U.S. embassies on high alert for violent protests caused by anti-Muslim film

Thursday, September 13, 2012 | 7:57 p.m. CDT

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration was caught by surprise by the ferocity of the Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ambassador and three other Americans. Now it is bracing for another potential eruption of violent demonstrations in parts of the Muslim world after Friday's weekly prayers — traditionally a time of protest in the Middle East and North Africa.

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