good evening, i m bill weir. twin towers of light mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in new york tonight. on a day of somber reflection ends with breaking news of american diplomatic posts under attack in the muslim world. one state department officer was killed. another injured during a militant assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, tonight. this is the city you ll recall where rebels held out against gadhafi and in neighboring egypt it wasn t militants but angry protesters who rushed the walls of the u.s. embassy in cairo, tore down the american flag and replaced it with a black islamist banner, all of this apparently sparked by an obscure american film critical of the prophet muhammad. after a clip was posted online the embassy in cairo put out a statement condemning t continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims. tonight, the white house distanced itself from that statement which the romney campaign called di
this is nightline. september 11th, 2012. good evening. i m bill weir. twin towers of light mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in new york tonight. but a day of somber reflection ends with breaking news of american diplomatic posts under attack in the muslim world. one state department officer was killed, another injured during a militant assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, tonight. this is the city you ll recall where rebels held out against gadhafi s army last year until u.s. and nato forces flew to their revolutionary cause. in neighboring egypt it wasn t militants but angry protesters who rushed the walls of the u.s. embassy in cairo, tore down the american flag, and replaced it with a black islamist banner. all of it apparently sparked by an obscure american film critical of the prophet muhammad. after a clip was posted online, the embassy in cairo put out a statement condemning the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the relig