Mukasey: ‘It was as terrorist attack’
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey talks to CNN’s Piers Morgan about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.
Category: Riots and Protests
Pakistani protesters clash with police on Muslim “Day of Love”
(Reuters) – Demonstrators clashed with police in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday as anger over insults to the Prophet Mohammad boiled over despite calls from political and religious leaders across the Muslim...
Germany Closes Embassies in Muslim Countries
The German government expects further violence in the Muslim world following Friday prayers and will close its embassies in the region as a precaution. Personnel have been instructed to stay home and security may...
Pastors pledge to defy IRS, preach politics from pulpit ahead of election
More than 1,000 pastors are planning to challenge the IRS next month by deliberately preaching politics ahead of the presidential election despite a federal ban on endorsements from the pulpit. The defiant move, they...
US Ambassador’s Car Attacked in Beijing
The LA Times: The car of the U.S. ambassador to China was surrounded Tuesday by a small group of demonstrators who damaged the vehicle and briefly prevented it from entering the U.S. Embassy compound...
Pakistan declares national holiday for film protests
http://www.euronews.com/ Pakistan’s government has declared Friday a national holiday to allow protests against the anti-Islam film. The announcement came hours after hundreds of lawyers surrounded the Islamabad compound that houses the US Embassy on Wednesday....
Chicago Mayor Deal an ‘honest Compromise’
Chicago students return to school on Wednesday after a teachers’ strike ended, thrilling parents who had to stay home from work to care for their kids, pay for alternative childcare or leave them with...
4 injured after explosion at kosher store
PARIS (AP) — A French news agency is reporting that four people were injured when a small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb. The Sipa news agency says...
Bullets purchased by the DHS now adds up to a staggering 1.4 billion
Following controversy over its purchase of around 1.2 billion bullets in the last six months alone, the Department of Homeland Security has put out a new solicitation for over 200 million more rounds of...
France shutters 20 embassies as anti-Islam cartoon spurs fears of new backlash
A French magazine’s decision to publish cartoons depicting a naked Prophet Mohammad triggered a new wave of fears at embassies in Europe, even as anger at the west continued to sweep through the Muslim...
