Guyana condemns attacks on U.S. in Libya, Cairo

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The government of Guyana has strongly condemned the attack which has targeted the consulate of the United States of America in Benghazi, Libya, resulting in the death of the country’s Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others, as well as the attack on the U. S. embassy in Cairo.
“The government of Guyana wishes to urge that protests be peaceful and that there be restraints and tolerance on the part of those exercising their right to protest,” a release by the Foreign Ministry said.
Government also conveyed its sympathies to the bereaved families of the deceased and to the government and people of the United States of America for the loss of lives, injuries and damages to property caused by this tragic event.
Stevens and the three embassy staff were killed in an attack on the Benghazi consulate and a safe house refuge, stormed by Islamist gunmen blaming the United States for a film they said insulted the Prophet Mohammad.
Another assault was mounted on the U. S. embassy in Cairo. Initial accounts of the assault in Benghazi were attributed to popular anger over what was described as an American-made video that lampooned the Prophet Muhammad, which had been rganized by Egyptian media and led to a mob protest at the United States embassy protest in Cairo on Tuesday.
But administration officials in Washington said the attack in Libya may have been plotted in advance. While the protesters in Cairo appeared to be genuinely outraged over the anti-Islam video, the attackers in Benghazi were armed with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
Officials said it was possible that an rganized group had either been waiting for an opportunity to exploit like the protests over the video or perhaps even generated the protests as a cover for their attack.
Reuters quoting U.S. government officials said that the attack that killed Stevens may have been planned and rganized in advance.

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