Holland America's Ryndam, which was scheduled to dock September 14 in La Goulette (Carthage), Tunisia, visited Sardinia, Italy, instead.
Due to ongoing crisis in Libya and after the bombing of Benghazi, Holland America's Ryndam canceled the arrival in in La Goulette. MS Ryndam carrying mostly American and British passengers for security issues arrived in the Sardinian capital this morning.
U.S. Department of Foreign affairs issued a warning to their citizens vesting the northern African countries for possible anti-American protests which are initiated by U.S.-made film which mocks the Prophet Mohammed.
There are anti-American protests in other European capitals and in Australia where police clashed with the protestors in the busy centre of Sydney. Al Qaeda also issued a statement saying ; 'Whoever comes across America's ambassadors or emissaries should follow the example of Omar al-Mukhtar's descendants (Libyans), who killed the American ambassador,' the group said, referring to Tuesday's attack on the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi. Let the step of kicking out the embassies be a step towards liberating Muslim countries from the American hegemony,' a statement posted on an (AQAP) website said.
