An Egyptian man described as “mentally disturbed” tried to break into Israel's El Al airline offices Wednesday at Cairo International Airport. Egyptian security sources said 30-year-old Mostafa Abdel-Latif “mumbled incomprehensibly” during interrogations following the attempted break-in. According to Al-Ahram's Arabic language news website, the perpetrator reportedly works at a medical facility in a remote area of
Note: Video footage, including a rousing speech made by the legendary Pamela Geller, as well as a moving speech by 9/11 mother Nelly Braginskaya, at Atlas Shrugs. Also, additional photos and footage are at the indefatigable Urban Infidel. If there was a single, overarching theme to the first Stop the Islamization of Nations Congress, it was
While we were conducting our hugely successful International Freedom Congress on free speech, our embassies were being viciously attacked in the jihadists' war on ..... free speech and freedom of conscience.The bloody irony is not lost on us. The Obama administration's apology for "religious incitement" and "hurting the feelings of Muslims" crystallizes the battle set before us.
About 500 demonstrators gathered Thursday near the U.S. embassy in Kuwait waving a black Al-Qaeda flag in protest at a film mocking Islam. President Barack “Obama, we are all Osama,” they chanted referring to Al-Qaeda’s former leader Osama bin Laden who was killed by U.S. forces last year, an AFP photographer at
An Iraqi militia that carried out some of the most prominent attacks on foreigners during the Iraq war on Thursday threatened U.S. interests in the country over a film that has triggered protests in Libya, Egypt and Yemen according to Reuters news agency. “The offence caused to the messenger (Prophet Mohammed)
American warships steamed towards Libya in the aftermath of the attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador and three others, U.S. officials said late Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to "bring to justice" the Islamist gunmen responsible and the U.S. military moved two navy destroyers towards the Libyan coast, in
In August, a Cairo court convicted 76 Egyptians who scaled the walls of the Israeli Embassy compound in Cairo and proceeded to thoroughly trash it. It was only in the 11th hour, at the intercession of President Barack Obama, that those Israelis who had barricaded themselves in a secure room were saved
Rioting has continued at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo for a third day, with 6 police officers and 13 protesters injured in the melee thus far. Demonstrators have been hurling rocks and firebombs at police and at the American embassy compound. Security personnel have been trying to disperse the mob, which gathered
The United States is evacuating most of its diplomatic staff from Libya and flying them to Germany, after an attack on its Benghazi consulate that left four dead, U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday. All diplomatic missions around the world have also been ordered to review their security, a senior U.S. official told journalists. He added
The U.S. Embassy has been attacked by a mob in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a, with "protesters" who ripped down the American flag. Hundreds have reportedly stormed into the embassy compound, tearing off the embassy's sign from the outer wall. Gunfire was allegedly exchanged between security guards and protesters, according to various media reports,
