We indicate religious freedom. And we refuse the denigration of religion — which include Islam, " Obama said.

"Yet there is certainly never any justification for physical violence. There is no religion that condones the targeting of innocent women and men. "

In Afghanistan, the Taliban claimed responsibility on an attack the night before by 20 insurgents with a sprawling British based in southern Afghanistan that killed two U. S. Marines. The Taliban said the invasion was to avenge Muslims insulted from the film. It also said the invasion came because Britain’s Prince Harry is serving with the base, though British officials said he was far from the site of the invasion and was unharmed.

Friday’s demonstrations spread to more than 20 countries in the middle East, Africa and Southeast Parts of asia. While most were peaceful, marches in lots of places exploded into violence.

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