CAIRO — More than a dozen Egyptian protesters, angry over what they called an anti-Muslim video, scaled the outer wall of the fortress-like U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and took down an American flag.And at the New York Times, "Obscure Film Mocking Muslim Prophet Sparks Anti-U.S. Protests in Egypt and Libya."
In its place, they raised a black flag that read: "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet" before Egyptian security forces sought to tame the crowd.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Egypt Protesters Scale U.S. Embassy Wall
At the Los Angeles Times, "Egypt protesters pull down US flag at embassy in Cairo."
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