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Hundreds in Iraq protest inflammatory anti-Islam video - CNN.com
>From Mohammed Tawfeeq , CNN
September 14, 2012 -- Updated 0925 GMT (1725 HKT)
CNN.com
Baghdad (CNN) -- Hundreds took to streets in Iraq on Thursday, castigating an
inflammatory anti-Islamic video and the nation where it was produced, the
United States.
Angry protesters in the Sadr City district of northeast Baghdad carried
banners, Iraqi flags and images of radical Shiite and anti-American cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr as they railed against what they see as an insult to their
faith.
"America is the enemy of the people," the demonstrators shouted Thursday
morning. They also yelled out, "Yes, yes to Islam. Yes, yes to Iraq. Yes, yes
to Quran" -- the latter referring to the Muslim holy book.
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Some protesters burned an American flag, while another put a U.S. flag on the
ground and stepped on it to express his anger. Sabbar al-Saeidi, a member of
Baghdad's provincial council, condemned the "Innocence of Muslims" film and
called for the closing of U.S. embassies in all Arab and predominantly Muslim
countries.
"Since (Americans) did not respect more than 1 billion Muslims all over the
world, I call on all Muslim and Arab countries to launch an economic and
diplomatic boycott of America and its agents," said one protester, Abbass
Qahtan.
A growing number of Muslims have demonstrated around the world in recent days
over the obscure 14-minute film trailer that mocks Islam's prophet.
The film -- which was posted in July on YouTube, but got more notice recently
after Egyptian television aired segments and anti-Islam activists promoted it
online -- includes cartoonish scenes of Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester
and ruthless killer. The filmmaker was identified in a July 2011 casting call
as Sam Bassiel and on the call sheet as Sam Bassil; the name was reported at
first by news outlets as Sam Bacile.
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By Thursday, as new details emerged, it was becoming apparent that Bacile was
probably not the producer's real name. And two members of the film's production
staff who spoke to CNN denied initial media reports that the filmmaker was an
Israeli Jew.
While the film was made in the United States, its origins are unclear. It was
not sanctioned by the U.S. government. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has
called the film "disgusting and reprehensible," saying its aim appears to be
"to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage."
In addition to Sadr City, hundreds of Iraqis protested against the film and the
United States in the provinces of Najaf and Karbala, according to witnesses and
local police officials. These demonstrators were also supporters of al-Sadr.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has strongly condemned the "Innocence of
Muslims" film, while also calling on Muslims not to resort to violence.
"The repetition of insulting (a religion) by some suspicious people and groups
deserves the strongest condemnation and denunciation, especially the last film
... abusing Muslims' noble values," al-Maliki said in a statement released
Thursday,
He called on "the followers of all divine religions" to go after the "racists
and stop them from spreading their dangerous thoughts." But committing violence
in the process, the prime minister said, would go against Muslim and "civilized
values."
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