Egyptian Protestors Storm U.S. Embassy in Cairo

Egyptian protestors bombarded the U.S. Embassy in Cairo in Tuesday, climbing the walls and bringing down the American flag and replacing it with a black flag with Islamic symbols reading “There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his messenger,” an emblem often used in Al-Qaeda propaganda. Others in the crowd expressed their displeasure with U.S. policy, while chanting anti-American slogans while holding up bits of a shredded American flag. The incident was reportedly in deference to a movie that the protestors felt insulted the prophet Mohammed, though no one has been able to figure out what film invoked the violence. All diplomatic personnel were evacuated before the incident, and Egyptian riot police helped squash the violence.