American diplomat killed in attacks in Egypt and Libya

US diplomatic posts in Egypt and Libya were attacked by angry protesters on Tuesday after a video said to have insulted Islam was posted on the Internet.

An American diplomat was killed in the attacks after the video depicted a graphic illustration of the instability in countries which threw off authoritarian rule in the “Arab Spring” uprisings.

The video, posted online by Florida preacher Terry Jones, which caused the raucous refers to Muhammad and his followers as “child lovers” showing the prophet speaking to a Muslim donkey and questioning his love for women.

 Jones was said to be commemorating the 11^th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Tuesday and it is not the first time his actions, that of burning a Koran, triggered riots.

In a statement, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that a State Department official had been killed during the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Officials were working to secure the property and personnel at the US Consulate according to Clinton who called on Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf to help organise better protection for Americans Libya.

Following the attacks, US officials and allies worldwide are now taking extra precautions to prevent similar incidents.

The walls of the US Embassy in Cairo were scaled by angry Egyptian protesters against the film reported by the Associated Press.

Desks, chairs and even washing machines were stolen by looters from the empty compound even replacing the US flag with a black flag which read, “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet”.

Egyptian security forces appeared shortly after and around 2,000 protesters continued to gather outside the embassy as night fell in the largest demonstrations to take place since the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s government in 2011.