Full overview of 2012 "Innocence of Muslims" protests/attacks - Polidicks

LIBYA: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] US consulate attacked, struck with RPG, set on fire. [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] unknown [B]-Deaths/Casualties:[/B] 4 Americans dead. [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Libyan army fought against militiants. Libyan police have arrested 4 men. Some counter protests have taken place. Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur: [QUOTE]"This is not acceptable to the Libyan people; this is not acceptable to our values. We are taking this very, very seriously."[/QUOTE] [B]-Foreign Nation's Response:[/B] US dispatched two drones, two warships, and 50 Marines. TUNISIA: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] US Embassy attack, several vehicles set on fire. The American School attacked, set on fire, and looted of computers and other valuables. [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] Said to be in the hundreds [B]-Deaths/Casualties:[/B] 3 protestors killed, 29 injured. [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Riot Police on the streets. Army tanks and armored vehicles dispatched. Police have fired tear gas and live rounds. SUDAN: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] US Embassy attacked. German Embassy attacked, set on fire. UK Embassy attacked. [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] Several thousands [B]-Deaths/Casualties:[/B] Three people killed [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Riot police on the streets. Tear gas fired. EGYPT: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] US Embassy, UN camp attacked by militants [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] Estimated to be 500 people [B]-Deaths/Casualties:[/B] 1 protestor dead. 1 militant injured by UN peacekeepers. 48 police hurt, 224 protesters wounded. [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Riot Police on the streets. Streets are closed and roadblocks are set up. Police have fired tear gas. 93 people arrested. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi: [QUOTE]"Those who are attacking the embassies do not represent any of us," [/QUOTE] [B]-Foreign Nation's Response:[/B] UN peacekeepers open fire on Islamist militants. AFGHANISTAN: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] none. Protests were in Jalalabad. [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] in the hundreds [B]-Deaths/Casualties:[/B] none [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Blocked YouTube. President Hamid Karzai: [QUOTE]"[the film is] not a part of the freedom of expression, but a criminal act that has now badly affected the righteous sentiments of 1.5 billion Muslims all over the globe."[/QUOTE] YEMEN: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] US Embassy [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] Estimated at 2,000 [B]-Deaths/Casualties: [/B]Two people killed. 24 police injured. 11 protestors injured. [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Riot Police on the streets. Police have fired tear gas, water cannons, and live rounds. President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi apologized to the US. [B]-Foreign Nation's Response:[/B] US sent 50 Marines. IRAN: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] Swiss Embassy (represents US interests) [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] 400 people [B]-Deaths/Casualties:[/B] none as of yet [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Riot Police on the streets. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: [QUOTE][making of the film is a] "criminal act"[/QUOTE] IRAQ: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] no facilities affected, but protests countrywide in Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala. [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] Estimated to be hundreds [B]-Deaths/Casualties:[/B] none reported [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: [QUOTE]"refrain from resorting to violence and exercise the principles of Islam and its civilized values."[/QUOTE] LEBANON: [B]-Facilities affected:[/B] US businesses (KFC restaurant, Hardees) attacked, set on fire. [B]-Number of Attackers or Protestors:[/B] Hundreds [B]-Deaths/Casualties:[/B] Two people killed, 25 injured. 11 police hurt. [B]-Host Government's Response:[/B] Riot Police on the streets. Police have fired tear gas, live rounds. Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri: [QUOTE]"Such brutal and violent practices and attacks offend Muslims just as this suspicious film offended Islam. They are also detrimental to the Arab Spring path in general and give free excuses and justifications to the enemies of this promising path, in order to discredit it and disable its constructive effects in implementing democracy, freedom and dignity of the Arab peoples."[/QUOTE] Protests have also been reported in London, Brussels, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Syria, the Maldives, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Turkey, and the Gaza Strip. [QUOTE]The people in Libya, Egypt and Yemen did not replace the tyranny of dictators for the tyranny of the mob ... We owe it to the four men who died that we carry on leading the world and strengthen the hand of democracy.[/QUOTE]-Hillary Clinton Sources: [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/13/world/meast/iraq-protests/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/13/world/meast/iraq-protests/index.html[/URL] [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/13/world/meast/iran-film-protests/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/13/world/meast/iran-film-protests/index.html[/URL] [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/13/world/arab-leaders-reactions/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/13/world/arab-leaders-reactions/index.html[/URL] [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/14/world/meast/embassy-attacks-main/index.html?hpt=hp_t1"]http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/14/world/meast/embassy-attacks-main/index.html?hpt=hp_t1[/URL] [URL="http://blogs.aljazeera.com/liveblog?f[0]=field_ns_topic%3A10701"]http://blogs.aljazeera.com/liveblog?f[0]=field_ns_topic%3A10701[/URL] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19600542"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19600542[/URL] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19602177"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19602177[/URL] [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/13/world/meast/egypt-us-embassy-protests/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/13/world/meast/egypt-us-embassy-protests/index.html[/URL]

I still believe that the film was merely a scapegoat to the true reason this attack started. This all well planned...I mean seriously, four days, and already we got riots in 10 countries! Either the people are easily enraged by things, or something or someone thought of this days ahead...especially since this all started around 9/11...ironically.

At least the protests in Qatar are peaceful.

Holy shit that's a lot of rioting.

All of this chaos and destruction over a video, it's simply absurd. Should these be called protests anymore? Protesting the video's message I can understand, but all of this "Death to America" stuff? That's more in line with a tantrum than a justified protest. It's not as though every single American got together to make the damn thing. It was just one man. One incredibly foolish man. Where is the reason?

[QUOTE=Neo222;37667078]I still believe that the film was merely a scapegoat to the true reason this attack started. This all well planned...I mean seriously, four days, and already we got riots in 10 countries! Either the people are easily enraged by things, or something or someone thought of this days ahead...especially since this all started around 9/11...ironically.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't be surprised. For once, I really think there is something far deeper going on here.

It's not just over the film, although that may have been what sparked the protests. There is anti-Western sentiment in all of the countries that rioted, and even though some of these countries are post-revolution with US and Western support, that doesn't mean the West didn't support the old regime as well.

[QUOTE=gra;37667788]It's not just over the film, although that may have been what sparked the protests. There is anti-Western sentiment in all of the countries that rioted, and even though some of these countries are post-revolution with US and Western support, that doesn't mean the West didn't support the old regime as well.[/QUOTE] Pfft, they're just silly Arabs! Surely if we threw an airstrike or a drove against the government they're winningly revolting against, they won't remember us propping up that government to begin with!

Libyan government source [url=http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14332]says[/url] that Ansar Al-Sharia, the militia believed to be responsible for the Libyan consulate raid, is going to be shut the fuck down, by force if necessary Hopefully, along with the upcoming [url=http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14114]weapons collection initiative[/url], this may be the start of the government restoring law and order throughout Libya. The new government will help too. The interim administration was unelected, so they couldn't really justify shutting down the miltias, because they had no more of a right to exist than the militias did. Now that the government is elected, it is legitimate and has a clear mandate to restore order

[QUOTE=Neo222;37667078]I still believe that the film was merely a scapegoat to the true reason this attack started. This all well planned...I mean seriously, four days, and already we got riots in 10 countries! Either the people are easily enraged by things, or something or someone thought of this days ahead...especially since this all started around 9/11...ironically.[/QUOTE] [B]Either the people are easily enraged by things[/B]

[QUOTE=Overwatch 7;37667510]All of this chaos and destruction over a video, it's simply absurd. Should these be called protests anymore? Protesting the video's message I can understand, but all of this "Death to America" stuff? That's more in line with a tantrum than a justified protest. It's not as though every single American got together to make the damn thing. It was just one man. One incredibly foolish man. Where is the reason?[/QUOTE] Have you considered that these people are unleashing anger that has grown from more than just insulting videos? Perhaps occupation and dehumanisation has something to do with it?

[QUOTE=Neo222;37667078]I still believe that the film was merely a scapegoat to the true reason this attack started. This all well planned...I mean seriously, four days, and already we got riots in 10 countries! Either the people are easily enraged by things, or something or someone thought of this days ahead...especially since this all started around 9/11...ironically.[/QUOTE] yeah it's totally insane to think the middle east would get mad at someone insulting islam, it's usually such a quiet and open-minded place of peace

So much blind hate, they act like its a movie published by the white house. Also this German embassy raid in Sudan was ridiculous, its like they got outta their houses once they heard about this movie and went to the closest western embassy and raided it.

[QUOTE=rangrangpkpk;37669006]So much blind hate, they act like its a movie published by the white house. Also this German embassy raid in Sudan was ridiculous, its like they got outta their houses once they heard about this movie and went to the closest western embassy and raided it.[/QUOTE] Was listening to ABC news just a few moments ago and they had some interview with a protester. Asked him what "they wanted" and he angrily replied "for the US government and foreign governments to stop insulting us" so I would guess that at least a portion of them actually think it's by the US gov's behest. A very sad and deadly ignorance.

Yep, the protesters legitimately believe the American government is at fault. That's the sad state of ignorance there. I can understand protests, but like Libya, people are [b]burning[/b] down things. But I agree with BananaFoam and others, I think this is a bit deeper than the film

Its only going to get worse from here.

And this is the film posted in a another thread that "apparently" started this all [video=youtube;iC6yGzpSvjU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC6yGzpSvjU[/video]

Nooooo, I'm 90% sure the actual film is around 55 minutes long. I might be totally wrong though.

Well whoever made the video now can be proud that he managed to rage a good portion of the world.

basically, from what I've read, a bunch of stupid bigots are leading stupid violent riots on multiple embassies in the middle east over some stupid video on the internet made by some stupid bigot which was praised by another stupid bigot who burned q'urans just to get everyone all flustered. so now americans are getting killed by mindlessly angry muslims who are carrying out an act of extreme irony over a video made in the ass-end of america that no one has ever heard of until now. i mean, like, do people think when they do shit? or is it just assumed that being as mindlessly violent as possible will somehow make people come to your side? and really? a terrible youtube video fired off, what could only really be considered, mass acts of terrorism by civilians and militia on? and on 9/11 no less? seriously? what a way to spit in someones eye. i try to defend islam and other religions as much as possible, considering iv had an upbringing in christianity and i feel everyone has the right to believe in what they want, but its hard to fight for someones equality if all people see is islam being used as an incentive to get really mad about stupid shit and just destroy out of gut reaction. theres no respect, for fuck sake. learn to take some punches, and shrug it off, extremists. not everything is an act that should be punished on all of a nation. in America, we call that "bigotry"

The problem is that in the Middle East, the countries are run by even more stupid bigots that are their elders who were taught by their elder and so on and so forth. And their "teachings" were just to be more intolerant and fuck education. It was already like the way it is before the Soviet invasion. Maybe not as bad, but it was pretty damn prevalent. And that's why the Middle East is not the center of knowledge anymore

Why is it that other religions can tolerate insults 100 times worse than this and do nothing, and yet some unknown video on the internet insulting islam can cause rioting in 10+ countries? The amount of ignorance going on right now hurts my head.

[QUOTE=Amez;37669181]Well whoever made the video now can be proud that he managed to rage a good portion of the world.[/QUOTE] He's actually in hiding right now :v:

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;37671634]He's actually in hiding right now :v:[/QUOTE] What a bitch. I saw an article through Yahoo! that stated he was looking for police protection. "lol i trol islma lolol ofuk now dey mad@me :C"

[QUOTE=Neo222;37667078]I still believe that the film was merely a scapegoat to the true reason this attack started. This all well planned...I mean seriously, four days, and already we got riots in 10 countries! Either the people are easily enraged by things, or something or someone thought of this days ahead...especially since this all started around 9/11...ironically.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/libya-attack-jihadists/index.html[/url]

Fuck, I can't understand how Muslims can be so offended by this that they start to kill people. There has to be more.

Funny thing is, if their religion truly is the one and Allah real, they're all going to rot in fucking hell.

Libya's Grand Mufti has [url=http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14471]issued a fatwa[/url] fucking slamming the shit out of the consulate attack and saying the Prophet Muhammad would be pissed. He also slammed the shit out of the government for having allowed the militias to exist for so long [editline]15th September 2012[/editline] Also, Facepunch's Grand Smurfy [url=http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14474]got a letter published[/url] in the Libya Herald!

[QUOTE=Overwatch 7;37667510]All of this chaos and destruction over a video, it's simply absurd. Should these be called protests anymore? Protesting the video's message I can understand, but all of this "Death to America" stuff? That's more in line with a tantrum than a justified protest. It's not as though every single American got together to make the damn thing. It was just one man. One incredibly foolish man. Where is the reason?[/QUOTE] The straw that broke the camal's back.

Just gonna quote this: "These are people who were born and raised in dictatorships. They are accustomed to thinking that a government controls its citizens -- that a film or documentary cannot be produced without government approval. For decades, this has been the reality of their lives, and they strongly believe that the Western world and its citizens have a similarly controlling relationship between individuals and government."