establishing a strawman?
Obscure Film Mocking Muslim Prophet Sparks Anti-U.S. Protests in Egypt and LibyaA a 14-minute trailer for the English-language film, which was posted on YouTube in July, attracted little attention until last week, when a version dubbed into Arabic was posted on the same YouTube channel and then copied and viewed tens of thousands of times more. (The Arabic version was removed from the filmmakers YouTube channel after this post was originally published.)
Note: Montagraph proved that the final Arabic version, renamed Innocence of Muslims, was not on the filmmaker's (Nakoula's) channel and never was.
A Timeline Of The Attacks In Libya And Egypt -- And The ResponsesJuly 2
- An anti-Muslim filmmaker using the name Sam Bacile posts a 14-minute English-language trailer for the film "Innocence of Muslims," which depicts the prophet Muhammed in an insulting manner. A similar video appeared on YouTube on July 1, but received less attention.
Sept. 5
- Per the New York Times, an anti-Muslim Egyptian American Coptic Christian draws attention to the trailer in an Arabic-language blog post and English-language e-mail newsletter, which also publicizes the latest stunt by Terry Jones -- the Florida pastor who was chastised worldwide in 2011 for burning a Koran, inciting a deadly altercation at a United Nations compound in Afghanistan.
Sept. 9
- Egyptian television airs an Arabic-language scene from the Bacile film.
Sept. 11
- In anticipation of the ensuing uproar, the U.S. embassy in Cairo issues a statement at 6:17 a.m. ET, according to State Department officials, condemning all attempts to "abuse" free speech rights to offend people of any religion.
The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims - as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.
We know now that that is not all entirely accurate, for instance there is no Sam Bacile that is a pseudonym for Nakoula Nakoula, but the timeline itself is correct. It has also been shown that Nakoula is not the one who dubbed it into Arabic and did not give it the name Innocence of Muslims.
There were four versions of Nakoula's movie.
Only the final one was forwarded, by persons unknown, to Sheikh Khalid Abdullah the cleric in Cairo who aired it on TV. Nakoula, the maker of the original film, was not the one who uploaded the final version, Innocence of Muslims, to the internet.
You can hear some interesting things about the timeline of all these iterations of "the movie" in the Youtube video linked below. Start at 9:30 and watch to 16:00 for the meat of that.
False Flag, Currently Underway ?
Even the protests and attack in Cairo weren't about that stupid 'video.'
Brian Lilley: The MSM is lying about the muslim riots
Interviews on the streets of Cairo. 'Video' had nothing to do with protests and attack.
"Blame it on the Video" was a Fraud for the Cairo Rioting, Too