2012 U.S. diplomatic missions attacks

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Location of the attacks

On September 11, 2012, the U.S. embassies in Cairo, Egypt, Chennai, India, Tunis, Tunisia, Khartoum, Sudan, Sana'a, Yemen, and the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya were attacked[1].

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Protest and attack [change]

On September 11, 2012, the attack was caused by protests over media excerpts from a trailer of a movie, Innocence of Muslims[2], which the protestors considered blasphemy against the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. In Egypt, a group scaled the embassy wall and tore down the American flag, replacing it with a black Islamist flag. In Libya, rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the consulate from a nearby farm. The attack killed the visiting U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens[3], Glen Doherty a security officer, Sean Smith a United States Foreign Service Information Management Officer, and Tyrone S. Woods a former U.S. Navy Seal, ten Libyan police officers, and two others. The protest ended on September 27, 2012.

Deaths [change]

Members of U.S. diplomatic mission who died in Benghazi, Libya
Christopher Stevens Sean Smith Glen Anthony Doherty.jpg
Christopher Stevens,
U.S. Ambassador to Libya		 Sean Smith, U.S. Foreign Service
Information Management Officer		 Glen Doherty Tyrone S. Woods

Abou 75 people died during the attack, the most noble deaths were the ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens who died after he sufficated after a smoke granade was throne, Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods both died when there was a fire in the embassy, and Sean Smith also died when the smoke grande was thrown.

Other locations [change]

Other locations include:

Some of these locations were burning the United States flag and the Israeli flag.

International locations [change]

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References [change]

  1. ↑ Ambassador, victims got separated trying to escape to roof during attack, officials say CNN September 12, 2012
  2. ↑ "Filmmaker behind anti-Islamic movie 'not Israeli'". Yedioth Ahronot. September 12, 2012. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4280848,00.html. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ Kevin Dolak, Dean Schabner, Enjoli Francis and Anthony Castellano (September 12, 2012). "Ambassador to Libya Killed By 'Small and Savage Group'". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/International/US-ambassador-libya-christopher-stevens-killed-consulate-attack-benghazi/story?id=17215154. Retrieved September 12, 2012.

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