US hits prize offer for anti-Islam filmmaker

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The US denounced a US$100,000 prize offered by a Pakistani cabinet minister for the killing of the creator of an anti-Islam film, “Innocence of Muslims” released on YouTube earlier this September. Pakistan’s Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour on Saturday, September 22, offered the bounty and invited the Taliban and al-Qaeda to be part of the “noble deed.” Pakistan however distanced itself from Bilour’s comments, saying it is not part of government policy. US President Barack Obama and State Secretary Hillary Clinton have denounced the video as “offensive, disgusting, and reprehensible.” A State Department official however said it was no justification for violence.

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