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Egyptian demonstrators climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo today and pulled down the American flag to protest a film they say is insulting to the prophet Mohammad.

Update at 2:07 p.m. ET: CNN reports that U.S. security guards fired a volley of warning shots as the crowd gathered outside the embassy walls.

CNN adds that the embassy had been expecting a demonstration and cleared all diplomatic personnel earlier from the facility.

Original post: The Associated Press reports that embassy officials say there was no staff inside at the time.

Reuters reports that protesters tried to raise a black flag carrying the slogan: "There is no god but Allah and Mohammad is his messenger."

The news agency says about 2,000 protesters have gathered outside the embassy and about 20 have scaled the walls.

The AP says the protesters were largely ultra-conservative Islamists.

Iran's FARS news agency says the film is the work of a group of "extremist" members of the Egyptian Coptic Church in the United States.

Al Ahram online says the film is reportedly being produced by U.S.-based Coptic-Christian Egyptians, including Esmat Zaklama and Morees Sadek, with the support of the Terry Jones Church in the United States.

Jones is the evangelical pastor who stirred controversy last year by threatening to burn a Quran in public.

CNN says the film in question is a Dutch production.

The AP says clips of the film available on YouTube show the prophet having sex and question his role as the messenger of God�??s words.

After the protest, the U.S. Embassy issued this statement on its website:

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims �?? as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of other

The Grand Mufti of Egypt Sheikh Ali Gomaa strongly condemned the movie, AllAfrica.com reports.

"Freedom of speech does not warrant desecrating sanctities," Gomaa said in a statement Sunday.

The marines must not have been issued live ammo. [bleep] rugheads.

Of course the fact that this happened on 9/11 is PURELY a coincidence.

Good.

The US should get out and take the foreign aid (our tax $$$) to Egypt with us.

Rules of engagement are dictated to the marines who must follow the ROE whether they like it or not. If anything, it is only the marines' discipline that stands between warning shots and a pile of dead Egyptians.

Another fine example of Obama's rules of engagement. There should have been hundreds of dead muzzies on the ground.

And the assclown in the White House just sent $ 1,000,000,000 in foreign aid to Egypt.

I am of the opinion that we should just walk away from egypt, and [bleep] the radical muslims that own it now.
Close the embassy, send the egyptian ambassador home, and leave them to stew in their own muslim brotherhood scheit.

The B-52 Stratofortress's should sent out for some landscaping in Egypt. A bonerattling message from above.

Thanks to our muslim president the radicals were able to overthrow Mubarak. Seems he is backing the Islamic brotherhood throughout the Middle East with his moves. Not only is he trying to give the ME to the radical islamists, he is trying to destroy both the United States and Israel. This SOB must be defeated.

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Remember what John Boehner says - Moslems are our friends.

It's worse

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We actually helped these folks

Nice

Snake

So much for Arab spring uh??

From liberals....."all we need to do is just sit down and talk to them",,,,,,,,,,

BULLCRAP!

Would have been some good training for some Marines. Too bad our country is run by a raghead puzzy.

Actually I'm glad the marines didn't have to shoot anybody.

Obama would have had them tossed in the brig for murder.

Who needs the Aswan Dam anyway?

+1,000,000 Artic338

That would be Ron Paul's position as well.