Originally Posted by dropnosky

you say they were firing blanks, the marine corp says otherwise. More likely they didn't fire at all and were told to not escalate the situation.

NightWatch Report: Marines Guarding U.S. Embassy in Cairo Were Barred From Carrying Live Ammunition | Ambassador Anne Patterson | Video | TheBlaze.com

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"Additionally, per Time, the Marine Corps said in a statement late Thursday that any reports “of Marines not being able to have their weapons loaded per direction from the ambassador are not accurate.”