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Anti-US protests rattle Mideast

Benghazi becomes 'no-fly' zone; Western missions in Tunisia, Sudan stormed; Marines fly to Yemen

Agencies
Anti-American rage sparked by a film that insulted Islam boiled over yesterday in at least half a dozen countries, as the United States stepped up security at diplomatic posts across the Middle East.
A platoon of Marines has been sent to Yemen to bolster security at the embassy and are now on the ground in Sanaa, the Pentagon said yesterday.
"This is partly a response to events over the past two days at our embassy in Yemen but it's also in part a precautionary measure," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters.
Meanwhile, it was announced in morning that all air space over the city of Benghazi has been closed due to unspecified "security fears”, The Atlantic Wire adds.
No one has said if that "no-fly" rule also includes the US surveillance drones that have reportedly been patrolling the skies over eastern Libya or if it has anything to do with the ongoing investigation.
The FBI is on the scene investigating any connection to local terrorist groups, an even though US military assets have been moved to the region, they are not yet involved in the hunt.
The no-fly zone is meant to last for at least 48 hours, so if there is any sort of military action planned it may come sooner than expected.
One of the worst riots took place in Sudan, where thousands converged on the German embassy and set it on fire, a journalist on the scene said. Some managed to get inside and pull down a German flag before police with tear gas forced the crowd to retreat.
Aware that protests were planned for Friday -- the FROM PAGE 20
Muslim holy day -- the United States beefed up security at its embassies and consulates across the Middle East.
The current unrest began Tuesday when outrage over a 14-minute American-made online video that mocks Islam sparked riots at the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four America consulate staffers were killed, including US ambassador Chris Stevens.
US authorities have discounted as false a producer's claims to news outlets that the filmmaker was an Israeli who made the movie with financing from more than 100 Jewish donors.
Israel's government denies that the film's maker is Israeli.
US officials suspect that a group sympathetic to al-Qaeda used the protests over the film as cover for the complex and well-coordinated attack on the consulate.
Since then, there has been more outrage and violent protests over the online film, which YouTube has restricted in certain countries.
Four people have been arrested in connection with the attack, although they were not directly tied to the killings, said Monem Elyasser, the chief aide to the Libyan prime minister.
Elyasser did not release the identities nor did he detail the allegations against the four people in custody.
The first of two US warships carrying guided missiles has arrived off the coast of Libya, and unmanned drones have been sent to help search for the killers. FRIDAY PROTESTS People have taken to the streets in more than half a dozen nations and territories to show their outrage about the film.
Egypt's influential and well-organised Muslim Brotherhood cancelled nationwide protests planned yesterday, it announced on Twitter, but said a demonstration planned for Cairo's Tahrir Square would go ahead.
At least 15 people were injured in demonstrations in Egypt yesterday, Health Ministry spokesman Mohamed Sultan said.
In Tunis, Tunisia, hundreds of protesters reached the gates of the US embassy despite police roadblocks leading up to the complex, an eyewitness said.
Police fired tear gas on the crowd, but protesters climbed the gates waving black flags, the witness said. Some got into the grounds, lowered the American flag from its pole and raised a black flag its place, an eyewitness said.
In the capital city, at least five protesters were wounded when police opened fire yesterday to quell an assault on the US embassy compound, a Reuters reporter said.
It was not immediately clear if police fired live rounds or rubber bullets. A
large fire erupted inside the compound which has been invaded by hundreds of people incensed by a US-made film that demeans the Prophet Mohammad. They smashed windows and set fire to trees.
In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, some of the 10,000 protesters that rallied at the Germany embassy managed to get inside and pull down a German flag before police with tear gas forced the crowds to retreat. The German mission is next to the British embassy, which is also facing protests, staff there said.
The FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security warned of a risk of an increase in violence "at home and abroad as the film continues to gain attention."