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U.S. Embassy Bombing in Turkey an ‘Obvious Terror Attack’

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Mike O'Brien
Mike O'Brien
01/31/2013

The White House has condemned a suicide bomb attack at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday as "an act of terror." A Turkish security guard was killed when the attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body after entering a gate at the embassy. The bomb could be heard a mile away and debris was sent flying through the air. U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, speaking outside the Embassy after the blast, said: "We're very sad of course that we lost one of our Turkish guards...
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