Wed Sep 12, 2012, 11:03 AM

Israeli filmmaker in hiding after anti-Islam movie sparks deadly Libya, Egypt protests

Source: AP via Haaretz

Israeli filmmaker in hiding after anti-Islam movie sparks deadly Libya, Egypt protests
Film by Sam Bacile, who self-identifies as an Israeli Jew, led to protests at the U.S. consulate in Libya and the U.S. Embassy in Cairo; one American staffer killed in clashes.

By The Associated Press
Sep.12, 2012 | 9:43 AM

An Israeli filmmaker went into hiding on Tuesday after his movie attacking Islam's Prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by Muslims on U.S. diplomatic missions in Egypt and in Libya, where one American was killed.

Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, writer and director Sam Bacile remained defiant, saying Islam is a cancer and that he intended his film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion.

Protesters angered over Bacile's film opened fire on and burned down the U.S.consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing an American State Department officer on Tuesday. In Egypt, protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo and replaced an American flag with an Islamic banner.

Bacile, a California real estate developer in his fifties who identifies himself as an Israeli Jew, said he believes the movie will help his native land by exposing Islam's flaws to the world. "

Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/israeli-filmmaker-in-hiding-after-anti-islam-movie-sparks-deadly-libya-egypt-protests-1.464459

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Israeli filmmaker in hiding after anti-Islam movie sparks deadly Libya, Egypt protests (Original post)	flpoljunkie	Sep 2012	OP
He stirred a turd. Kicked a hornet's nest.	slackmaster	Sep 2012	#1
And fucking hide in his hidie hole.	lonestarnot	Sep 2012	#17
coward. nt	seabeyond	Sep 2012	#2
ditto you	JustAnotherGen	Sep 2012	#5
What on earth did this total a-hole expect	BlueMTexpat	Sep 2012	#3
I agree	JustAnotherGen	Sep 2012	#11
And to freedom of speech and obligation to responsbility I would add a measure of honesty.	CBHagman	Sep 2012	#41
I agree whole heartedly	JustAnotherGen	Sep 2012	#82
This message was self-deleted by its author	bupkus	Sep 2012	#30
Did the Rmony campaign give him the money	goclark	Sep 2012	#39
100 unnamed Jewish donors funded the film	magical thyme	Sep 2012	#43
This message was self-deleted by its author	bupkus	Sep 2012	#52
The 'October Surprise' came early this time!	LongTomH	Sep 2012	#64
This message was self-deleted by its author	bupkus	Sep 2012	#50
The minute I heard the news of this attack	They_Live	Sep 2012	#113
This message was self-deleted by its author	bupkus	Sep 2012	#115
I feel he is a hateful bigot.	closeupready	Sep 2012	#4
Evidence seems to support that.	aquart	Sep 2012	#28
FoxNews identified the filmmaker	Kindly Refrain	Sep 2012	#6
Accessory, depraved indifference.	Blue State Bandit	Sep 2012	#7
People should be allowed to make movies mocking religion	oberliner	Sep 2012	#42
how about hate speech intended to incite violence in nutcases?	magical thyme	Sep 2012	#46
Nutcases can be incited by anything	oberliner	Sep 2012	#49
that doesn't address my question. In another thread, somebody pointed out that in the US	magical thyme	Sep 2012	#57
He didn't intentionally incite violence	oberliner	Sep 2012	#101
aha perhaps we should review HuffPos interview with one of the films makers -again	azurnoir	Sep 2012	#110
he said in an interview that he knew it would provoke this kind of reaction.	magical thyme	Sep 2012	#118
It's called Southpark.	defacto7	Sep 2012	#72
They are nutcases...	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2012	#74
which is why it is wrong to deliberately poke them with sticks.	magical thyme	Sep 2012	#83
I agree about not poking them...	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2012	#102
I believe we already have laws about hate speech and we have laws about inciting riots	magical thyme	Sep 2012	#119
"Protesters angered over Bacile's film opened fire on and burned down the U.S.consulate"	4th law of robotics	Sep 2012	#8
Religions are inherently peaceful.	dairydog91	Sep 2012	#66
"Religions are inherently peaceful"...	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2012	#75
I disagree.	defacto7	Sep 2012	#77
Religions are manmade constructs	4th law of robotics	Sep 2012	#96
I think this film was designed to inflame Muslims	Frances	Sep 2012	#9
i don't think that there's any question that he deliberately set out to incite violence	frylock	Sep 2012	#13
!00% agree. Wouldn't doubt that Rove et al have their fingers in this.	godai	Sep 2012	#18
Killing people because of a movie is deranged	oberliner	Sep 2012	#44
9/11 may be a sensitive date for Muslims.	aquart	Sep 2012	#34
absolutely agree!	defacto7	Sep 2012	#80
The film makers have publically admitted the film was to inflame Muslims	azurnoir	Sep 2012	#111
fucking coward..	frylock	Sep 2012	#10
Hope he spends the rest of his slimy life looking over his shoulder for the hit to come	Submariner	Sep 2012	#12
He should go to Libya and explain himself.	Iggo	Sep 2012	#14
OK. Is it this movie or the one by Terry Jones that sparked this incident?????	northoftheborder	Sep 2012	#15
Terry Jones has promoted this film produced by Sam Bacile	flpoljunkie	Sep 2012	#21
hese are the games republicans play	magic59	Sep 2012	#16
He knew what he was doing, the violent effect it would have, and did it with malice.	The Stranger	Sep 2012	#19
Deport him	Anthony McCarthy	Sep 2012	#20
Republican Family Values in action	Berlum	Sep 2012	#22
All religion is cancerous, including all Judeo/Christian sects.	Lionessa	Sep 2012	#23
People should be allowed to make movies mocking any religion	oberliner	Sep 2012	#45
Perhaps then the filmmaker should mock all religions instead of just attacking one.	Lionessa	Sep 2012	#126
Religulous didn't try to depict the prophet Mohammed on screen	oberliner	Sep 2012	#129
I would check	boomerbust	Sep 2012	#24
Shameful.	ulaes	Sep 2012	#25
Way to man up, you little coward...	Blue_Tires	Sep 2012	#26
AND we find out that "Pastor" Jones in FL was involved in this?	SoapBox	Sep 2012	#27
Sam (im)Bacile	geomon666	Sep 2012	#29
He knew Americans could die because of his movie.	alfredo	Sep 2012	#33
ah, yes...	defacto7	Sep 2012	#81
That's only good for our "enemies."	alfredo	Sep 2012	#107
The filmmaker knew there would be a violent response to his movie. Blood is on	alfredo	Sep 2012	#31
This message was self-deleted by its author	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#32
If anything	Rabid_Rabbit	Sep 2012	#35
Nobody wants to limit his free speech	iamthebandfanman	Sep 2012	#37
what a coward.	iamthebandfanman	Sep 2012	#36
Sam Bacile, Terry Jones, and others involved with this are enemies of the U.S.	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#38
re:Israeli filmmaker in hiding after anti-Islam movie sparks deadly Libya, Egypt protests	allan01	Sep 2012	#40
And, tinfoil firmly in place. . .	matt819	Sep 2012	#47
The responses to this thread are disturbing	oberliner	Sep 2012	#48
Sorry,	iamthebandfanman	Sep 2012	#54
I agree that we have the right to call him a moron	oberliner	Sep 2012	#59
Free speech, for the purpose of ridicule and demeaning another's religious founder and religion is a	julian09	Sep 2012	#117
Should I be allowed to shout "FIRE"in a crowded theater? No limits? Really?	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#60
How about Family Guy? South Park?	oberliner	Sep 2012	#86
Go watch the movie, (careful, you will lose 10 IQ points, it's really that bad)	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#116
I would think	Rabid_Rabbit	Sep 2012	#90
Civilize. Like we try to do to by exterminating our indigent languages and people?	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#109
What does that have to do with this incident?	Rabid_Rabbit	Sep 2012	#114
Benghazi was a planned raid, with missiles, in waves, with timing. Not a mob. Try to keep up.	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#120
Hate to disappoint you	Rabid_Rabbit	Sep 2012	#125
What you "understand" is up to you. n/t	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#130
Your omission is disturbing.	JackRiddler	Sep 2012	#65
A movie should not "set off" violence	oberliner	Sep 2012	#88
what I find strange is the spirited defense of a movie that the makers admit they knew would cause	azurnoir	Sep 2012	#105
It shouldn't, but it is well-known that it will.	JackRiddler	Sep 2012	#127
The people who engaged in violence over this movie should not have taken the bait.	totodeinhere	Sep 2012	#94
Disagree.	AngryOldDem	Sep 2012	#68
The problem is that a movie can result in this kind of violence	oberliner	Sep 2012	#89
Terry Jones and those crazed Christians are not the only people who want war and we all know that.	whathehell	Sep 2012	#134
I would bet that if I had $5 or 6 million to make a movie about fundamental American christians and	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2012	#69
almost certainly not.	cali	Sep 2012	#79
Really? How many abortion doctors have been murdered in this country by	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2012	#84
uh, I was responding to your claim of Christians in this country	cali	Sep 2012	#87
And I stand by my original statement. The extremists in this country are just as likely to	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2012	#112
That's very pc of you...Unfortunately, it's just not correct.	whathehell	Sep 2012	#132
And you know it's not correct how?	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2012	#133
As Cali just told you, films and artwork insulting religion have already been produced	whathehell	Sep 2012	#135
Do you not understand 'hypothetical' situations? I said I thought if I made 'my' movie,	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2012	#138
I understand completely....What you don't seem to "understand" is that	whathehell	Sep 2012	#139
Fine. We'll just disregard all the murders and bombings that have been committed by so-called	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2012	#140
Do the names Stalin, Hitler, or Pol Pot ring a bell ?	whathehell	Sep 2012	#141
There are plenty of movies like that	oberliner	Sep 2012	#92
well said. nt	naaman fletcher	Sep 2012	#70
common sense tells us we are not immune to the consequences of the things we say, regardless of whet	LanternWaste	Sep 2012	#71
Unlike your front yard, no one was forced to see this movie	oberliner	Sep 2012	#93
Hey, I'm a free speech absolutists too!! I hope people disclose his hiding place(s).	Hassin Bin Sober	Sep 2012	#73
No doubt someone will	oberliner	Sep 2012	#95
+1. nt	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2012	#78
Put well. Someone gets it. n/t	brentspeak	Sep 2012	#97
I agree	Marrah_G	Sep 2012	#108
This wasn't film making. This was simply created and intended to incite violence.	The Stranger	Sep 2012	#122
There is no basis for this claim	oberliner	Sep 2012	#131
Catalyst to Iran Bombing	Silvernaire	Sep 2012	#51
Perhaps that guy should've checked with Salman Rushdie	catbyte	Sep 2012	#53
First Amendment Rights	bpj62	Sep 2012	#55
Shittiest Movie in History Sparks WWIII	johnnyplankton	Sep 2012	#56
Am I missing something? Where is the world war?	totodeinhere	Sep 2012	#99
Motherf*****g coward!	Iliyah	Sep 2012	#58
He can hide with Salman Rushdie and the Danish cartoonists	marshall	Sep 2012	#61
You think it is ok	Rabid_Rabbit	Sep 2012	#85
The filmaker (Bacile) now has to look over his shoulder for the rest of his life	DontTreadOnMe	Sep 2012	#62
Missing quotes: "filmmaker"	JackRiddler	Sep 2012	#63
Can he be deported back to Israel?	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2012	#67
Certainly not for producing this movie. Perhaps we could find	totodeinhere	Sep 2012	#100
Shit-stirring fucker.	JNelson6563	Sep 2012	#76
Didn't Ann Coulter have a short cartoon that was even worse? Can't remember where I saw it.	rwsanders	Sep 2012	#91
Bacile is a pseudonym	Blue Meany	Sep 2012	#98
How does getting good people killed help his native land?	malokvale77	Sep 2012	#103
$5 million: lots of money to hide behind a pseudonym. Something very dark & vile being plotted. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#104
This message was hidden by jury decision.	greenwoodp	Sep 2012	#106
Spam deleted by Warren DeMontague (MIR Team)	parazito86	Sep 2012	#121
Sam Bacile Not Israeli, possibly a disgruntled Egyptian	nlof	Sep 2012	#123
Typical hater - hides when confronted.	polichick	Sep 2012	#124
Which is why the name James O'Keefe comes to mind.	randome	Sep 2012	#128
There is no Sam Bacile: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula & 'Innocence Of Muslims': Man Admits Role.....	Melinda	Sep 2012	#136
I wonder how many will continue to believe an Israeli was involved	oberliner	Sep 2012	#137
Not Israeli, Not Jewish: Just another lying Xhrister hoping to spread death in the name of his Lord	panzerfaust	Sep 2012	#142
TPM: AP Issues Correction About Anti-Muslim Filmmaker 'Sam Bacile'	flpoljunkie	Sep 2012	#143

Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 11:05 AM

slackmaster (60,567 posts)

1. He stirred a turd. Kicked a hornet's nest.

Put a burning bag of dog shit on someone's porch, rang the doorbell, and ran away.

Israeli filmmaker in hiding after anti-Islam movie sparks deadly Libya, Egypt protests

1. He stirred a turd. Kicked a hornet's nest.

17. And fucking hide in his hidie hole.

2. coward. nt

5. ditto you

3. What on earth did this total a-hole expect

11. I agree

41. And to freedom of speech and obligation to responsbility I would add a measure of honesty.

82. I agree whole heartedly

39. Did the Rmony campaign give him the money

43. 100 unnamed Jewish donors funded the film

64. The 'October Surprise' came early this time!

113. The minute I heard the news of this attack

4. I feel he is a hateful bigot.

28. Evidence seems to support that.

6. FoxNews identified the filmmaker

7. Accessory, depraved indifference.

42. People should be allowed to make movies mocking religion

46. how about hate speech intended to incite violence in nutcases?

49. Nutcases can be incited by anything

57. that doesn't address my question. In another thread, somebody pointed out that in the US

101. He didn't intentionally incite violence

110. aha perhaps we should review HuffPos interview with one of the films makers -again

118. he said in an interview that he knew it would provoke this kind of reaction.

72. It's called Southpark.

74. They are nutcases...

83. which is why it is wrong to deliberately poke them with sticks.

102. I agree about not poking them...

119. I believe we already have laws about hate speech and we have laws about inciting riots

8. "Protesters angered over Bacile's film opened fire on and burned down the U.S.consulate"

66. Religions are inherently peaceful.

75. "Religions are inherently peaceful"...

77. I disagree.

96. Religions are manmade constructs

9. I think this film was designed to inflame Muslims

13. i don't think that there's any question that he deliberately set out to incite violence

18. !00% agree. Wouldn't doubt that Rove et al have their fingers in this.

44. Killing people because of a movie is deranged

34. 9/11 may be a sensitive date for Muslims.

80. absolutely agree!

111. The film makers have publically admitted the film was to inflame Muslims

10. fucking coward..

12. Hope he spends the rest of his slimy life looking over his shoulder for the hit to come

14. He should go to Libya and explain himself.

15. OK. Is it this movie or the one by Terry Jones that sparked this incident?????

21. Terry Jones has promoted this film produced by Sam Bacile

16. hese are the games republicans play

19. He knew what he was doing, the violent effect it would have, and did it with malice.

20. Deport him

22. Republican Family Values in action

23. All religion is cancerous, including all Judeo/Christian sects.

45. People should be allowed to make movies mocking any religion

126. Perhaps then the filmmaker should mock all religions instead of just attacking one.

129. Religulous didn't try to depict the prophet Mohammed on screen

24. I would check

25. Shameful.

26. Way to man up, you little coward...

27. AND we find out that "Pastor" Jones in FL was involved in this?

29. Sam (im)Bacile

33. He knew Americans could die because of his movie.

81. ah, yes...

107. That's only good for our "enemies."

31. The filmmaker knew there would be a violent response to his movie. Blood is on

35. If anything

37. Nobody wants to limit his free speech

36. what a coward.

38. Sam Bacile, Terry Jones, and others involved with this are enemies of the U.S.

40. re:Israeli filmmaker in hiding after anti-Islam movie sparks deadly Libya, Egypt protests

47. And, tinfoil firmly in place. . .

48. The responses to this thread are disturbing

54. Sorry,

59. I agree that we have the right to call him a moron

117. Free speech, for the purpose of ridicule and demeaning another's religious founder and religion is a

60. Should I be allowed to shout "FIRE"in a crowded theater? No limits? Really?

86. How about Family Guy? South Park?

116. Go watch the movie, (careful, you will lose 10 IQ points, it's really that bad)

90. I would think

109. Civilize. Like we try to do to by exterminating our indigent languages and people?

114. What does that have to do with this incident?

120. Benghazi was a planned raid, with missiles, in waves, with timing. Not a mob. Try to keep up.