Just like not all Americans are like the people who made the weird anti-Islam movie that is sparking protests in Muslim nations, not all people in Libya are like the ones who killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens. Some of the people of Benghazi, where Stevens was killed, held a demonstration against terrorism and to show sympathy for the U.S. Libya Alhurra TV, an Internet TV channel founded at the start of the Arab Spring in 2011, posted Facebook photos of a rally there showing support for America and sympathy for Stevens. Here are some of those pictures: 
 
 Update: With the help from The Atlantic's multilingual Heather Horn and some Facebook commenters, we have a few translations of the Arabic signs. 
 
 Update: In the photo above, the sign held by the man on the far left says "No to al Qaeda, no to violence, this is a youth revolution." (Update II: An astute commenter points out the word is "terrorism," not violence.) The middle one says, "No No No to Al Qaeda." The sign held by the boy on the right is hard to read at this angle, but says something against killing. 
 
 From the Facebook page of The Libyan Center for Documentation, more images of the demonstration: 
 
 Update III: Reader Aicha Benmansour writes in with some translations. Above, the sign held by the woman on the right "is a Quran verse that says something like: 'Is the reward of goodness but goodness?!' (humble tentative, it's difficult to translate Quran from divine to human words -- it means something like a reminder to reward good by good)." 
 
 Update: The Supreme Security Committee Interim Tripoli has more photos of pro-American demonstrations in Tripoli. 
 
 The Arabic phrase above "Islam against terrorism" says "No to violence." That's on a lot of the signs. 
 
 Twitter user @2011feb17 says these photos are from a counter-protest in Algeria square in Tripoli: 
 
 Update III: Benmansour explains the sign on the right approximately translates as, "We disapprove/condemn the humiliation of the prophet but NOT with Terrorism." 
 
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 WikiLeaks has been accused of crass self-centredness after it intimated that its founder Julian Assange's current refuge inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London in part explained or even justified Wednesday's attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi which killed the ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans. 
 
 A post on the official WikiLeaks Twitter feed, which is generally presumed to be operated by Assange, read: "By the US accepting the UK siege on the Ecuadorian embassy in London it gave tacit approval for attacks on embassies around the world." 
 
 As a series of other Twitter users objected to the language – one early response read: "@wikileaks you are losing supporters fast with comments like that." – the initial tweet was deleted, though not before some Twitter users saved images of it. 
 
 The tweet was then re-sent in two slightly amended forms, firstly: "By the US accepting the UK threat to storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London it helped to normalize attacks on embassies," and later: "By the UK threatening to breach the Ecuadorian embassy in London it helped to normalize attacks on embassies, in general. It must retract." 
 
 Yet another tweet attempted to explain the change, arguing that people had misunderstood the initial tweet because of the use of the "rare" term tacit. It read: "We have deleted and rephrased a previous tweet with the word 'tacit' in it, since the word is rare and was being misinterpreted." 
 
 Assange sought refuge in the London embassy in June so as to avoid extradition from the UK to Sweden, where he faces accusations of sexual misconduct. WikiLeaks supporters argue that Assange could then face further extradition to the US for trial over his role in publishing hundreds of thousands of leaked US government documents. Assange argues that in the US he could face the death penalty. The UK says he could not face extradition to America if execution were a possibility. 
 
 The matter remains at an impasse. The government of Ecuador has offered Assange permanent refuge in its country, but it remains unclear how he could get there. The embassy is guarded by a small number of UK police officers, something Twitter critics pointed out fell some way short of a "siege". 

 To Mr. Morsi, there was no mention of appreciation. Instead, the White House said in a separate but parallel statement that Mr. Obama “underscored the importance of Egypt following through on its commitment to cooperate with the United States in securing U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel.” 
 
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 President Obama, speaking in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, pointedly noted that Libyan authorities had tried to help the American effort to protect diplomats in Benghazi. “This attack will not break the bonds between the United States and Libya,” Mr. Obama said. The Libyans “helped some of our diplomats find safety, and they carried Ambassador Stevens’s body to the hospital, where we tragically learned he had died,” he added, referring to the envoy J. Christopher Stevens. 
 
 The president found less reason to be pleased with Egypt, historically the second-largest recipient of American foreign aid after Israel, at $2 billion a year. Mr. Morsi issued only a mild rebuke of the rioters — and on Facebook — while his movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, has called for a second day of protests against the lurid anti-Muslim video that set off the riots. And though the Egyptian police coordinated with American officials, Mr. Morsi waited 24 hours before issuing his statement against the militants who stormed the embassy; Libyan authorities issued immediate, unequivocal statements of regret for the bloodshed in Benghazi. 
 
 On Thursday, Mr. Morsi said in a televised statement that while he supported peaceful protests, it was wrong to attack people or embassies, Reuters reported. “Expressing opinion, freedom to protest and announcing positions is guaranteed but without assaulting private or public property, diplomatic missions or embassies,” he said. Reuters also said that he condemned the ambassador’s killing. 
 
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 Mr. Obama seemed to indicate that the American relationship with Egypt is evolving. “I don’t think that we would consider them an ally, but we don’t consider them an enemy,” he said in an interview with Telemundo that was broadcast Wednesday night on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. “I think it’s still a work in progress, but certainly in this situation, what we’re going to expect is that they are responsive to our insistence that our embassy is protected, our personnel is protected.” 
 
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 For the United States, “politically the bigger issue is Egypt,” said Martin S. Indyk, a former United States ambassador to Israel. “On the one hand, you didn’t have Americans getting killed, but this was the fourth time an embassy was assaulted in Cairo with the Egyptian police doing precious little,” Mr. Indyk said. “And where was President Morsi’s condemnation of this?” 
 
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 Several foreign policy experts said they worried that Mr. Morsi was putting appeasement of his country’s Islamist population ahead of national security. That comes on top of other moves by his government, including restrictions on press freedom and squabbling with Israel over how to crack down on terrorists taking root in the Sinai Peninsula. 
 
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 While the killing of Mr. Stevens is a “tragedy,” said Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa program director at the International Crisis Group, “in the longer term, Libya mainly is a problem for Libyans.” What happens in Egypt, by contrast, from “popular attitudes toward the U.S., to its domestic economy, to relations between the Muslim Brotherhood and the army, to relations between Cairo and Jerusalem, to the situation in Sinai, will profoundly affect the region, and so will profoundly affect America’s posture in the region,” he said. 
 
 What makes Egypt’s uncertain course so vexing for the White House is that Mr. Obama, more than any other foreign leader, has sided again and again with the Arab street in Cairo, even when it meant going expressly against the wishes of traditional allies, including the Egyptian military, the Persian Gulf states and Israel. 
 
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 As recently as June, Mr. Obama was calling on the Egyptian military to quickly hand over power to the democratically elected civilian government — a move that helped Mr. Morsi, whose movement has called for greater use of Islamic law, assume power. At the same time, the administration was chastising the military, which has for 30 years served as the bulwark of a crucial American strategic interest in the Middle East: the 1979 Camp David peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. 
 
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 For anti-American unrest to erupt in Egypt after all that could reflect a deeper divergence of a once-staunch ally from the United States. Mr. Morsi’s belated reaction came after other actions that have troubled American officials, from his decision to attend a meeting of nonaligned countries in Tehran to his choice of China for one of his first overseas trips. Mr. Obama has pledged to forgive $1 billion in Egyptian debt. 
 
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 “How does the president go to the Hill and say, ‘We need to forgive $1 billion in Egyptian debt?’ “ said Steven A. Cook, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “The complication is that this is happening six weeks before the election. The things that the administration wants to do in Egypt have become a heavier lift.” 
 
 David Makovsky, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said: “There are some real serious questions about the direction of the Egyptian government. Some of this will be submerged because of the election, but it is likely to come back later.” 
 
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 The violence in Libya and Egypt reinforces what has been true from the start of the Arab uprisings last year: These are homegrown popular movements over which the United States has at best limited influence. 
 
 The odds of success may be greater in Libya, some analysts said, since that country’s problems are rooted in a lack of effective governance and security problems with a heavily armed populace, rather than in a newly empowered movement with a long history of suspicion of the United States. 
 
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 The killing of Mr. Stevens sets back American efforts to help Libya with its transition, officials said, but only because he was such a tireless figure in this work. 
 
 “Libya’s public is quite pro-American, so it might produce a backlash against those responsible,” said Dennis B. Ross, a former senior adviser on the Middle East in the White House. 
 
 In Egypt, by contrast, Mr. Ross said: “Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood continue to live according to their own reality. If they want to attract any amount of economic support and investment from the outside, they’re going to have to create an environment of security.” 

 FILE - U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens stands in the lobby of the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya in this April 11, 2011 file photo.... (Associated Press) 
 
 The Obama administration, roiled by the first killing of a U.S. ambassador in more than 30 years, is investigating whether the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a planned terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and not a spontaneous mob enraged over an anti-Islam YouTube video. 
 
 President Barack Obama declared in a White House appearance that the U.S. would "work with the Libyan government to bring to justice" those who killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. The attack on the Benghazi consulate was "a planned, coordinated, well-executed military style event," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said. 
 
 In a show of force, the Pentagon moved two warships to the Libyan coast. Officials said one destroyer, the USS Laboon, moved to a position off the coast Wednesday, and the destroyer USS McFaul was en route and should be stationed off the coast within days, increasing the number of Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean from four to five. 
 
 Officials said the ships, which carry Tomahawk cruise missiles, do not have a specific mission. But they give commanders flexibility to respond to any mission ordered by the president. 
 
 Pentagon spokesman George Little said, "Without commenting on specific ship movements, the United States military regularly takes precautionary steps when potential contingencies might arise in a given situation. That's not only logical in certain circumstances, it's the prudent thing to do." 
 
 At the same time, some 50 U.S. Marines headed to Libya to reinforce security at U.S. diplomatic facilities, initially at the American embassy in Tripoli, not Benghazi. 
 
 The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss troop movements. 
 
 White House press secretary Jay Carney said it was too early to judge whether the Benghazi attack was planned. 
 
 "I know that this is being investigated, and we're working with the Libyan government to investigate the incident. I would not want to speculate on that at this time," he said. Several Libyan security guards also were killed. 
 
 Rogers, R-Mich., said U.S. intelligence had not yet determined who was responsible, but added, "Our list is narrowing." 
 
 "When you see (such an attack), it wasn't some folks who had some guns in their garage and said let's shoot up the consulate," Rogers said in an interview Wednesday. 
 
 The FBI was sending evidence teams to Libya, said a law enforcement official. 
 
 Analysts are working on several different scenarios based on intelligence that could lead to a motive for the attack. Some concern the possibility of targeting high-ranking officials, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation. But none of the intelligence has suggested terrorists would specifically target Stevens, said the official who also spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation. 
 
 The attack in Libya, which came hours after a mob stormed the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and tore down the U.S. flag, was presumed to have been triggered by a movie, whose trailer has gone viral on YouTube, depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad in disrespectful ways. In an extraordinary move, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called anti-Islamic preacher Terry Jones and asked him to stop promoting the film. A spokeswoman said the church would not show the film Wednesday evening. 
 
 "Make no mistake. Justice will be done," a somber Obama pledged at the White House, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at his side. 
 
 He ordered increased security at U.S. diplomatic missions overseas, particularly in Libya, and said he condemned "in the strongest possible terms the outrageous and shocking" attack. Clinton said she was particularly appalled that the attack took place in Benghazi, which the U.S. had helped liberate from dictator Moammar Gadhafi during the Arab Spring revolution in Libya last year. 
 
 Three Americans were wounded, U.S. officials said. 
 
 The aftermath of the two attacks also stirred the U.S. presidential campaign, where until Wednesday, foreign policy had taken a back seat to the struggling economy. 
 
 The Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, criticized the administration for statements issued before and after the Cairo attacks that expressed sympathy for those insulted by the video. But he in turn was criticized for turning a tragedy too quickly into political fodder, and getting key details wrong. And his account didn't mesh completely with events in Cairo. 
 
 The embassy statement that he referred to as akin to an apology was issued at midday on Tuesday in Cairo at a time the embassy staff was aware of still-peaceful demonstrations in the area nearby. It was four or five hours later when the mob breached the compound's walls and tried to burn a U.S. flag. 
 
 Obama told CBS' "60 Minutes" that Romney "seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later." 
 
 Obama and Clinton made a rare joint visit to the State Department, where grieving colleagues of Stevens and the other three Americans killed in Benghazi gathered in a courtyard. The president also ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff at government and military buildings and vessels around the world until sunset on Sept. 16. Flags had already been lowered in many places to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 attacks. 
 
 Clinton denounced those who might kill over an insulting movie. 
 
 "There is no justification for this," Clinton said. "None. Violence like this is no way to honor religion or faith and as long as there are those who would take innocent life in the name of God, the world will never know a true and lasting peace." 
 
 Underscoring the administration's frustration, Clinton wondered aloud about the attack in Benghazi, which Gadhafi had once threatened to destroy. 
 
 "This is not easy," she said. "Today, many Americans are asking, indeed I asked myself, how could this happen? How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction? This question reflects just how complicated and, at times, just how confounding, the world can be." 
 
 "But we must be clear-eyed in our grief," she said, saying the attack was carried out by a "small and savage group" not representative of the Libyan people. She noted that Libyan security guards had tried to fight off the attackers, had carried Stevens' body to the hospital and led other consulate employees to safety. 
 
 Stevens, a 52-year-old career diplomat, was killed after he became separated from other American officials during the consulate attack. It's unclear when he died: He was taken by Libyans to a hospital, and his remains were delivered hours later to U.S. officials at the Benghazi airport. 
 
 Stevens is the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in an attack since 1979, when Ambassador Adolph Dubs was killed in Afghanistan. 
 
 Three other Americans were also killed and the State Department identified one of them as Sean Smith, an Air Force veteran who had worked as an information management officer for 10 years in posts such as Brussels, Baghdad and Pretoria. Smith was also well-known in the video game community. 
 
 The identities of the others were being withheld pending notification of relatives. 
 
 "The mission that drew Chris and Sean and their colleagues to Libya is both noble and necessary, and we and the people of Libya honor their memory by carrying it forward," Clinton said. 
 
 Stevens spoke Arabic and French and had already served two tours in Libya, including running the office in Benghazi during the revolt against Gadhafi. He was confirmed as ambassador to Libya by the Senate earlier this year. 
 
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 Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn, Bradley Klapper, Kimberly Dozier, Eileen Sullivan and Lolita C. Baldor contributed to this report. 

 SANAA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and American warships headed towards Libya after the U.S. ambassador there was killed in related violence this week. 
 
 In Libya, authorities said they had made four arrests in the investigation into the attack that killed ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americas in Benghazi on Tuesday. 
 
 President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to justice those responsible for the Benghazi attack, which U.S. officials said may have been planned in advance, possibly by an al Qaeda-linked group. 
 
 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington had nothing to do with the crudely made film posted on the Internet, which she called “disgusting and reprehensible.” 
 
 The amateurish production, entitled the “Innocence of Muslims,” and originating in the United States, portrays Mohammad as a womanizer, a homosexual and a child abuser. 
 
 For many Muslims, any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous and caricatures or other characterizations have in the past provoked violent protests across the Muslim world. 
 
 Demonstrations spread further on Thursday, with U.S. embassies again the targets of popular anger among Muslims questioning why the United States has failed to take action against the makers of the film. 
 
 Hundreds of Yemenis broke through the main gate of the heavily fortified U.S. embassy compound in the capital Sanaa, shouting “We sacrifice ourselves for you, Messenger of God.” They smashed windows of security offices outside the embassy and burned cars. 
 
 A security source said at least 15 people were wounded, some by gunfire, before the government ringed the area with troops. 
 
 In Egypt, protesters hurled stones at a police cordon around the U.S. embassy in central Cairo after climbing into the embassy compound and tearing down the American flag. The state news agency said 13 people were hurt in violence which erupted late on Wednesday, following initial protests on Tuesday. 
 
 Around 200 demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Kuwait shouting slogans such as “God is great.” They hoisted banners, one of which bread in English: “USA stop the bullshit. Respect us.” 
 
 Kuwaiti riot police encircled the crowd of men protesting peacefully in their traditional Kuwaiti dress. 
 
 On Thursday, the U.S. consulate in Berlin was partially evacuated after an employee fell ill on opening a suspicious envelope. Bangladeshi Islamists tried to march on the U.S. embassy in Dhaka and Iranian students protested in Tehran. 
 
 Earlier in the week, there were protests outside U.S. missions in Tunisia, Morocco and Sudan. 
 
 The U.S. ambassador to Libya was killed during a protest against the film on Tuesday at the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi when Islamists armed with guns, mortars and grenades staged military-style assaults on the mission and a safe house refuge. 
 
 A Libyan doctor at a Benghazi hospital said Stevens died of smoke inhalation. U.S. information technology specialist Sean Smith also died at the consulate, while two other Americans were killed when a squad of U.S. troops sent by helicopter from Tripoli to rescue diplomats from the safe house came under mortar attack. 
 
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 Stevens, 52, had spent a career operating in perilous places, mostly in the Arab world, and became the first American ambassador killed in an attack since Adolph Dubs, the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, died in a 1979 kidnapping attempt. 
 
 Tuesday’s incident, on what was the 11th anniversary of al Qaeda’s attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, has created an unwanted foreign policy crisis for Obama ahead of his bid for reelection in November. 
 
 Speaking at a campaign rally in Colorado on Thursday, Obama said he had ordered his administration to do whatever was necessary to protect Americans abroad and that aides had been in contact with other governments “to let them know they’ve got a responsibility to protect our citizens.” 
 
 The U.S. military dispatched two destroyers toward the Libyan coast, in what an official said was a move to give the administration flexibility for any future action. The first ship, the USS Laboon, was already in position and the other destroyer, the USS McFaul, was at least a day away, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. 
 
 “We don’t know if they are affiliated with a particular group or not, there are a lot of suspicions but the we have to go through with the investigation and find out who these people are and if they belong to a particular group, then we have to deal with that group.” 
 
 The U.S. military also dispatched a Marine Corps anti-terrorist team to boost security in Libya, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi was ousted in a U.S.-backed uprising last year. 
 
 Republican Mitt Romney, Obama’s challenger, criticized the government’s response to the crisis earlier this week, saying it was disgraceful to be seen to be apologizing for American values of free speech. 
 
 Obama’s campaign accused Romney of trying to score political points at a time of national tragedy and the challenger also provoked some criticism from within his own party. 
 
 Campaigning on Thursday, Romney stopped short of repeating the charge but said that under Obama the United States seemed to be at the mercy of world events rather than shaping them, and argued for a stronger military, at a time when U.S. armed forces are facing an unprecedented budget squeeze. 
 
 Obama’s administration again sought to calm Muslim tensions on Thursday. 
 
 Clinton said Washington rejected the film’s message absolutely, and added: “It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and provoke rage.” 
 
 At the same time, Clinton noted the history of religious tolerance in the United States and its commitment to freedom of speech and said there was no justification for people to respond with violence. 
 
 “I know it is hard for some people to understand why the United States cannot or does not just prevent these kinds of reprehensible videos from ever seeing the light of day,” she said. “I would note that in today’s world, with today’s technologies, that is virtually impossible. 
 
 “But even if it were possible our country does have a long tradition of free expression which is enshrined in our constitution and our law. And we do not stop individual citizens from expressing their views no matter how distasteful they may be,” she added. 
 
 Protesters break the windows of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa September 13, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 
 
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 Among the assailants in Benghazi, Libyans identified units of a heavily armed local Islamist group, Ansar al-Sharia, which sympathizes with al Qaeda and derides Libya’s U.S.-backed bid for democracy. 
 
 Former Libya militant commander Noman Benotman, now president of Britain’s Quilliam think tank, said Western officials were investigating a possible link with a paramilitary training camp about 100 miles south of the eastern Libyan town of Derna, near the Egyptian border. 
 
 U.S. officials said there were suggestions members of al Qaeda’s North Africa-based affiliate may have been involved. 
 
 Libya’s new Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagour confirmed arrests had been made in the investigation into the attack and more could be expected. 
 
 “We don’t know if they are affiliated with a particular group or not, there are a lot of suspicions but ... we have to go through with the investigation and find out who these people are and if they belong to a particular group, then we have to deal with that group.” 
 
 “We ... assure the people that we are going after them, that we are going to bring them to justice and they have to be punished for their act. This is not acceptable. 
 
 A spokesman for Ansar al-Sharia denied it had played a role in the attack on the U.S. consulate and blamed the violence on firing on the protesters by consulate staff. 
 
 “It was a peaceful protest, and the firing on the protesters inflamed the situation and gave it a different course,” Hani Mansouri told a news conference in Benghazi. 
 
 At the same time, Mansouri said the United States should have had the wisdom to evacuate its ambassador on the September 11 anniversary as a precaution. 
 
 Yemen, a key U.S. ally, is home to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), viewed by Washington as the most dangerous branch of the militant network established by Osama bin Laden. 
 
 Clashes near the U.S. embassy there flared up on and off but died down as night fell. Residents living nearby said they feared more violent protests after Friday prayers. 
 
 “It is a dangerous situation,” one resident told Reuters. “I cannot wait until the morning to move my family to another neighborhood until the situation is totally calm.” 
 
 In Nigeria, the government put police on high alert and stepped up security around all foreign missions, also fearing an Islamist backlash, possibly after Friday prayers. 
 
 An actress in the California production that has provoked the unrest said the video as it appeared bore no resemblance to the original filming. She said she had not been aware it was about the Prophet Mohammad. 
 
 Many Muslim states focused their condemnation on the film and will be concerned about preventing a repeat of the fallout seen after publication in a Danish newspaper of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. This touched off riots in the Middle East, Africa and Asia in 2006 in which at least 50 people were killed. 
 
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called the making of the movie a “devilish act” but said he was certain those involved in its production were a very small minority. 
 
 The U.S. embassy in Kabul has appealed to Afghan leaders for help in “maintaining calm” and Afghanistan ordered the YouTube site shut down so Afghans would not be able to see the film. YouTube, owned by Google Inc, said it would not remove the clip but had blocked access in Egypt and Libya. 
 
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 Libyan leader Mohammed Magarief and Yemeni President Mansour Hadi both apologized to the United States over the attacks and Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi condemned them on television while also rejecting any “insult to the Prophet”. 
 
 Russian President Vladimir Putin, a sharp critic of last year’s Western military intervention in Libya and of Western backing for Syria’s rebels, called Stevens’ death a tragedy and said he believed Western support for rebels in Arab countries was causing chaos. 

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 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – A Kashmiri activist shouts anti-U.S. slogans during a protest Friday in Srinagar, India. Hide Caption 26 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani protesters walk near a burning police bunker as demonstrators attempt to reach the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on Thursday, September 20. Hide Caption 27 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – A Pakistani protester throws a tear gas shell back toward police on Thursday. Hide Caption 28 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani demonstrators carry an injured person on Thursday. Hide Caption 29 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani riot policemen hold back lawyers shouting anti-U.S. slogans as they attempt to reach the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday, September 19. More than 30 people have been killed around the world during more than a week of attacks and violent protests linked to a controversial film seen as insulting to the Prophet Mohammed. Hide Caption 30 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – A Pakistani lawyer wraps a U.S. flag onto his shoe in Islamabad on Wednesday. Hide Caption 31 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Police try to stop Pakistani lawyers crawling under a barrier as they try to reach the U.S. Embassy in the diplomatic enclave during a protest against an anti-Islam movie in Islamabad on Wednesday. Hide Caption 32 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani Muslims shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest against an anti-Islam movie in Karachi on Wednesday. The Pakistan government has declared Friday a national holiday in honor of the Prophet Mohammed and called for peaceful protests against the film. Hide Caption 33 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani police stand guard on a blocked street in front of the U.S. Consulate during a protest in Lahore on Wednesday. Hide Caption 34 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani activists of the hard line Sunni party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) offer prayers near the U.S. Consulate on Wednesday in Lahore. Hide Caption 35 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Lebanese army soldiers secure the area around the French ambassador's residence in Beirut on Wednesday. France has ordered special security measures around its embassies and schools because of fears of a hostile reaction to a magazine's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the foreign ministry said. Hide Caption 36 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Supporters of Hezbollah hold a picture depicting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and chant the slogan "God is Great" during a mass rally in Tyre, Lebanon, on Wednesday. Thousands of Lebanon's Hezbollah followers protested against the United States and France for a film and cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed. Hide Caption 37 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Members of Justice and Prosperous Party attend a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. Hide Caption 38 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – An Indian Muslim student hits a burning effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest in Kolkata on Wednesday. Hide Caption 39 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Masked Palestinians are seen during clashes with Israeli security forces in Shuafat refugee camp, Jerusalem, on Tuesday, September 18. Hide Caption 40 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Indian Muslims burn an American flag with a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama as they protest against a U.S.-made anti-Islam film on Tuesday, September 18, near the U.S. Consulate in Chennai. About 5,000 people have gathered in front of the building. Google India has already blocked access to the film, which the government has condemned as "offensive." Hide Caption 41 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani Sunni Muslims march during a protest against the anti-Islam movie in Peshawar on Tuesday. Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of more than 2,000 protesters trying to reach the U.S. Consulate in northwest Pakistan. Hide Caption 42 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Palestinian protesters throw stones at Israeli security forces during clashes that erupted after a demonstration against an amateur anti-Islam film in Shuafat refugee camp, Jerusalem, on Tuesday. Hundreds of Palestinians protesting against the movie clashed with Israeli border police in East Jerusalem, hurling stones and firebombs at a checkpoint, the military and reporters said. Hide Caption 43 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Israeli border policemen fire tear gas toward Palestinian protesters on Tuesday. Hide Caption 44 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Kashmiri Muslim demonstrators shout anti-U.S. and Israeli slogans before a clash with Indian police during a protest and one-day strike called by several religious and political organizations in Srinagar on Tuesday. Hide Caption 45 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Firefighters attempt to extinguish the flames in an Indian police vehicle as protesters clash with police during a protest and in Srinagar, Kashmir, on Tuesday. Hide Caption 46 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – A Kashmiri Muslim boy jumps over a burning tire set up as a roadblock during Tuesday's demonstration Srinagar. Hide Caption 47 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Kashmiri Muslims throw stones at Indian police during a protest on Tuesday in Srinagar. Hide Caption 48 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Muslim women shout Islamic slogans in Srinagar on Tuesday. Hide Caption 49 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Thai Muslims shout slogans during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday. Hide Caption 50 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah group march during a rally in southern Beirut to denounce the film mocking Islam on Monday, September 17. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, who made a rare public appearance at the rally, has called for a week of protests across the country over the film, describing it as the "worst attack ever on Islam." Hide Caption 51 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Sunni Muslims burn a U.S. flag during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday. Protests entered their second week, with demonstrators taking to the streets in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Lebanon. Hide Caption 52 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani Shiite Muslims shout anti-American slogans Monday in Lahore. Hide Caption 53 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Afghan riot police are reflected through a window during an anti-U.S. protest Monday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Protesters attacked police along a road leading to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Hide Caption 54 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Afghan police leave Jalalabad Road following an anti-U.S. protest Monday in Kabul. Hide Caption 55 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Barricades of tires burn Monday in Kabul. Hide Caption 56 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Indonesian anti-riot police arrest a protester Monday outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta. Monday's demonstrations come nearly a week after protests erupted in Egypt and Libya, spreading to more than 20 nations. Hide Caption 57 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – An Indonesian protester runs through smoke Monday outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta. Hide Caption 58 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani lawyers shout anti-American slogans as they march Monday in Lahore. Hide Caption 59 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani activists shout slogans in Islamabad on Sunday, September 16. Hide Caption 60 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani protestors hold banners and shout anti-U.S. slogans in Karachi on Sunday. Hide Caption 61 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand near a burning police van during an anti-U.S. protest organized by Pakistani Shiite Muslims in Karachi on Sunday. Hide Caption 62 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Supporters of Pakistan's outlawed Islamic hard-line group Jamaat ud Dawa shout anti-U.S. slogans during a rally against an anti-Islam movie in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday. Hide Caption 63 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – A protester climbs on a gate of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday. Hide Caption 64 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani protesters march toward the U.S. Consulate in Karachi on Sunday. Hide Caption 65 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Protesters attack a police van outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi on Sunday. Hide Caption 66 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani police fire tear gas shells toward the protesters in Karachi on Sunday. Hide Caption 67 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – An Afghan youth shouts slogans during an anti-U.S. protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. Hide Caption 68 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, head of Pakistan's outlawed Islamic hard-line group Jamaat ud Dawa, addresses supporters in Lahore on Sunday. Hide Caption 69 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – A protester hits a policeman with a pole in Sydney's central business district on Saturday, September 15. Anger over an anti-Islam video, "The Innocence of Muslims," spread to Australia on Saturday, and protesters took to the streets of the country's capital. Hide Caption 70 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – A man assists a young protester after capsicum spray was used by police near the U.S. Consulate General in central Sydney on Saturday. Hide Caption 71 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide – A policeman, injured by protesters, is assisted by colleagues in central Sydney on Saturday. Hide Caption 72 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – A Tunisian firefighter works inside a destroyed school building in the grounds of the American school in Tunis, Tunisia, on Saturday. Four people were killed and almost 50 injured in an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tunis the day before by protesters angry over an anti-Islam film, the health ministry said. Hide Caption 73 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – A burned bus sits in the grounds of the American school in Tunis on Saturday. Hide Caption 74 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – A woman collects books from a classroom in the American school in Tunis on Saturday. Hide Caption 75 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – Muslim protesters holding shoes and brooms shout anti-U.S. slogans on Saturday during a protest against the film they consider blasphemous to Islam near the U.S. Consulate-General in Chennai, India. Hide Caption 76 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – Supporters of Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami shout slogans during a protest on Saturday in Khyber Agency, Pakistan. The Pakistani parliament passed a resolution on Thursday condemning "The Innocence of Muslims" and urged the U.S. to take appropriate action. Hide Caption 77 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – Supporters of Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami shout slogans during a protest in Khyber Agency on Saturday. Hide Caption 78 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – Pakistani Muslims burn a U.S. flag during a protest rally in Islamabad on Saturday. The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday issued a call to young Muslims worldwide and within the country to rise up against an anti-Islam movie. Hide Caption 79 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – Mourners shout slogans during the funeral of a protester who was killed two days ago during clashes with security forces at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday . According to media reports, at least four people were killed when hundreds of Yemeni protesters stormed the embassy on Wednesday. Hide Caption 80 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – Smoke billows from the burning German Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, as a policeman stands next to a man preparing to extinguish the fire caused by protesters the anti-Islam film. Around 5,000 protesters in the Sudanese capital stormed the embassies of Britain and Germany, which were torched and badly damaged. Hide Caption 81 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – A Sudanese protester, right, takes off his clothes to show policemen that he is unarmed during a protest in Khartoum on Friday. Two protesters were killed as security forces used tear gas against thousands of demonstrators trying to approach the U.S. mission after storming the British and German embassies. Hide Caption 82 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Muslims hold demonstrations worldwide – A Jordanian protester holds an Islamic book near the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, on Friday. Hundreds of members of Jordanian Salafi Movement gathered after Friday noon prayers in protest of a controversial anti-Islam film. Hide Caption 83 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Police stand guard near protesters near the U.S. Consulate General in Sydney on Saturday, September 15. Hide Caption 84 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Protesters clash with police on a street in Sydney's central business district on Saturday. Hide Caption 85 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Indian policemen walk past smashed windows of the U.S. Consulate building, caused by a mob of demonstrators protesting against an anti-Islam film, in Chennai, India, on Friday, September 14. Hide Caption 86 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Tunisian protesters try to storm the U.S. Embassy in Tunis on Friday. Hide Caption 87 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A Tunisian protester holds an Al-Qaeda affiliated flag amid the smoke coming from the tear gas fired by riot police outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis on Friday. Hide Caption 88 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Yemeni riot policemen stand guard at a crossroad leading to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Friday. Hide Caption 89 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Yemeni protesters burn a U.S. flag on a street leading to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Friday, September 14. Hide Caption 90 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Yemeni protesters shout during a demonstration near the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Friday. Hide Caption 91 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Yemeni protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by riot police in Sanaa on Friday. Hide Caption 92 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Jordanian protesters burn a U.S. flag near the U.S. Embassy in Amman on Friday. Hide Caption 93 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Jordanian protesters shout in Amman on Friday. Hide Caption 94 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Israeli police officers stand behind their shields during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in a demonstration against an anti-Islam film in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday. Hide Caption 95 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Israeli police arrest a Palestinian protester on Friday. Hide Caption 96 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Boys inspect fast food chains Hardee's and KFC after they were torched during a protest in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday. Hide Caption 97 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Bangladeshi Muslims attempt to break a police barricade during a protest in Dhaka on Friday. Hide Caption 98 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Supporters of Jamat ud Dawa shout during a protest against an anti-Islam video in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Friday. Hide Caption 99 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A Muslim protester defaces a mural on a wall of the U.S. Consulate in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Friday. Hide Caption 100 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Muslim protesters burn a U.S. flag outside the U.S. Consulate in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Friday. Hide Caption 101 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Muslim protesters shout outside the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday. Hide Caption 102 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Pakistani soldiers hold back protesters attempting to reach the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on Friday. Hide Caption 103 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – An Egyptian protester throws a tear gas canister toward riot police during clashes near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Friday. Hide Caption 104 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A Sudanese demonstrator burns a German flag after torching the German Embassy in Khartoum on Friday. Hide Caption 105 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Protesters throw stones toward riot police during clashes along a road leading to the U.S. Embassy near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, September 14. Hide Caption 106 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A riot police officer shouts a warning during clashes in Cairo on Friday. Hide Caption 107 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Protesters chant during a march to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, September 13. One protester was killed in clashes when Yemeni security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who gathered around and inside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. Hide Caption 108 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A protester shouts after sustaining injuries in a confrontation with riot police who fired tear gas outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Thursday. Hide Caption 109 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Protesters carry flags that read "There is no God but Allah, Mohammed is Allah's messenger" and chant during a protest in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Thursday. Hide Caption 110 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Palestinians protest the movie "Innocence of Muslims" in front of the Legislative Council in Gaza City on Thursday. Hide Caption 111 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Iranian demonstrators chant anti-American slogans during a demonstration on Thursday in front of the Swiss Embassy, which serves as the U.S. interests section in Iran, in Tehran. Hide Caption 112 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – An Iranian police officer shows a victory sign during Thursday's demonstration in Tehran. Hide Caption 113 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Supporters of Sunni Muslim Salafist leader Ahmad al-Assir burn Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest in Sidon, Lebanon, on Thursday. Hide Caption 114 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Kuwaiti police stand guard as hundreds of demonstrators protest near the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City on Thursday. Hide Caption 115 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Arab-Israeli men wave green Islamic flags with the Muslim profession of belief: "There is no God but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God" during a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy on Thursday in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hide Caption 116 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptian protesters throw stones at riot police during clashes near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Thursday. Hide Caption 117 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Riot police take cover from stones thrown by protesters on Thursday. Hide Caption 118 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptian protesters help a man who inhaled tear gas during clashes at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Thursday. Hide Caption 119 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A burned-out pickup sits between Egyptian protesters and riot police in Cairo on Thursday. Hide Caption 120 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptian protesters take cover during clashes with riot police on Thursday. Hide Caption 121 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – An Egyptian protester wears a makeshift mask and helmet for protection while fighting riot police on Thursday. Hide Caption 122 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes on Thursday. Hide Caption 123 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – An Egyptian riot police officer fires tear gas toward protesters during clashes Thursday with police near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Hide Caption 124 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Iraqi protesters burn Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest Thursday. The U.S. ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three others were killed during a protest outside the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday. Hide Caption 125 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptian protesters clash with riot police Thursday near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Hide Caption 126 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Iranians protest against a film mocking Islam near the Swiss Embassy in Tehran on Thursday. Up to 500 people chanted "Death to America!" and death to the director of the movie, which was made in the United States. The demonstration ended peacefully in two hours. Hide Caption 127 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – An Egyptian protester throws a tear gas canister at riot police Thursday during clashes near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Hide Caption 128 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Police use tear gas on crowds protesting Thursday outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Hide Caption 129 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames Tuesday, September 11. Hide Caption 130 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A vehicle and the surrounding area are engulfed in flames after it was set on fire inside the compound on Tuesday. Hide Caption 131 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames Tuesday night. Hide Caption 132 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Yemeni protesters gather around a fire Thursday during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in the capital of Sanaa. Yemeni forces fired warning shots to disperse the thousands of protesters approaching the main gate of the mission. Hide Caption 133 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Yemeni protesters try to break the security camera at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Thursday. Hide Caption 134 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptians shout slogans during a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Hide Caption 135 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptian protesters gather in front of the U.S. Embassy the morning after it was vandalized by protesters during a demonstration on Wednesday in Cairo. Hide Caption 136 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Protesters shout outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, on Wednesday, September 12. Hide Caption 137 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A group of protesters attend a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis on Wednesday. Hide Caption 138 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A demonstrator walks on a U.S. flag during a Wednesday's demonstration at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis. Hide Caption 139 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – People inspect the damage at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday, the day after four people were killed. Hide Caption 140 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptian demonstrators continue to stake out the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Wednesday. Hide Caption 141 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Police confront protesters praying in front of the U.S. Embassy in Casablanca, Morocco, during a rally against the anti-Islam film on Wednesday. Hide Caption 142 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Moroccan women gather near the U.S. Embassy in Casablanca on Wednesday. Hide Caption 143 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A Palestinian man holds a placard praising Islam's prophet Mohammed during a demonstration against the film on Wednesday in front of the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City. Hide Caption 144 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Palestinian men burn the American flag during Wednesday's demonstration in Gaza City. Hide Caption 145 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – A man waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames inside the U.S. Consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, late on Tuesday, September 11. Hide Caption 146 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is set on fire during a protest. Armed gunmen attacked the compound on Tuesday evening, clashing with Libyan security forces before the latter withdrew as they came under heavy fire. Hide Caption 147 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Hide Caption 148 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – People stand around a drawing that says "Remember your black day 11 September" during the protest in Cairo. Hide Caption 149 of 157 
 
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 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Protesters pull down a U.S. flag. Hide Caption 152 of 157 
 
 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Thousands were angered by the controversial film. Hide Caption 153 of 157 
 
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 Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings – Egyptian riot police stand guard as protesters climb down from the wall. Hide Caption 155 of 157 

 Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi apologized for the attack on the U.S. embassy in Cairo today and promised to defend it in the future, but only after a tense phone call with Barack Obama. Morsi, who is traveling in Europe on his first visit there since taking office, condemned the incident on Tuesday when protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy and tore down its flag, but the Egyptian leader also condemned the filmmaker whose online video started all the trouble. Morsi asked President Obama to "put an end to such behavior." 
 
 Obama also spoke to the presidents of Libya this morning and "expressed appreciation for the cooperation" that country has offered and "reaffirmed our support for Libya's democratic transition." Contrast that with Egypt, where the White House says he "underscored the importance of Egypt following through on its commitment." The fact that it took Morsi almost a full 24 hours to make a declaration on the incident and than to only offer mild criticism of the rioters is not sitting well in Washington, where concern over the new government are worrying U.S. officials. 
 
 A New York Times report published this morning details how the Americans are much more concerned about the direction that Egypt is heading in, then they are about Libya, where the new government is much more closely aligned with the U.S. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood party continues to stoke anger of anti-Muslim video and the failure of the second-largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid to protect the embassy has upset the Americans. 
 
 The ironic trade-off facing with the new Egypt is that as the country becomes more democratic, its interests are more likely to diverge from the United States. While the old regime of Hosni Mubarak was terrible on regular Egyptians, he was a reliable partner to the U.S. Now that there's an elected president, Morsi seems more like to keep the hardliners in his country happy, then the benefactors in Washington. (A recent op-ed in The Washington Post on Morsi's September 11 "truther" musings only underscores that problem.) 
 
 As the President made clear in a TV interview yesterday, Egypt may not be our enemy, but they aren't certainly aren't acting like much of a friend. 
 
 Want to add to this story? Let us know in comments or send an email to the author at dbennett at theatlantic dot com. You can share ideas for stories on the Open Wire. 
 
 Dashiell Bennett 

 Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi vowed Thursday not to allow attacks on foreign embassies in Cairo, saying the Egyptian people reject such "unlawful acts." 
 
 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, greets Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi prior to a meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia... (Associated Press) 
 
 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, center right, walks with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, center left, prior to a meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Sept. 13,... (Associated Press) 
 
 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, greets Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi prior to a meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia... (Associated Press) 
 
 Speaking during a visit to the European Union in Brussels, Morsi said he had spoken to President Barack Obama and condemned "in the clearest terms" the Tuesday attacks on the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi in which the ambassador and three other Americans died. 
 
 Crowds protesting at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo the same day climbed its walls and tore down an American flag, which they replaced briefly with a black, Islamist flag. 
 
 Officials were investigating whether the Libya rampage was a backlash to an anti-Islamic video with ties to Coptic Christians or a plot to coincide with the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. 
 
 Morsi, who was making his first visit to the West, also harshly criticized the film. 
 
 "We condemn strongly ... all those who launch such provocations and who stand behind that hatred," Morsi said, adding that he had asked Obama "to put an end to such behavior." 
 
 On Thursday, angry protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, tearing down and burning the U.S. flag, in a scene reminiscent of the Cairo incident. 
 
 During a joint press conference, European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said the EU is prepared to make available (EURO)500 million ($645 million) in financial assistance to Egypt to support the consolidation of democracy. 
 
 Morsi, who is hoping to carry out structural reforms to overhaul Egypt's ailing economy, is seeking a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, but more could be required. 
 
 The two men also urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down in order to end the escalating civil war in that country. 
 
 "We are also adamant that Assad should go," Barroso said. "We need a transition to an inclusive democracy." 
 
 Morsi interrupted to add that this was "completely agreed upon." 

 President Obama called the presidents of Libya and Egypt overnight to discuss the attacks on U.S. embassies, including the one in Libya that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. 
 
 The president may soon be dealing with another foreign crisis: There are reports that protesters in Yemen are storming the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. 
 
 In his call with President Mohamed Magariaf of Libya, Obama thanked him "for extending his condolences for the tragic deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, and two other State Department officers in Benghazi," said a White House statement. 
 
 Obama "also expressed appreciation for the cooperation we have received from the Libyan government and people in responding to this outrageous attack, and said that the Libyan government must continue to work with us to assure the security of our personnel going forward," the White House said. 
 
 The statement added that the president "reaffirmed our support for Libya's democratic transition, a cause Ambassador Stevens believed in deeply and did so much to advance." 
 
 Mobs also attacked the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, prompting a call from Obama to Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. 
 
 "Given recent events, and consistent with our interest in a relationship based on mutual interests and mutual respect, President Obama underscored the importance of Egypt following through on its commitment to cooperate with the United States in securing U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel," said a White House readout. 
 
 Obama referenced the online anti-Islam film that may have triggered some of the protests. 
 
 The president said that he rejects efforts to denigrate Islam, but underscored that there is never any justification for violence against innocents and acts that endanger American personnel and facilities," said the White House readout. "President Morsi expressed his condolences for the tragic loss of American life in Libya and emphasized that Egypt would honor its obligation to ensure the safety of American personnel." 
 
 As for the deadly attack in Libya, U.S. officials are looking into the possibility of a pre-planned attack, using the anti-Islam film as cover.
– Violence in Egypt continued today as protesters upset about an anti-Islam film clashed with police around the US Embassy in Cairo, Reuters reports. At least 13 people have been injured; CNN reports that six of those are police officers. At the European Union today for his first Western visit, President Mohamed Morsi denounced the Cairo attacks and also condemned the related attacks on the US consulate in Libya, the AP reports. But it took him nearly a full day to do so, and his declaration came after a phone call with President Obama that the Atlantic Wire describes as "tense." During the call, Morsi denounced the film that sparked the violence and asked Obama "to put an end to such behavior." The White House is now more concerned about its relationship with Egypt than Libya, where US Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed, the New York Times reports; the US was already concerned about the direction of Morsi's Islamist government before his response to the attacks—which the Times describes as "tepid." More from Egypt and Libya: Two US warships are en route to Libya after Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the violence there, the AP reports. They will be stationed off the Libya coast. A fleet of Marines and military aircraft had already reportedly been sent. Not everyone in Libya is chanting against America: The Atlantic Wire has a touching photo gallery showing pro-American rallies, with signs like, "Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyans" and "Thugs and killers don't represent Benghazi nor Islam." The Obama administration is looking into the possibility that the Libya attack was a terrorist strike specifically planned for the September 11 anniversary, the AP reports. The White House definitely suspects the attack was planned, rather than the spontaneous actions of an angry mob. Meanwhile, WikiLeaks has a different idea on what spurred the attacks. "By the US accepting the UK siege on the Ecuadorian embassy in London [where Julian Assange is currently holed up] it gave tacit approval for attacks on embassies around the world," read a post on its official Twitter feed, the Guardian reports. After an uproar, the tweet was deleted and amended twice. First: "By the US accepting the UK threat to storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London it helped to normalize attacks on embassies." Then: "By the UK threatening to breach the Ecuadorian embassy in London it helped to normalize attacks on embassies, in general. It must retract." Protests have also broken out in Yemen, and of course, the backlash over Mitt Romney's response continues.