Yemeni protesters storm US embassy compound in Sanaa

13 September, 2012

Close on the heels of attacks on the U.S. consulates in the Egyptian capital of Cairo and Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, now the news is pouring that in a similar attack in Yemen's capital city Sanaa, US embassy was stormed by angry protesters.

THE BENGHAZI attack on US consulate had been the deadliest that killed American ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. In many Muslim countries protesters angered by an anti-Islam film are targeting the U.S. embassy compounds and facilities.

Reportedly in Sanaa, hundreds of protesters angered by the anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound chanting "death to America” and burned the American flag and damaged the building by pelting it with rocks. The office staff of the embassy is however safe.

The protesters are said to have dared the tight security around the embassy and reached the compound grounds and burned the U.S. flag and replaced it with a black banner. Before forcing their way into the embassy compound, protestors removed the embassy's sign and set tires ablaze.

It looks like the protests against the US will spread to other Muslim countries since the Muslims have considered the film blasphemous and an insult to their prophet.

The movie with the title "Innocence of Muslims", first came to attention in Egypt after its trailer was dubbed into Arabic and posted on YouTube and Muslims found it overtly ridiculing Prophet Muhammad.

Yemen, as key U.S. ally, is fighting an al Qaeda-backed militancy in the southern part of the country.