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To the Point

Anti-American Violence, Policy Challenges in the Presidential Race

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2012

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

After the killing of a US Ambassador in Libya, protests continue at other US outposts in the Muslim world. We talk about the roots and consequences of anti-Americanism.

Transcript

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From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

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Violence Against America in the Muslim world.

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Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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A daily look at the issues, Americans care about most.

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U.S. Marines have arrived in Libya, and FBI agents are on their way in the aftermath of the

0:25.9

armed attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Libya has arrested four people and says

0:30.5

others are under surveillance, but why did the attack occur where the U.S. is popular for

0:34.8

liberating the country? In the meantime, protesters are outside embassies in Cairo and Yemen's capital Sana,

0:41.1

and there's growing concern about protecting American personnel.

0:44.4

Today we'll hear that anti-American anger goes well beyond spontaneous outrage over a crude and blasphemous film.

0:51.4

On reporters' notebook later on, the latest on the producer of that film called

0:54.9

Innocence of Muslims. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from the members of

1:00.8

KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. Hello again, Warren Al-Nay back with

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To The Point. Tuesday, the U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed by an armed mob in Libya.

1:12.8

Today, protests continue at U.S. outposts elsewhere in the Muslim world.

1:17.2

We'll talk with reporters and diplomats and pollsters and others about anti-Americanism, its roots, and its consequences.

1:23.5

On reporter's notebook, the producer of the film Innocence of Muslims is now reported to be a Coptic Christian.

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He first described himself as an Israeli-American Jew.

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First, this news update, the U.S. Embassy in Sana, the capital of Yemen, is described as an armed fortress inside several zones of protection.

1:41.9

But protesters penetrated the boundaries today and attacked the building itself. P.J. Crowley is former Assistant Secretary of protection. But protesters penetrated the boundaries today and attacked the

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building itself. P.J. Crowley is former Assistant Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

1:49.8

He's now a professor at George Washington University. P.J. Crowley, good to have you back on our

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