Thirty people were injured in clashes in front of the US embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. The state TV reported that 16 protesters and 14 security personnel, including three officers and 11 soldiers, were injured at the scene. The Egyptian Ambulance Authority said most injuries are be...
American stabbed outside US Embassy in CairoBy MAGGIE MICHAEL
(CBS News) CAIRO - The Internet film that ridicules the Muslim faith touched off a protest at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Protesters got inside the embassy grounds, but no Americans were hurt. The Egyptian riot police moved in and pushed protesters away from the U.S. Embassy. S...
Hours before the Benghazi attack, Egyptians angry over the film protested at the US Embassy in Cairo, climbing its walls and tearing down an American flag, which they replaced briefly with a black, Islamist flag. Libya's interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, apologized to the United States ...
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo closed Thursday after clashes between opposition protesters and riot police cut off access to the building, CBS News' Alex Ortiz reports from Egypt. The clashes have been ongoing as Egypt's Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, refuses to back down in a showdown ove...
Embassy in Cairo, Egypt (1983-85) and, as an intern, at the U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania (1980). He first visited China in 1988 accompanying Secretary of State George Shultz and then President George H.W. Bush in 1989. He subsequently made visits to China with Secretaries ...
20. US Embassy Cairo, Egypt Area Covered (Acres):0.94 Standing tall in Cairo, Egypt, the US Embassy is a vibrant symbol of American presence and diplomacy in the region. From its iconic location on Tawfik Diab Street to its ongoing engagement with the Egyptian government and people, the em...
which led a mob to climb the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and tear down the American flag. The crowd apparently chanted, "We Are All Osama," a reference to Osama Bin Laden. An Egyptian official, speaking anonymously,saidthe protest was allowed at first because it was "peaceful....
Losey said there was “never an order to stand down.” His instruction to the team “was to remain in place and continue to provide security in Tripoli because of the uncertain environment.” Earlier on Sept. 11, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo had been breached as well. ...
AT least 13 people were injured in clashes in front of the US embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the state TV reported today, quoting the Health Ministry. The Egyptian Ambulance Authority said that 11 people among the injured are being treated on the spot, and all of them are in ...