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US Identifies Anti-Muslim Filmmaker Blamed for Attacks
CBS ^ | 9/13/2012 | Unattributed

Posted on 09/13/2012 1:59:15 PM PDT by mojito

Federal authorities have identified a Coptic Christian in southern California who is on probation after his conviction for financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Mideast, a U.S. law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The official said authorities had concluded that Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was behind “Innocence of Muslims,” a film that denigrated Islam and the prophet Muhammad and sparked protests earlier this week in Egypt, Libya and most recently in Yemen. It was not immediately clear whether Nakoula was the target of a criminal investigation or part of the broader investigation into the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya during a terrorist attack.

Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed Thursday that Justice Department officials were investigating the deaths, which occurred during an attack on the American mission in Benghazi.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation....

(Excerpt) Read more at washington.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Political Humor/Cartoons; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arabspring; christevens; copts; guiltofholder; holder; innocenceofmuslims; islammoviemaker; libya; nakoula; obamasfault; sambacile
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So, Holder and Zero have outted this guy. They will have blood on their hands.

Why is Holder "investigating" a person making a movie?

And identifying him as a Copt has just condemned thousands of Egyptian Christians to reprisals by Islamist lunatics.

Good going, Eric.

1 posted on 09/13/2012 1:59:19 PM PDT by mojito
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Certainly we wouldn’t want to blame the muslim killers. Place the blame on a non-entity 10,000 miles away.


2 posted on 09/13/2012 2:01:43 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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This is an evil regime. Seal Team 6 now this guy.


3 posted on 09/13/2012 2:02:34 PM PDT by Oratam
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A death sentence for exercising First Amendment rights.


4 posted on 09/13/2012 2:02:52 PM PDT by 109ACS (If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
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They want to investigate the man and instigate his death for harming Obama’s re-election chances.


5 posted on 09/13/2012 2:03:18 PM PDT by PghBaldy (I am sick of Obama's and Hillary's apologies to muslims, especially after 11 September 2012.)
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Doesn’t ID’ing this guy put him in potential danger? I guess that’s what our (un)Justice Department has become these days. Romney’s inauguration cannot come soon enough.


6 posted on 09/13/2012 2:03:22 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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Muslims have identified the film maker as Israeli in one report and Coptic in another. They will kill anyone they want and blame whoever they want.
7 posted on 09/13/2012 2:03:28 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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U F B


8 posted on 09/13/2012 2:04:14 PM PDT by The_Sword_of_Groo (My world view is accurately expressed in the lyrics of " The Fightin' Side of Me")
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The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity

They'll certainly protect their own identities, though.

9 posted on 09/13/2012 2:04:15 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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So can we go after Bill Maher for “Religulous”? Or are some religions more equal than others?


10 posted on 09/13/2012 2:05:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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And identifying him as a Copt has just condemned thousands of Egyptian Christians to reprisals by Islamist lunatics.

Exactly.

And our Secretary of State has branded his work for the christian cause in Egypt as "disgusting" while Muslims are committing assasinations.

11 posted on 09/13/2012 2:05:51 PM PDT by what's up
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Don't blame those Muslim killers.

Obama is an evil Muslim and guilty of treason.

12 posted on 09/13/2012 2:07:10 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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I’ve also seen some speculation - from websites that seem somewhat informed - that it’s possible that this guy was actually being used by Iran and Egypt as a sort of agent provocateur, without his knowledge. Or even that he is somebody actually in their employ.

He sounds like a somewhat flaky character, so he’d probably be pretty easy to manipulate or to buy.

The “actors” in this thing were told that they were making a movie to discourage Muslim-on-Muslim violence. They seem to have thought it was pro-Islamic.

And the place that strategically published it was...ta da...Egypt.


13 posted on 09/13/2012 2:09:19 PM PDT by livius
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This Basseley Nakoula guy is a shady character at best. Not sure what is motivation is for making this film. Has the film even been completed?

I believe AP reported earlier that the film was financed by some Israelis, which was a complete lie.


14 posted on 09/13/2012 2:09:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Holder and Obama have been out to get this guy for quite some time as they already had him on Probation for some unspecified and likely trumped-up charges.


15 posted on 09/13/2012 2:10:11 PM PDT by Uncle Slayton
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Make sure get all his information out there CBS.

Would be a shame if anything happened to him.......

16 posted on 09/13/2012 2:10:46 PM PDT by KC_Lion ( Wherever I find myself standing, I forever stand with Israel.)
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...Filmmaker Blamed for Attacks

Huh???

Damn, those goat humpers just don't get blamed for anything do they!

17 posted on 09/13/2012 2:11:50 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Strange doings: This guy broke no laws,but they hunt him down.
Then they pimp him out

Then they pimp out coptic Christians

Are federal authrities TRYING to get this guy killed
Are they trying to get Coptic Christians in the Middle east murdered?

THIS is the NEW America?

I am surprised they haven’t arrested him yet and sent him to a death camp.


18 posted on 09/13/2012 2:12:31 PM PDT by Venturer
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Our government is now the hit men for the Muslim Imams


19 posted on 09/13/2012 2:12:43 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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Really? What about yesterday’s report from the White House that the film-maker was an American Jewish military officer who collects guns?


20 posted on 09/13/2012 2:14:02 PM PDT by pabianice (washington, dc ..)
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