Anti-Islam Film Was an Excuse to Carry Out Violence: Obama

Washington: U.S. President Barack Obama has said that an anti-Islam film is being used as an excuse to carry out violent acts against Americans.

“What we’ve seen over the last week, week and a half, is something that actually we’ve seen in the past, where there is an offensive video or cartoon directed at the prophet Muhammad.

“And this is obviously something that then is used as an excuse by some to carry out inexcusable violent acts directed at Westerners or Americans,”Obama said in Miami Florida.

Obama was responding to a question on the ongoing anti-U.S. protests in countries like Pakistan and Libya.

“As we know, at the present time, 1,000 people are trying to get into the (U.S.) embassy in Pakistan, and we have seen protests, anti-American protests in thousands of countries.

“We know in Libya, four Americans were killed. We know now that Ambassador Chris Stevens warned about security, days before he was killed, he said.

“Many people want to know if you expected so much anti-American sentiment in the Islamic world.”

“And why wasn’t your administration better prepared with more security at our embassies on September 11?” Obama was asked at the start of the town hall.

Obama said his number-one priority is always to keep U.S. diplomats and embassies safe.