I am very suspicious about this character and his true involvement. Why would these folks create a persona of a “film-maker” who says he is a “Jew” and “Israeli citizen”, who had a “budget of $5 million” (the film was obviously produced on a shoestring), “funded by contributions from 100 Jews” and who later turns out to be an ex-con for financial crimes? Was this film a setup by the Muslim Brotherhood as a pretext for rioting?
My radar is up too. It "reads" like Steve Klein set this man up and then outed him. There appears to be many threads to this.
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Good question, particularly in light of the fact that the Arabic version was posted only last week, right before the 9/11 assassination of Ambassador Stevens.
The trailer posted in July appears to have attracted little notice. But last week, a second version of the trailer was posted — this time in Arabic.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/12/world/la-fg-libya-filmmaker-20120913
>> Was this film a setup by the Muslim Brotherhood as a pretext for rioting?
Well, we know it served as a pretext to excuse terrorism. That is now a historical fact unless the official statements are amended very soon.