Soldiers Open Fire to Disperse Nigeria Protesters
Source: Associated Press
Soldiers Open Fire to Disperse Nigeria Protesters
By AHMED SAKA Associated Press
JOS, Nigeria September 14, 2012 (AP)
Soldiers opened fire Friday to drive away young Muslims in central Nigeria protesting a film critical of the Prophet Muhammad, witnesses and authorities said, as demonstrators elsewhere in the county's Muslim north burned a U.S. flag.
The demonstrations in Jos, a city where hundreds have been killed in religious and ethnic violence, began after Friday prayers, witnesses said. Soldiers in the city, who have been on guard there since violence in 2010, followed after the youths, witnesses said.
The youths, some wearing white shirts that read "To Hell With America, To Hell With Israel," chanted slogans and called for the arrest of the makers of the film that has sparked protests across the Middle East and North Africa.
As the youths grew angry, soldiers fired assault rifles into the air to drive them away, said Capt. Mustapha Salisu, a spokesman for the military command in Jos. The soldiers dispersed the youths as demonstrations have been largely banned in the city since the violence, said Salisu.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)I truly feel the RW here in America meant to do this shit. You have them attacking the Muslim religion 24/7. I know these people see it on T.V. It seems the RW here in America want us to die in their GAWD's name.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)The blame rests on the killers and the rioters. I don't care what was in that heinous video.
Kindly Refrain
(423 posts)definitely
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)"Down with USA, Down with... what is it that offends Allah now?.... oh yes..."
"Down with Hollywood,... down with...."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Is the so called "film-maker" an American citizen or an Egyptian national? And if he is not an American citizen, I think their hate is a little misdirected if it supposedly just about the film.
It's not like they don't have a reason to be angry with us, but more and more I think that blaming this film is just an excuse for violence. I don't think it is what is really behind this latest eruption of embassy attacks throughout the Muslim world.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Imagine what it's like with a few more layers of ambiguity and hearsay on the street in Benghazi or Cairo or Sana'a.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)they will say or think or repeat anything they hear... what else is there?