Hezbollah warns US over film as toll rises

September 18, 2012 02:25

Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah warned today of "very dangerous" global repercussions if a film deemed offensive to Islam is released in its entirety, as the death toll from violence sparked by the movie rose to 19.

An eruption of Muslim anger over the trailer of the film deemed offensive to Islam that appeared on the Internet has spread across the world, taking hold today in Afghanistan, Indonesia, the West Bank, the Philippines and Yemen.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of southern Beirut to denounce the film at Nasrallah's request, and the head of the powerful Shiite Muslim group surprised supporters by making a rare public appearance.

Nasrallah, whose Lebanese movement is blacklisted in the United States as a terrorist group, has called for a week of protests across the country over the film.

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