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Reaction to death of U.S. Ambassador in Libya listen

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Tags: Libya, Benghazi, Barack Obama, islamophobia, Islam, Mitt Romney

President Barack Obama is condemning in the "strongest possible terms" an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the American ambassador.

Today Obama said the U.S. will work with the Libyan government to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice. He says "no acts of terror" will shake America's resolve.

Obama said the U.S. rejects any efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but says there is "absolutely no justification" for viole...

CAIR's Hassan Shibly on death of US Ambassador to Libya listen

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Tags: Libya, Benghazi, islamophobia, Islam, CAIR, Bill Nelson

The day after Tuesday's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya we spoke with Hassan Shibly. He’s executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Four Americans have died, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, following riots by Libyans upset at a low-budget film critical of Islam.

We heard audio of Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) suggesting Al-Qaeda could be responsible for the attack.

We also touched on the ongoing effort by conservat...

Islamophobia: The Network Behind The New McCarthyism?

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Tags: McCarthyism, Islamophobia, Peter King, Max Blumenthal, TomDispatch, Pamela Geller

Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. On the first part of today's program we'll have open phones. In the second part of today's program an interview with journalist Max Blumenthal about what may be this era's New McCarthyism.

Recently AHA reported:

"Incoming House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King (R-NY) says he will launch investigations into radical Islam as part of his mandate to "protect our homeland from the te...