Egyptian Protesters Breach Walls of US Embassy

Egyptian Protesters Breach Walls of US Embassy:

Egyptian protesters raise a black flag inside the US Embassy inscribed with the Muslim profession of belief: 'There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger' during a protest against a film deemed offensive to Islam in Cairo on Sept. 11. (Khaled Desouki/AFP/GettyImages)

Scores of protesters have stormed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo over a film perceived to be anti-Islamic.
Protesters removed the American flag from the embassy during a demonstration against the short film that was produced by Egyptian Coptic Christians in the U.S., the state-run Al-Ahram daily newspaper reported.
Some of the demonstrators climbed the walls surrounding the embassy while chanting slogans.

The demonstrations began after Salafist leader Wesam Abdel-Wareth called for them to protest against the film “Muhammad’s Trial” near the U.S. Embassy. However, some protesters started to set off fireworks and the situation deteriorated.
Egypt deployed its army to intervene and surrounded the embassy.
American officials confirmed with the Saudi-based Al-Arabiya broadcaster that demonstrators did breach embassy walls.
“We had some people breach the wall, take the flag down and replace it. What I heard was that it was replaced with a plain black flag. But I maybe not be correct in that,” a State Department official told the station. Around 20 people stood on the walls.