# Protesters storm US embasy...in Cairo??

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 11, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesters-storm-us-embasy-in-cairo/634420 "2012-09-11T18:53:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesters-storm-us-embasy-in-cairo/634420/181 "2012-09-14T18:16:51Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> And yet it _still_ did better than Sarah Palin’s movie.
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> Bazinga.

Hey now, careful with the usage! ‘Bazinga[sup] **®** [/sup]’ is an official trademark! 😉

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**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesters-storm-us-embasy-in-cairo/634420/182 "2012-09-15T14:52:39Z")

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According to one, dubious, source, the American ambassador was raped before he was murdered ([Lebanon news rape report on murdered U.S. amb. in Libya](http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2012/sep/13/picket-report-murdered-us-ambassador-libya-reporte/)). Unlikely, but then I also found it unlikely that the ambassador had been killed in the first place.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesters-storm-us-embasy-in-cairo/634420/183 "2012-09-15T15:12:53Z")

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Given that he was reportedly killed by a grenade launched from outside the building (dying of suffocation in the resulting fire), I’m not sure how that’s supposed to have worked. I’m going to say it’s bullshit.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesters-storm-us-embasy-in-cairo/634420/184 "2012-09-22T17:19:09Z")

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> [@XT](#):
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> Yeah, the Libyans seem to feel genuinely bad that some of their bad apples did this. And of all the political leaders in the region, I think that the stance taken by Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur and the Libyan government seems the most rational and helpful.

Yup…apparently they do.

Sorry to bring this thread back but seemed appropriate in light of this:

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> **Backlash against terrorist militias in Libya as crowds drive jihadists from base in revenge for death of U.S. ambassador**
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> Hundreds of protesters in Libya have launched an attack on the jihadist militia responsible for killing the U.S. ambassador last week.
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> The pro-American backlash on Friday night saw the Ansar al-Sharia Brigade driven out of its base in the city of Benghazi, where Chris Stevens and three other U.S. officials were murdered in an attack on the local consulate.
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> The unprecedented movement suggests that ordinary Libyans are rising up against Al Qaeda fighters who seek to hijack the democratic reforms of the Arab Spring.
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> SOURCE: [Libyan crowds drive jihadists from base in revenge for death of U.S. ambassador | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206994/Libyan-crowds-drive-jihadists-base-revenge-death-U-S-ambassador.html)

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