Anti-U.S. Protests In Muslim Countries Become Violent

Afghan university students step over a U.S. flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans, some shouting “Death to America”, held a protest against an anti-Islam film in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

Afghan university students burn a U.S. flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans, some shouting “Death to America”, held a protest against an anti-Islam film in the eastern city of Jalalabad. <AP Photo/Rahmat Gul> 

Yemeni clerics attend a press conference in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The group condemned an anti-Islam film and the presence of U.S. Marines in Yemen and airstrikes carried out by U.S aircraft in Yemen. An elite Marine rapid response team has arrived in Yemen’s capital in the wake of violent protests at the U.S. Embassy over a film critical of Islam.

Scholar Abdul Majid al-Zindani, head of the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood political movement, center, along with clerics raise their hands to vote on a statement during a press conference in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The group condemned an anti-Islam film and the presence of U.S. Marines in Yemen and airstrikes carried out by U.S aircraft in Yemen. An elite Marine rapid response team has arrived in Yemen’s capital in the wake of violent protests at the U.S. Embassy over a film critical of Islam. <AP Photo/Hani Mohammed> 

Hezbollah supporters carry banners and wave Iranian and Hezbollah flags during a march organized by Hezbollah denouncing an anti-Islam film that has provoked a week of unrest in Muslim countries worldwide in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012.

Hezbollah supporters carry banners and wave Iranian and Hezbollah flags along Syrians holding pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a march organized by Hezbollah denouncing an anti-Islam film that has provoked a week of unrest in Muslim countries worldwide in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. <AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari>

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