Protests over controversial Mohammad Film step up in Yemen

Sep 15, 2012 11:00 GMT  ·  By

A few hours ago, Reuters announced that the Al-Qaida branch in Yemen had issued a public message instigating protesters to kill U.S. diplomats in Yemen.

This is just another development in the international conflict that has been grabbing headlines these days.

Protests in Muslim countries have escalated after a controversial Mohammad Film was deemed humiliating and offensive for the Muslim people. Al-Qaida is calling the movie a provocation to a "crusader war" against Islam.

After the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya in Benghazi shocked Americans just a few days ago, Yemenis are being called to action and urged to target U.S. compounds in the territory.

"Whoever comes across America's ambassadors or emissaries should follow the example of Omar al-Mukhtar's descendants (Libyans), who killed the American ambassador," representatives of Al-Qaida said.

After Friday prayers, conflicts broke out in many countries in the Middle East. So far, at least seven U.S. representatives have been killed by angry demonstrators in Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Sudan in the conflicts that took place this week.

Militants in Yemen and Saudi Arabia have concentrated their efforts on expelling American diplomats from Arabian soil.

"The incident is so huge that the resources of the nation should be pooled together to kick out the embassies of America from Muslim lands," Al-Qaida pronounced.

Al-Qaida is also calling to action “brothers” who live in the States.

"They are more capable of doing harm and reaching the enemy is easier for them."

Yemen is divided among those who support Al-Qaida and those who embrace an alliance with the U.S., after Washington stepped in this march to drive the organization from their southern stronghold.

Protests continue, as demonstrators see this as their “religious duty and obligation to the Muslim nation.”