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“America should do something to change it.” “I feel the security system is no good,” said Bacile.

Though Bacile was apologetic about the American who was killed as a result of the outrage over his film, he blamed lax embassy security and the perpetrators of the violence. A Danish newspaper’s 2005 publication of 12 caricatures of the prophet triggered riots in many Muslim countries. Muslims find it offensive to depict Muhammad in any manner, let alone to insult the prophet. It depicts Muhammad as a feckless philanderer who approved of child sexual abuse, among other overtly insulting claims that have caused outrage.īacile said he believes the movie will help his native land by exposing Islam’s flaws to the world. The14-minute trailer of the movie that reportedly set off the protests - posted on YouTube in the original English version, as well as another dubbed into Egyptian Arabic - shows an amateur cast performing a wooden dialogue of insults disguised as revelations about Muhammad, whose obedient followers are presented as a cadre of goons. The two-hour movie cost $5 million to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors, said Bacile, who wrote and directed it. This was not done with, or for, or through Israel,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said on Wednesday. Anything he did or said has nothing to do whatsoever with Israel. Israel, however, sought to distance itself from Bacile. “Islam is a cancer, period,” he repeatedly said in a solemn, accented tone. He said he believes the movie will expose Islam’s flaws to the world. Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, Bacile, who went into hiding Tuesday, remained defiant. Hours earlier in Cairo, hundreds of demonstrators managed to scale the walls of the US Embassy, tearing down the American flag and replacing it with one that reads “There is no god but God and Muhammad is his prophet.” The flag, similar to the banner used by Al-Qaeda, is commonly used by ultraconservatives around the region.īacile said he had not anticipated such a furious reaction. In Libya, American Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other embassy staffers were killed when a rocket hit their car as they were attempting to flee. The film, whose trailer was dubbed into Arabic and posted on YouTube, sparked harsh reactions from Islamists in Cairo and Benghazi, where protesters stormed the US Embassy on Tuesday. Our hearts are with the families of the people murdered in yesterday’s attack in Libya.” “However, given the very difficult situation in Libya and Egypt, we have temporarily restricted access in both countries. This video – which is widely available on the Web – is clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on YouTube,” Google said in a statement. YouTube said on Wednesday it would not remove the clip, but it has blocked access to it in those countries. I would suspect this is a disinformation campaign,” Klein said.

All these Middle Eastern folks I work with have pseudonyms. I can tell you this for sure, the State of Israel is not involved … His name is a pseudonym. Goldberg said he spoke to Steve Klein, who worked with Bacile on the film, and that he confirmed Bacile had no connection to Israel. However, Atlantic correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg reported that Bacile was a fake name and the filmmaker was likely not even Jewish. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they had not heard of Bacile and there was no record of him being a citizen.īacile, a 56-year-old California real-estate developer, told the Associated Press he is a Jewish Israeli-American. Israeli officials said Wednesday they had no record of Sam Bacile being an Israeli citizen as he had claimed. We are deeply saddened by the tragedies that have occurred.” We are shocked by the drastic rewrites of the script and lies that were told to all involved.

“We are 100 percent not behind this film and were grossly misled about its intent and purpose. “The entire cast and crew are extremely upset and feel taken advantage of by the producer,” said the statement, obtained by the Los Angeles Times.