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Anti-American attacks, protests in Middle East (50 images)

In Libya, Islamic extremists killed the American ambassador as they stormed the American consulate in Benghazi in anger against the little known film by an amateur American filmmaker, deemed offensive to Islam and the Prophet Mohammad. Protests followed in Egypt, Yemen and Iran. UPI/Ahmed Jomaa



Egyptian protesters throw stones towards riot police during clashes near the US embassy in Cairo on September 13, 2012. Police used tear gas as they clashed with a crowd protesting outside the US embassy in Cairo against a film mocking Islam. UPI/Ahmed Jomaa
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Egyptian protesters throw stones towards riot police during clashes near the US embassy in Cairo on September 13, 2012. Police used tear gas as they clashed with a crowd protesting outside the US embassy in Cairo against a film mocking Islam. UPI/Ahmed Jomaa
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Egyptian protesters throw stones towards riot police during clashes near the US embassy in Cairo on September 13, 2012. Police used tear gas as they clashed with a crowd protesting outside the US embassy in Cairo against a film mocking Islam. UPI/Ahmed Jomaa
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Protesters burn tires during a protest march to the United States embassy in Sanaa in Yemen September 13, 2012. One protestor was killed in clashes when Yemeni security forces dispersed hundreds of angry demonstrators who gathered around and inside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Thursday as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world over a little known film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Mohammad. UPI/Mohammad Abdullah
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