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    American Embassies Become Targets of Muslim Mobs

    The scene turned violent after Friday prayers today and angry protesters attacked US outposts from the Middle East and Africa to Afghanistan and Pakistan, apparently inflamed by the crude insults to their religion in the video, The Innocence of Muslims.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The scene turned violent after Friday prayers today and angry protesters attacked US outposts from the Middle East and Africa to Afghanistan and Pakistan, apparently inflamed by the crude insults to their religion in the video, The Innocence of Muslims. In Yemen, the American embassy was breached by an unarmed mob reportedly allowed in by local security forces; US Marines have been sent to the scene. Do the attacks result from the "Arab Spring?" Are US facilities adequately protected against a new wave of anti-Americanism?

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    Anti-American Protests; The 'End of Men'
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    2. 23:45Is This the 'End of Men?'
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Margaret Coker

      editor-in-chief of The Current

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      Time magazine

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Anti-American Protests; The 'End of Men'
    1. 0:00American Embassies Become Targets of Muslim MobsYou’re reading this
    2. 23:45Is This the 'End of Men?'
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