British, German and US envoys targeted as riots erupt from north Africa to south-east Asia as well as AustraliaA wave of rage that saw British, German and American embassies in Khartoum attacked by rioters swept across the Muslim earth with violent scenes playing outside on streets from north Africa to south-east Asia.The continuing demonstrations have claimed further lives. Two protesters were killed in Khartoum, Sudan and two more in Tunis, Tunisia. Four werekilled in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a.Police in Cairo cleared demonstrators from outside the American embassy and Tahrir Square. A 36-year ancient male died after being hit by a rubber bulletIn Sydney encircling 200 demonstrators clashed with police outside the American consulate.Friday’s worst violence was in the Sudanese capital, where protesters targeted the German embassy first, storming through the outer wall and setting fire to buildings and a automobile near the gates before they were pushed back by police firing teargas. German diplomats fled to the British embassy following door, which became the following target of the mob.William Hague, the foreign secretary, said: “Sudanese police attended the scene, however demonstrators were able to break down a perimeter wall and cause minor hurt to the compound. They did not attempt to gain access to the British embassy building.” No staff had been harmed, he added. Reports said at least one of the rioters had been killed in clashes with police.The US embassy in Khartoum, which appears to have been the following target, announced that protesters had been expelled from its compound.Protests, mostly aimed at US embassies and galvanised by the emergence of a crude anti-Islam video made in California, were also reported in Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Jerusalem and the West Bank, Kashmir, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Nigerian megalopolis of Jos. In Tunis, crowds of rioters throwing stones clashed with police outside the US embassy, who responded with teargas. A fire could be seen within the embassy compound and the American college in Tunis was also reported to be ablaze. Reports said two demonstrators had been killed.The embassy attacks in Sudan marked the first age anti-US protests over the film had mutated into a broader anti-western revolt. In his statement on the events in Khartoum, Hague said: “The neighbouring German embassy, which appeared to be the focus of the attack, was locate on fire and severely hurt. We remained in close contact with the Germans throughout the incident and were able to offer shelter to German diplomats. I am pleased to affirm that they are also safe.”The unrest started in Tuesday in Cairo, when protesters stormed the American embassy, and then spread to the eastern Libyan megalopolis of Benghazi, where the US consulate was stormed and gutted by an armed mob who killed the ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three other employees.Two US destroyers have been deployed to the Libyan coast and Barack Obama dispatched a unit of marines trained in counterterrorist operations to the nation. US drones over Benghazi were targeted by anti-aircraft fire by the extremist groups in the area who are believed to have led Tuesday’s storming of the consulate. As a result, the megalopolis’s airport was temporarily closed. As Washington scrambled to protect its far-flung diplomats, US marines were also reported to have arrived to bolster security at the embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, which has also been the target of rioters.Libyan authorities have identified 50 human beings who were involved in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in which the ambassador and three other Americans were killed, a security official has Saturday.US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three others died when gunmen attacked the consulate and a safe house refuge in the eastern megalopolis on Tuesday night. The attackers were part of a crowd blaming America for a film they said insulted the Prophet Muhammad. So far four human beings have been arrested and are being questioned, Libyan officials have said.”We know of 50 human beings who were involved in the attack, we have names and we know who they are, however there could be more,” said Abdel-Monem Al-Hurr, spokesman for Libya’s supreme security committee.”Four have been arrested. Some of the others may have escaped via Benghazi airport, maybe to Egypt, however this not confirmed. We have given their names to all of the Libyan border entry points.”It was unclear how much the violence was spontaneous and to what extent it had been orchestrated. The film involved was apparently made at the end year by a Coptic Christian living in Los Angeles, using actors who have said they had no thought they were making an anti-Islam film. The offensive language about the prophet Muhammad was dubbed in later.A 14-minute clip of the film appeared on YouTube in July however only started to generate widespread rage this week, when it was promoted by radical Islamophobic Christians in the US and then broadcast in Egypt by Islamic activists.The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, denounced the film as “disgusting and reprehensible”.US officials have said they believe outrage over the film may have been used by an extremist Libyan collection, Ansar al-Sharia, as cover and a diversion for an assault on the Benghazi consulate that had been extended plotted for the 11th anniversary of the 11 September attacks. The president of the Libyan assembly, Yousef al-Megariaf, agreed. During a visit to Benghazi, he described the storming of the consulate as “pre-plotted to hit at the core of the relationship between Libya and the United States”.Small anti-American demonstrations in Damascus and Tehran appeared to have been facilitated by the authorities there.ProtestMiddle East and North AfricaSudanAfricaIslamReligionJulian Borgerguardian.co.uk © 2012 Twitter News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Employ of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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