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Friday, September 14, 2012

White House: Washington will not stop aid to Egypt after the incident at the embassy in Cairo


Jay Carney said spokesman White House told reporters on Thursday September 13 that the United States would not halt its aid to Egypt after he was the U.S. embassy in Cairo to attack.

Carney said: "We must draw attention to that Egyptian President Dan violence and promised to ensure the security of the U.S. embassy. And partnership with Egypt continue," he said.

The statement came after U.S. congressmen said Republican intention to stop providing financial aid to Egypt in the wake of the attack Egyptians were angered by the film "innocent Muslims" offending Islam and the product in the United States the U.S. embassy in Cairo.

Carney spoke about the attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen, and stressed that the U.S. authorities are doing everything in their power to ensure the safety of embassy personnel. He added that the Yemeni government sent to the embassy building additional forces, and the Yemeni president promised to allocate additional resources to protect and clearly hinted that authorities would not allow the occurrence of violence.

Carney noted that any one of the staff of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa was not hurt.

Commenting on the film, which sparked a wave of anger among Muslims, the spokesman said "the U.S. government had nothing to do with this film."

Carney confirmed: "We reject the message sent by its content. We consider it ugly and worthy of condemnation. America known for its religious tolerance and respect for religious freedom since the founding of our nation."

The protesters attacked the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Tuesday evening September 11, and were able to disarm the American flag from above.

This was followed by an armed attack on the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi killed Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya and 3 other embassy staff.

The waves of protest escalated in the Muslim world against the film in question, where the demonstrations took place in front of the U.S. diplomatic missions in Iran, Iraq, Bangladesh and Tunisia, as well as Yemeni protesters attempt to storm the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, and the continuation of the protests in Cairo.

Source: "RIA Novosti", "ITAR - TASS" "Russia Today"

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