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Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind making of the infamous low-budget movie titled 'Innocence of Muslims' is a Coptic Christian of Egyptian origin and known to US intelligence as a fraudster has been using many pseudonyms and fake names to continue his criminal activities. Other names of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula are: Sam Bacile, Mark Basseley Youssef, Yousseff M. Basseley, Nicola Bacily, Robert Bacily, Erwin Salameh, Thomas J. Tanas, Matthew Nekola, Ahmad Hamdy, Amal Nada, Daniel K. Caresman, Sobhi Bushra, Kritbag Difrat, PJ Tobaccoand Malid Ahlawi. The man also maintains numerous fake accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut and other social networking sites.
According to Associated Press, "Prior to his bank fraud conviction, Nakoula struggled with a series of financial problems," including a US$ 106,000 lien filed against him in 1997 and a US$ 191,000 tax lien in 2006. Nakoula owned a gas station, against which the California State Board of Equalization put a lien, stating that he owed taxes, interest and penalties dating from 1989 to 1992.
Nakoula originally identified himself to reporters as an Israeli-Jew, using the pseudonym Sam Bacile, and said that he collected US$5 million from Jewish friends to fund the movie. Police were sent to protect Nakoula after he was named a key figure, and a colleague stated Nakoula was scared of retaliation. Some of the movie appears to have been filmed at Nakoula's home. According to authorities, Nakoula wrote the script while in prison. He said he produced it with his son, Abanob Basseley, and the money for it (between US$ 50,000 to US$ 60,000) came from his wife's family in Egypt. On September 15, federal authorities took Nakoula in for an interview about possible probation violations related to the film's distribution on the Internet.
Originally posted by seudonymous
I haven't been able to find anything about this here on ATS. Most of the threads seem to have degenerated into the usual name calling and embracing of ignorance...
As far as i know "the innocence of Muslims" aired on the 9th of September in Egypt. The B-grade film had been around for a few months but only just got translated into Arabic. A few days later coordinated attacks are carried out against the U.S. This sparked the violence that has spread to the rest of the world.
We all know the power of mass media, and how few control it. Was the clock counting down to events that would spark WWIII?...
Originally posted by seudonymous
Basic rundown of events so far