and troops to mecca surrounding the shrine. eyewitnesses say as many as 10,000 pilgrims are still inside the grand mosque, and sniper fire was heard all day in mecca. >> broadcasts from iran today blame the united states for the assault on the grand mosque in mecca, the muslim holy city in saudi arabia. those broadcasts were heard in islamabad, the capital of pakistan, where a mob stormed the american embassy, killed a young marine guard, and trapped about 100 americans inside the embassy. >> the mob was screaming "kill the american dogs" as they stormed the u.s. embassy in islamabad. >> this is the third major event now in the muslim world in the last 24 hours. in tehran this morning, millions of people are shouting "death to the shah, death to carter." that is followed by the cry "god is great." >> these groups are very hard to dissuade. these people believe that god is on their side. that's a very powerful form of delusion.