CAIRO — Islamist militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a lightly defended United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, late Tuesday, killing the American ambassador and three members of his staff and raising questions about the radicalization of countries swept up in the Arab Spring. Response from the violence in Libya.
Thoughts:
It's hard for us to distance ourselves from the idea of disturst among Islamic based cultures; especially after the attacks of September 11th, and most recently the killing of the United States ambassador to Libya; however it is not fair to blame an entire religion for the acts of an extremeist few.
Examples:
Though anti-American unrest is sweeping Northern African nations, pro-American rallies are also taking place in Libya after the horrific killing of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens. Though Ambassador Stevens was killed at the hands of Libyan militants on Sept. 11, 2012, some Libyans are making a point to distance themselves from these terrorists. "This does not represent us," said the sign of one pro-American Libyan. Other supporters expressed remorse for Chris Stevens' killing and one even stated that "Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyans."
Just like not all Americans are like the people who made the weird anti-Islam movie that is sparking protests in Muslim nations, not all people in Libya are like the ones who killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens. Some of the people of Benghazi, where Stevens was killed, held a demonstration against terrorism and to show sympathy for the U.S. Libya Alhurra TV, an Internet TV channel founded at the start of the Arab Spring in 2011, posted Facebook photos of a rally there showing support for America and sympathy for Stevens.
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