German, British embassy stormed by protestors [Sudan]

[Bosonic]

Source: Reuters

Sudanese police have used tear gas against protestors at the German embassy in Khartoum in an attempt to quell outrage over an anti-Islam film.

Sudan's police force fired tear gas on Friday in a bid to stop more than 5,000 demonstrators protesting against an anti-Islam film from storming the German and British embassies.

Protestors threw stones at the two neighboring embassies in Khartoum before they stormed the main gates of the German embassy. They attacked its facade and tore down the flag, replacing it with a black Islamist one before torching the building, one witness said.

Read more: http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16240827,00.html

[Blue_Tires]

1. What does Germany have to do with all this??

Something weird is going on now...This stopped being about some god-awful youtube clip a long time ago...

[Marrah_G]

3. Rather then looking to their own governments

These people are content to vent their anger over silly things, in a violent manner, towards people who have nothing to do with it.

[skeewee08]

4. I agree Blue_Tires

"Something weird is going on now" Yep

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. Oktoberfest is an affront to Islam

Using women as beasts of burden. No, wait, ...

[MissHoneychurch]

8. Nothing.

I guess it is for the sake of hate and violence.

[slackmaster]

9. Al Qaeda apparently wants Mitt Ronmey to win the election.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. "And what has Germany done to deserve this? ...

... The general view seems to be that its embassy (which is next door to the British one) is easier to reach than the US embassy."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/sep/14/friday-protests-anti-islam-us-film-live#block-505325c658f9cf283191bcd9

[skeewee08]

2. Now Germany & British...

did they show the you-tube video in their countries?????

[JaneyVee]

5. Obama's fault. in 3....2....1...

[Odin2005]

6. Religion makes you stupid.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. An email from Khartoum - head teacher of school

This is quite worrying. It appears that after prayers buses and trucks were on hand to transport people to the areas I have already identified.

We have just had afternoon prayers and again if you stand at the top of my school (I am the principal of Unity High School, famous for the Mohammed the Teddy Bear case).

You can see people being picked up by trucks and buses around the mosques. They may be going home, of course, and the streets are as quiet as ever on a typical Friday, save a few sirens. However that kind of organisation is not what I am used to here so I remain concerned.

I think we will know better after evening prayers but I am considering closing the school as a precaution for tomorrow

Apparently you could see the smoke from the German embassy from the school earlier, as we are quite close to it, but thankfully that seems to have died down.

Sorry this is somewhat disjointed – I am mainly reporting on what I have been told – I have no intention of going out and finding for myself!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/sep/14/friday-protests-anti-islam-us-film-live#block-50533857c0e3eb823e69471f

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. There may be another reason for anti-German feeling in Sudan

LJ Holly, Khartoum, Sudan, emails:

Just wanted to add that the attack on the German Embassy is the culmination of a week of anti-German demonstrations and articles in Sudan about a court ruling in Germany. The attacks regard that rather than the parallel YouTube film narrative. In addition, the British Embassy was not the focus for the protests, but the embassies share an entrance gate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19600542

I can't find anything specifying the court decision - the one about circumcision, perhaps?

[Tx4obama]

13. Kick! n/t