Attack on Yemen’s US embassy sparked by film but fuelled by far deeper rage
In depth
Issue 932
- 28 Sep 2012
| 6 minute read
Inspired by events in North Africa, hundreds of angry Yemenis stormed the US compound in Sanaa on 13 September. The violence was nominally in protest at a film insulting Islam, and has been encouraged by terrorist groups, but at its heart lies a far more fundamental – and more problematic – frustration.
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