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Up to 5000 protesters are trying to storm the US embassy in Yemen as anger about an anti-Muslim film spreads in the Middle East. Hundreds got past two police barricades and managed to get through the main gate into the US compound in Sanaa. They were then driven back by security forces firing weapons into the air. TV pictures showed Yemenis trying to scale walls to get back into the compound. Young demonstrators shouting "we redeem, Messenger of God" smashed windows of security offices outside the embassy and set fire to cars and tyres. Others held banners declaring "Allah is Greatest". The violence came a day after the US embassy was attacked in Libya, and there are fears protests will spread to other countries in the Muslim world. US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American officials died as gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and set fire to the compound in Benghazi. The US is investigating whether it was a co-ordinated terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 atrocity. It had been thought it was a spontaneous protest provoked by an American-made anti-Islam film, which is being promoted on YouTube and is said to insult the Prophet Mohammed. But a US counterterrorism official has said the Benghazi violence was "too co-ordinated or professional" to be spontaneous. Protests in the Egyptian capital continued overnight as demonstrators clashed with police near the US embassy. Police were pelted with rocks and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd <b>...</b>