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CAIR and other Muslim organizations* condemned both the killings of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other diplomats in that nation and the attack on the American embassy in Egypt

CAIR, a Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, made that statement at a noon news conference today on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., at which representatives of CAIR and other Muslim organizations* condemned both the killings of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other diplomats in that nation and the attack on the American embassy in Egypt. SEE: U.S. Ambassador to Libya Is Killed http://tinyurl.com/9ez8buv {*NOTE: Other organizations represented at the news conference included the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim American Society -- Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (MAS-PACE), the Council of Muslim Organizations of the Greater Washington, D.C., Area (CMO), the Libyan Emergency Task Force, and Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center.] In his prepared statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said: "We condemn the disgraceful killings of the American diplomats in Libya in the strongest terms possible. We also conde