<h2><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/TX-PAR-PGW50" target="_blank"><img class="caption" src="images/stories/contributor-80x100-dloesch.png" border="0" alt="Dana Loesch" title="Dana Loesch" align="left" /><img src="images/stories/breitbart_logo.png" border="0" alt="Breitbart" hspace="7" align="left" />An American has been killed</a> on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 as Islamist mobs attacked and burned the U.S. consulate in Libya.</h2>
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<p>A US official was killed and another wounded on Tuesday as an armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam attacked the US consulate in Benghazi, an official told AFP.</p>
<p>Libya's deputy interior minister Wanis al-Sharef said: "One American official was killed and another injured in the hand. The other staff members were evacuated and are safe and sound."</p>
<p>He could not say if the dead man was a diplomat.</p>
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<p>It is so far the only death from mob attacks in Libya and Egypt over <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/11/Islamists-Storm-US-Egyptian-Embassy-US-Apologizes" target="_blank">Islamist anger at an alleged film</a> in production by Coptic Christians focusing on Islam. <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/11/Islamists-Storm-US-Egyptian-Embassy-US-Apologizes" target="_blank">The United States spent 9/11 apologizing</a> <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/09/after-attack-us-embassy-in-cairo-apologizes-for-unspecified-135222.html" target="_blank">for hurting Islamists' feelings in Egypt</a> which incited protesters to desecrate our flag and storm the walls of the U.S. embassy. <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/11/American-Killed-on-911-In-Libyan-Consulate-Attack">Continue post on Breitbart &gt;&gt;&gt;</a></p>