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American dies as Egyptians, Libyans storm U.S. grounds

By MAGGIE MICHAEL AND SARAH EL DEEB THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: September 12, 2012 at 5:50 a.m.

Credit: AP
Egyptian protesters chant anti-U.S. slogans Tuesday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.

Protesters angered over a film that ridiculed Islam’s Prophet Muhammad fired gunshots and burned down the U.S. Consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing one American diplomat, said witnesses and the State Department on Tuesday. In Egypt, protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and replaced an American flag with an Islamic banner.

Egyptian Protesters Scale US Embassy Wall

Egyptian protesters, largely ultraconservative Islamists, climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, made their way into the courtyard and brought down the flag. (By The Associated Press)
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