?EVE Online? Community Mourns Death of Ambassador Killed in Libya Attacks
from Mashable! by Chelsea Stark
U.S. Drones Never Left Libya; Will Hunt Benghazi Thugs
from Wired Top Stories by Spencer Ackerman
The skies over Libya were clogged with U.S. Predator drones during last year’s war. But just because the war ended in October didn’t mean the drones went home. A Defense Department official tells Danger Room that the U.S. has kept drone flights flying over Libya, although the war that brought them there has been over for nearly a year.
Outrage over provocative film spreads, targets US
from Hurriyet Daily News
Anger over an anti-Islam film shows no signs of quieting down after an attack that killed four Americans as the US says it has nothing to do with the movie
Libya shuts Benghazi air space, Turkish plane returns home
from Hurriyet Daily News
A Turkish Airlines flight to Benghazi had to return to Turkey after air traffic was suspended for security reasons to Libya’s second city ..
Turkish PM slams anti-Muslim film, violent reactions
from Hurriyet Daily News
Insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad cannot be considered freedom of speech, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said today
Man believed to be “Innocence of Muslims” filmmaker once arrested for making PCP
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
White House Asks YouTube to Review ?Innocence of Muslims?
from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick
Libya: Sorry Chris, Benghazi Couldn’t Protect You
from Global Voices Online by Amira Al Hussaini
This post is part of our special coverage Libya Revolution 2011.
A small crowd of Libyans gathered in Al Shajara Square in Benghazi today [September 12, 2012] to protest against the attack on the US Consulate.
YouTube Blocks Access to Controversial Video in Egypt and Libya
from EFF.org Updates by Eva Galperin
In an unusual move, YouTube announced today that it was blocking access to a video showing clips from “The Innocence of Muslims”?an anti-Islamic film that depicts Prophet Mohammed as a philanderer who approves of child abuse?after the film sparked violent protests in Egypt and Libya.
The Strange Details of the YouTube Clip Sparking Mideast Protests
from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick
What Happened in Benghazi Was a Battle
from Wired Top Stories by Spencer Ackerman
It was not a simple mob that attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday, killing four Americans. Benghazi was the scene of a pitched battle, one in which unknown Libyan assailants besieged American diplomats with small-arms fire for over four hours, repelling several attempts by U.S. personnel to regain control of it.
At consulate in Libya, a model diplomat is lost
Los Angeles Times
Stevens relished contacts, even with some of the region’s unsavory personalities. In one of the U.S. diplomatic cables released by the WikiLeaks website, Stevens described Kadafi as “notoriously mercurial” but also, on occasion, “an engaging and
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