Egyptian protesters burn US flag in Cairo on September 11
Just as travel advisories to Egypt have been lifted by the U.S. State Department amid conciliatory speeches about the importance of tourism in Egypt by new President Mohamed Morsi, a violent demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo saw protesters burning the U.S. flag on the anniversary of September 11, some of them screaming, "We are all Osama!"
Associated Press reports that the infuriated crowd of demonstrators gathered outside the Embassy, tore down a U.S. flag, attempted to burn it unsuccessfully and then tore it to pieces. They were protesting an independent Coptic Christian Egyptian director’s upcoming film about the Prophet Muhammad. The director lives in the United States. It is forbidden to physically depict the religious figure in Islam. The film has also provoked Islamic wrath worldwide by depicting the Prophet Muhammad in an unflattering way.
A similar crowd stormed the U.S. Consulate in Bengazhi in Libya, burning the actual embassy building and killing an American State Department staff member.
U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said in a public statement: "Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind."
Recently, Abercrombie & Kent announced a new complete Cairo to Aswan Nile cruise which was scheduled to start again in 2013 because of the historic lifting of security restrictions along the route.
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