Grand Theft Autobot posted:

Ah, apologies then. Still, they seemed to be implying that Libya is full of savages who need no reason to do violence to Americans.

Brown Moses posted:

Oh Wikileaks, I thought you used to be cool

Brown Moses posted:

Oh Wikileaks, I thought you used to be cool

Spacedad posted:

I feel I should storm twitter and abduct that sentence.

quote:

One witness to the mayhem around the compound on Tuesday said militants chased him to a safe house and lobbed grenades at the location, where he was later found unconscious, apparently from smoke inhalation, and could not be revived by rescuers who took him to a hospital.

international owl day posted:

"How dare the US try to police the world while not policing the world!!"

Happydayz posted:

Killed while being chased like an animal. There are also unconfirmed photos of the Ambassador's corpse being dragged through the streets.

Happydayz posted:

There are also unconfirmed photos of the Ambassador's corpse being dragged through the streets.

Brown Moses posted:

Oh Wikileaks, I thought you used to be cool

evilweasel posted:

Those are confirmed, but it's also confirmed those are his body being dragged to the hospital.

HoveringCheesecake posted:

Yeah. The pictures are out there if people really want to see him. People aren't dragging the poor guy around like Black Hawk Down; rather they are lifting him up and carrying him on their shoulders to try and save him.

international owl day posted:

I think its a hell of a coincidence for two consulates to be attacked simultaneously, and instantly the invisible finger of fate gets pointed at this anti-Muslim video, before we even have details as to who was hurt; this entire thing is incredibly fishy.

CommieGIR posted:

If someone could link those I'd appreciate it.

Happydayz posted:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/world/middleeast/us-envoy-to-libya-is-reported-killed.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0


Killed while being chased like an animal. There are also unconfirmed photos of the Ambassador's corpse being dragged through the streets.

Ughh

Happydayz posted:

Wow. Foxnews.com put it on their front page. Incredibly poor taste.

Kaal posted:

I don't know how to put this delicately: That article also has the COD for Vilerat, which I haven't seen posted earlier.

Happydayz posted:

Wow. Foxnews.com put it on their front page. Incredibly poor taste.

quote:

‘It Makes Me Sick’: Actress in Muhammed Movie Says She Was Deceived, Had No Idea It Was About Islam
The story of the Muhammed movie which sparked deadly protests in Libya gets weirder. At least some of the actors who appeared in it had no idea they were starring in anti-Islam propaganda which depicts Muhammed as a child molester and thug. They were deceived by the film's director, believing they were appearing in a film about the life of a generic Egyptian 2,000 years ago.

Cindy Lee Garcia, an actress from Bakersfield, Calif., has a small role in the Muhammed movie as a woman whose young daughter is given to Muhammed to marry. But in a phone interview this afternoon, Garcia told us she had no idea she was participating in an offensive spoof on the life of Muhammed when she answered a casting call through an agency last summer and got the part.

The script she was given was titled simply Desert Warriors.

"It was going to be a film based on how things were 2,000 years ago," Garcia said. "It wasn't based on anything to do with religion, it was just on how things were run in Egypt. There wasn't anything about Muhammed or Muslims or anything."

In the script and during the shooting, nothing indicated the controversial nature of the final product. Muhammed wasn't even called Muhammed; he was "Master George," Garcia said. The words Muhammed were dubbed over in post-production, as were essentially all other offensive references to Islam and Muhammed.

For example, at 9:03 in the trailer, Garcia berates her husband, who wants to send their daughter to Muhammed: "Is your Muhammed a child molester?" she says in the final product. But the words are dubbed over what she actually said. The line in the script—and the line Garcia gave during filming—was, "is your God a child molester," Garcia told us today.

Garcia was horrified when she saw the end product, and when protesters in Libya killed four U.S. Embassy employee.

"I had nothing to do really with anything. Now we have people dead because of a movie I was in. It makes me sick."

According to Garica, her three days on set last July were unremarkable. The film's mysterious pseudonymous writer and director, "Sam Bacile," has claimed to be an Israeli real estate mogul. But Garcia said Bacile told her he was Egyptian on set. Bacile had white hair and spoke Arabic to a number of "dark-skinned" men who hung around the set, she said. (A Bacile associate also told The Atlantic he wasn't Israeli or Jewish.)

"He was just really mellow. He was just sitting there and he wanted certain points to be made."

Once, Garcia said, Bacile wanted a girl that "Master George" (aka Muhammed) was to sleep with to look seven years old, instead of 10, to heighten the outrage. But his Assistant Directors protested, saying that was too young.

After the protests erupted and Bacile appeared in the media, Garcia called him up to express her outrage at his deception.

"I called Sam and said, 'Why did you do this?' and he said, 'I'm tired of radical Islamists killing each other. Let other actors know it's not their fault.'"

Garcia isn't satisfied simply knowing it wasn't her fault.

"I'm going to sue his butt off."

Update: The entire 80-member cast and crew of the film have released a statement saying they were misled. Via CNN:

quote:

The entire cast and crew are extremely upset and feel taken advantage of by the producer. We are 100% not behind this film and were grossly misled about its intent and purpose. We are shocked by the drastic re-writes of the script and lies that were told to all involved. We are deeply saddened by the tragedies that have occurred.

HoveringCheesecake posted:

Yeah. The pictures are out there if people really want to see him. People aren't dragging the poor guy around like Black Hawk Down; rather they are lifting him up and carrying him on their shoulders to try and save him.

Brown Moses posted:

AllanGordon posted:

They were before they went out of their way to make everything they leaked be political.

Also rip vilerat.

Still have no idea what Romney is doing. First Paul Ryan and now this? Guess he's decided to just swing for the fences till November.

1stGear posted:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/12/diplomat-killed-in-libya-to-fellow-gamers-assuming-dont-die-tonight/

Ugh.

Fox News posted:

the foreign service information management officer who also was a moderator at the Internet community Something Awful, which is known for posting disturbing photos and videos.

1stGear posted:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/12/diplomat-killed-in-libya-to-fellow-gamers-assuming-dont-die-tonight/

Ugh.

quote:

On Wednesday, as word spread throughout the guild, tributes poured in for the foreign service information management officer who also was a moderator at the Internet community Something Awful, which is known for posting disturbing photos and videos.

Evil Fluffy posted:

Link to what insane thing Romney's doing? Or do you mean his action of politicizing before his emotional response program activates?

KaneTW posted:

Also the photo with a smirk on his face as he leaves the press conference about the attack on the embassy (it was posted somewhere in this thread, don't have a link handy)

Evil Fluffy posted:

Link to what insane thing Romney's doing? Or do you mean his action of politicizing before his emotional response program activates?

Sushi in Yiddish posted:

This story keeps getting stranger and stranger.

Smashurbanipal posted:

Not sure it was necessary to throw that bit in, Fox.

Cease to Hope posted:

I do.

Silky Thighs posted:

I am wondering what is the appropriate way to deal with people such as this? This is from two different people on what happened at the Libyan embassy yesterday.

Silky Thighs posted:

I am wondering what is the appropriate way to deal with people such as this? This is from two different people on what happened at the Libyan embassy yesterday.

V. Illych L. posted:

We should remember as we mourn our loss, however, that pretty much everyone who dies in these films and photos that are linked are as much people as Vilerat. If we can use this to make ourselves more keenly aware of how utterly hosed up the whole situation in the region is, maybe that's a decent way of handling the death.

Space Gopher posted:

Point out that it was a pre-planned attack by a terrorist organization, the Libyan government is already cooperating with the US in efforts to track them down, and the Libyan people have already come out against the attackers. Post a picture or two of the pro-US solidarity demonstrations, point out that they're people as well (who would doubtlessly be hurt in a kneejerk war), and that this whole thing was started because of misinformed bloodlust.