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Libya: Protesters condemn attack on U.S. Embassy, attack headquarters of Islamic supremacist group

Sunday, September 23, 2012 17:21

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The protest in Libya yesterday against Islamic supremacists is a good sign. The presence of women provides a stark contrast to the male only, allahu akbar ululating violent riots against freedom that we have been subjected to for the past two weeks — and for years, for that matter.

Is it a civil war? Maybe? An anomaly — blow-back against devout Muslims slaughtering in the cause of Islam. Whatever it is, I wish it weren't the first time I was posting about such a unicorn event within Islam in the 11 years since 911.

Libya: Protesters decry attack on U.S. Embassy, take over headquarters of Islamic supremacist group

If the government and mainstream media narrative about
Islam being a Religion of Peace that has been “hijacked” by a Tiny
Minority of Extremists were true, we would be seeing this kind of thing
frequently: Muslims not only registering their public disapproval of
those who riot and murder in the name of Islam, but taking real action
to stop them. Instead, there are only a handful of such stories, at
best, since 9/11. Now, why is that? The learned analysts dare not ask
that question, or answer it.

“Decrying attack, protesters overtake Islamist group's HQ in Benghazi,” by Arwa Damon for CNN, September 22 (thanks to all who sent this in):

Benghazi, Libya (CNN) — Ten days after four Americans were
killed in their Libyan city, hundreds marched in Benghazi and took over
the headquarters of a radical Islamist group tied to the attack.

Thousands of protesters had taken to the street earlier Friday,
loudly declaring that they — and not those behind last week's deadly
attack — represent the real sentiments of the Libyan people.

“I am sorry, America,” one man said. “This is the real Libya.”

In the evening, an offshoot of several hundred people then headed
toward the headquarters for Ansar al-Sharia, a loosely connected radical
Islamist group.

As militia members fled, the protesters torched a vehicle and took
over the group's building without firing a single shot. Some of those
involved claimed to have freed at least 20 captives held inside, and
expressed their intent to assume control over other Ansar al-Sharia
buildings.

Army General Naji al-Shuaibi said the citizens, whom he referred to
as “revolutionaries of the February 17 uprising,” later asked that the
Ansar al-Sharia headquarters be handed over to the Libyan army.

“Indeed, we rushed here and we will now take it over,” said the
general. “There are also other places that we intend to take over (which
belong to armed groups) if the revolutionaries and the people allow us
to do so.”

But some of the protesters gathered at locations that house forces
loyal to the national authority, he said, including the headquarters of
the Rufallah al-Sihati battalion. Gunfire could be heard at the
headquarters, but it was not initially clear who was responsible.

Mohamed al-Magariaf, president of Libya's General National Congress,
thanked the protesters for helping evict “armed groups. He also said the
Rufallah al-Sihati brigade was actually “under the command of — and
committed to — the national authority,” the case appeared to be one of
mistaken identity. Magariaf asked demonstrators to stop their activities
and go home….

Initial reports indicated that, ahead of the consular attack, Ansar
al-Sharia had organized a protest to decry an inflammatory film that
mocks the Prophet Mohammed and also protest the United States, where the
film was privately produced.

On Thursday, Libyan Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur said eight
detained in connection with that assault include members of Ansar
al-Sharia, though he added that not all the attackers came from one
specific group.

Responding to the report from Benghazi, U.S. Sen. John McCain
applauded the citizens' efforts Friday and said it represented the true,
freedom-loving Libya that he and other U.S. officials involved in the
country knew.

“Somewhere Chris Stevens is smiling,” the Arizona Republican said. “This is what we knew … about Libya.”

We'll see.