Encouraged by the lack of police or Egyptian military presence, they then climbed the walls, breached the compound, tore down the US flag, and raised one of their own.
Their flag was black and in Arabic said, "There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his messenger".
The black flag with those words is often used by Al Qaeda.
TV cameras showed the mobs ripping up the US flag, before burning the pieces.
Finally Egyptian police and military showed up, chasing the protesters off far enough to establish a cordon around the embassy.
As they showed up a volley was fired into the air, though it is unclear who fired the shots.
No word has come out as to where the police and troops were before then.
US Marines had likely been ordered to maintain the security of the buildings, allowing the grounds to be invaded in an effort to avoid making the incident worse.
The mob was supposedly upset over some American movie which mocks Mohammad, though no one is sure what movie that could be.
Hours later a mob in Benghazi, Libya burned the US consulate there, supposedly over the same movie.
Both attacks were likely organized by members of Al Qaeda, as the US remembers the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist group's attack on September 11.
No comments:
Post a Comment