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When Bacile’s legitimacy began to be questioned, the AP traced the phone number they had called to Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. Nakoula, 55, a Coptic Christian, said he was the manager of the company that produced the anti-Muslim movie, but denied that he had posed as Bacile. However, other connections to the Bacile persona have been unearthed.
Nakoula has frequently used alias names in the past, including Erwin Salameh and Nicola “Bacily,” among others. In 2010, he pleaded no contest to federal band fraud charges in California and was ordered to pay over $790,000 in restitution, sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and ordered not to use computers or the internet for five years. Thus, hosting a “Sam Bacile” YouTube channel may be deemed a violation of his probation.
An attorney for Nakoula, listed as James Henderson Sr., did not respond to FoxNews.com's request for comment. On his legal website, the Santa Monica-based lawyer is described as a specialist in “white collar criminal defense and federal criminal violations.”
Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Fla., who burned Qurans on the ninth anniversary of 9/11, said he spoke with the movie's director on the phone Wednesday. He said he has not met the filmmaker in person, but the man contacted him a few weeks ago about promoting the movie.
"I have not met him. Sam Bacile, that is not his real name," Jones said. "I just talked to him on the phone. He is definitely in hiding and does not reveal his identity. He was quite honestly fairly shook up concerning the events and what is happening. A lot of people are not supporting him."
Originally posted by My.mind.is.mine
Something ain't right about this.... I mean how the hell does a producer in America release a low budget whack film, and hours later folks overseas are protesting, when Americans didn't even know it existed.......? This is bull#..
Originally posted by MDDoxs
Originally posted by My.mind.is.mine
Something ain't right about this.... I mean how the hell does a producer in America release a low budget whack film, and hours later folks overseas are protesting, when Americans didn't even know it existed.......? This is bull#..
The interz web
I to was a bit surprised at how quickly the situation deteriorated as a result of this movie, but mass media has made everything more available.
Social networks are a double edged sword
Originally posted by BASSPLYR
I don't get it. Why would we be offing all the leaders who want to unify africa into something similar to the european union. Wouldn't the entire african continent under the leadership of a NATO or US puppet be much easier to control and reap the riches off the continent than if it were still just a bunch of spinning their wheels and going nowhere pathetic nations that we can't even communicate with let alone totally manipulate.
Originally posted by DangerMcBacon
reply to post by MDDoxs
A - the movie was released in July
B - Islamic extremist are the only double edged sword in existence
C - It takes no conspiracy to incite muslims to violence.
Anything else?
Originally posted by Dustytoad
reply to post by My.mind.is.mine
I'm noticing that this is all very fishy and smells like psyops.
Only the Libyans involved know the truth.
I have a question:
I have been watching CNN all day, and was watching News yesterday, but why are they not interviewing the protestors? I havn't heard anyone confirm why this is all happening.
Originally posted by My.mind.is.mine
Originally posted by DangerMcBacon
reply to post by MDDoxs
A - the movie was released in July
B - Islamic extremist are the only double edged sword in existence
C - It takes no conspiracy to incite muslims to violence.
Anything else?
I'm sorry that you don't consider your own president, and government as a whole, as a double edged sword - yet an invisible "enemy" whom you can't see is definitely one.. smh
By your logic, I should be pretty violent right about now huh?
Originally posted by DangerMcBacon
Originally posted by My.mind.is.mine
Originally posted by DangerMcBacon
reply to post by MDDoxs
A - the movie was released in July
B - Islamic extremist are the only double edged sword in existence
C - It takes no conspiracy to incite muslims to violence.
Anything else?
I'm sorry that you don't consider your own president, and government as a whole, as a double edged sword - yet an invisible "enemy" whom you can't see is definitely one.. smh
By your logic, I should be pretty violent right about now huh?
As an American, no, I do not consider freedom of thought or expression a double edged sword. I also consider Islam a cult of degenerates. When you chop off your daughters head, because muhammud tells you to, that is not religion. When you chop off a thiefs hand, because muhammud tells you to, that is not religion. When you stone to death a wife, because muhammud tell you to, well you deserve no respect. When you kill an honest man because someone, somewhere made a crappy movie, you deserve no respect.
Anything else...
Originally posted by thesungod
reply to post by My.mind.is.mine
We live in a crazy world. No one person, country or view is right or proper. Everywhere there is hate and lies. Islam and Christianity, included.
Open your eyes to it.edit on 13-9-2012 by thesungod because: (no reason given)
First: you could never point out where Islam commands any of those things, as it doesn't.
Qur'an 2:191 "And kill them wherever you find and catch them. Drive them out from where they have turned you out; for Al-Fitnah (polytheism, disbelief, oppression) is worse than slaughter."
Originally posted by thesungod
reply to post by My.mind.is.mine
It's not. It's about hate and lies. DangerMcBacon attacked Islam, then you defended it is all.
First: you could never point out where Islam commands any of those things, as it doesn't.
However...
Qur'an 2:191 "And kill them wherever you find and catch them. Drive them out from where they have turned you out; for Al-Fitnah (polytheism, disbelief, oppression) is worse than slaughter."
Originally posted by thesungod
reply to post by My.mind.is.mine
I own a Qur'an, it's next to my Bible on my book shelf. Don't do the same thing Christians do, change terms to fit the time. The Qur'an just like the Bible is full of wonderful philosophies and terrible practices.
Originally posted by My.mind.is.mine
A friend of mine says that his family swears up and down they haven't heard of any such a movie.