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Apparently RPGs were used against the American embassy in Benghazi by the extremist group Ansar Alsharia.
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Brown Moses posted:Apparently RPGs were used against the American embassy in Benghazi by the extremist group Ansar Alsharia. Holy poo poo thats not good at all. 
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I'm sure attacks on the embassies taking place today is a pure coincidence, right?
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Apparently it's the consulate in Libya, not the embassy.
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That's the group that was blowing up Sufi shrines, IIRC.
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http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/52597/World/International/Mob-sets-fire-to-US-consulate-in-Benghazi-witness.aspx AFP is now reporting the consulate is on fire and it's because of that dastardly US made film that nobody knows about.
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And they say there's no such thing as bad publicity...
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The Homsi cat that was critically injured by an Assadi shell is now doing well after revolutionaries operated on him. 
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J33uk posted:http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/52597/World/International/Mob-sets-fire-to-US-consulate-in-Benghazi-witness.aspx According to an update to an article on Yahoo!: AP posted:The protest was sparked by outrage over a video being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States. A 14-minute trailer of the movie, posted on the social website YouTube in an original English version and another dubbed into Egyptian Arabic, depicts Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman in an overtly ridiculing way, showing him having sex and calling for massacres. It's not clear to me if the individual is just traveling to the US or is now a resident here or what. But it seems strange to me that the anger would be directed at a US embassy. edit: VVV Article mentions Terry Jones, however, it specifically says an "extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian" ...Mr. Jones is only 3 out of those 4 things. Anyone got a YouTube Link to the video? Winkle-Daddy fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Sep 12, 2012 |
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Sep 12, 2012 01:24
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It just boggles the mind that because Terry loving Jones makes some low-budget that nobody has heard of because only crazies pay attention to him, it actually incited riots. Terry should go over there himself and deal with the violent uproar, but that would put him in danger. gently caress that, let's just put the people already over there in harm's way! gently caress Terry Jones. edit: And I fully realize that it's just how it is, especially after the Dutch comic strip deal, but it annoys me to no end that this rear end in a top hat in Florida is doing this on purpose and will probably feel none of the retaliation personally. shyduck fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Sep 12, 2012 |
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Sep 12, 2012 01:25
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/09/20129112108737726.html Apparently a US diplomat was killed at the Libyan consulate. poo poo.
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It wasn't Terry Jones that produced the movie in question. It also sounds like there's still fighting going on near the consulate.
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New Division posted:It wasn't Terry Jones that produced the movie in question. They have the video here: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/heres-the-movie-that-egyptians-just-stormed-the-us-embassy-over/262225/ The video itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sQPRtS2h7k It's like Command and Conquer meets The Ten Commandments edit: code:shyduck fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Sep 12, 2012 |
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Benagain posted:http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/09/20129112108737726.html Apparently the nationality is still unconfirmed by CNN http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/world/africa/libya-american-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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Fingers crossed for the safety of A/T moderator Vilerat who was last seen in Benghazi for business with the State Department.
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Sep 12, 2012 02:25
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shyguy posted:You're right, but there were some news reports originally saying it was Jones who produced it. Some of them have corrected, but Jones has still been involved in a promotional role. I still stand by what I said about him. High-schoolers produce better quality "movies" than that. I don't get it. Anyone could see even from the clips shown on the TV show that the "movie" is nothing more than some idiots with a camera and cheap editing software.
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Everything about this movie is so absurd. az jan jananam fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Sep 12, 2012 |
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I'm trying to place the US Consulate in Bengzhai on a map, but I can find where it would be anywhere. The list of diplomatic missions of the US never mentions any mission in Bengzhai, and google searches are just polluted due to the attack. I dunno how you guys do such a good job keeping up on this stuff.
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Uncle Jam posted:Apparently the nationality is still unconfirmed by CNN Clinton just confirmed it was a State Department official that was killed. I suppose it could be a non-american but I don't think it's likely. The consulate building was set on fire too.
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Sep 12, 2012 04:06
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I play EVE online with Vile Rat in Goonswarm. There are rumors that he was killed in the Benghazi consulate attack. I am hoping really hard that this is some sort of really awful troll.
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terrorbeard posted:I play EVE online with Vile Rat in Goonswarm. There are rumors that he was killed in the Benghazi consulate attack. Some other goons just confirmed that it was indeed Vile Rat that died. Truly loving tragic if it's true.
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quote:quote: Unfortunately I don't think it's a troll.
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shyguy posted:The video itself:
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It's not a troll, the news came from his wife. Unless the State Department made a massive gently caress up in the identification, it isn't good. 
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terrorbeard posted:I am hoping really hard that this is some sort of really awful troll.
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God dammit.
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This is horrible.
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Vile Rat will be missed. We had some good chats about IT, and he wanted to help get me a job similar to his. It's a shame it had to happen to such a good guy 
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Invicta{HOG}, M.D. posted:This is horrible. No other word for it.
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gently caress. And over a loving YouTube video. Great.
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Good-bye! (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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Can somebody give some details about why VileRat was over there? I know him as an mod around here, but I didn't know he was personally involved in worldwide politics. What a hosed up situation.
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Discospawn posted:Can somebody give some details about why VileRat was over there? I know him as an mod around here, but I didn't know he was personally involved in worldwide politics. He worked for the State Department doing IT work, I believe.
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Discospawn posted:Can somebody give some details about why VileRat was over there? I know him as an mod around here, but I didn't know he was personally involved in worldwide politics. He did IT work for the state department, which includes it's foreign assets.
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He worked for the State Department and very recently, less than a week ago, transferred from The Hague to the US consulate in Benghazi. This consulate was attacked by locals in protest over some stupid youtube video and Vile Rat was the one State Department employee killed in the conflict.
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Sep 12, 2012 04:56
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I got drunk with the guy at a couple Eve goon nerdfests. He was a chill guy. I'm gonna miss you Sean.
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This sucks. What a shame.
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Vilerat was one of my internet heroes. Rest in Peace.
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