Protests Over Video Mocking Islam Spread Further
Protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest against a film produced in the U.S. that they said that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad in Istanbul September 14, 2012. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY – Tags: RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)
Protests sparked by a video said to mock Islam are continuing to spread around the Muslim world.
Western embassies have been targeted and in some cases attacked in several countries, from Tunisia and Sudan to Bangladesh and Indonesia.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Washington Post correspondent Michael Birnbaum in Cairo, where anti-American protests were held for a fourth day in a row.
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