Protesters storm U.S. embassy in Yemen
By The Week Staff | September 13, 2012
Protesters chant outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sept. 13: Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the embassy in protest of an anti-Islam film clip.
REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
P
rotesters enraged by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy in Yemen on Thursday. Hundreds of rioters yelled "death to America" as they reached the compound grounds and breached security, though they were not able to enter the main offices. Protesters took down the U.S. flag and replaced it with a banner declaring "There is no God but Allah." Outside the grounds, the demonstrators took down the embassy's sign, set tires on fire, and threw rocks at the compound. The attack comes the same week that protesters swarmed the U.S. embassies in Libya and Egypt, resulting in America's ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens' death.
MOST READ
MOST SHARED
- How typeface influences the way we read and think
- The last word: He said he was leaving. She ignored him.
- 15 weird sample dialogues from old English textbooks
- Why Bobby Jindal has to play dumb
- WATCH: John Oliver ribs Obama on his foreign love-quest
- WATCH: Australia's army chief demonstrates how you address sex abuse
- Ben Bernanke to Wall Street: It's the beginning of the end
- 32 TV shows to watch in 2013 [Updated]
- Today in history: June 20
- James Gandolfini: A remembrance
- Michael Hastings, remembered
- How typeface influences the way we read and think
- Former employees say Bank of America lied to a lot of homeowners
- How immigration reform could save taxpayers nearly $1 trillion
- The last telegram ever is about to be sent
- The last word: He said he was leaving. She ignored him.
- WATCH: Australia's army chief demonstrates how you address sex abuse
- The daily gossip: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have allegedly chosen a baby name, and more
- Can fetuses masturbate?
- What language is your baby speaking?
