Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests

Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests
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Summary Writer and director Sam Bacile spoke on the phone Tuesday from an unidentified location.

A filmmaker has gone into hiding after his movie attacking Islams Prophet Muhammad sparked assaults on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, where an American State Department officer was killed.Writer and director Sam Bacile,remained defiant, saying he wanted his film to make a political statement.The 56-year-old identifies himself as an Israeli JewExcerpts dubbed into Arabic were posted on YouTube.Bacile says hes sorry for the person who died, but blames lax embassy security.
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