Recent Protests in Muslim Countries : Background and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Officials and employees.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Assassination.

Diplomatic and consular service.

Economic assistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (24 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides background information and analysis about recent wave of protests in Muslim countries following release of an inflammatory video in the U.S. Discusses issues of potential interest to Congress, including emerging debates on foreign assistance funding for countries affected by unrest; extremist reactions and counterterrorism concerns; attack in Benghazi, Libya that killed four U.S. employees, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens; intelligence and diplomatic security policies; war powers considerations; UN role; and potential effects of current controversy on long-running international debates on religion and freedom of expression. Includes summary appendix of select incidents and international responses, organized geographically by country.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Recent Protests in Muslim Countries

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