[proletar] CNN: Suicide bomber kills one outside U.S. Embassy in Turkey

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Suicide bomber kills one outside U.S. Embassy in Turkey
>From Ivan Watson, CNN

February 1, 2013 -- Updated 1649 GMT (0049 HKT)

CNN.com

(CNN) -- Tension is high in Turkey after a suicide bombing at the U.S. Embassy
in Ankara as officials identified the attacker as a member of a radical leftist
group.

The blast killed a Turkish security guard, authorities say. The bomber died.

Istanbul police identified the bomber as Ecevit Shanli, a member of DHKP-C, a
Marxist Leninist terror group.

There are conflicting accounts concerning how many were wounded.

Ankara police and health officials said two were injured, while Ankara Gov.
Aladdin Yuksel said one person was hurt.
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A senior U.S. official said no Americans were wounded.

The "terrorist blast" occurred at 1:13 p.m. at a checkpoint on the perimeter of
the embassy, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

"We are working closely with the Turkish national police to make a full
assessment of the damage and the casualties, and to begin an investigation,"
she said.

Images from CNN sister network CNN Turk showed a hole in what appeared to be a
building that is part of the outer gate of the embassy compound, which is in
very well-protected area of Ankara near the Turkish parliament building.

The gated complex includes blast doors, reinforced windows and a series of
metal detectors that visitors must navigate before reaching embassy offices.

The blast happened on the same day that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is
leaving her job. Sen. John Kerry will fill that role amid widespread discussion
at the department over security at its global posts following last year's
attack on the U.S. post in Benghazi, Libya.

Republican Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
issued a statement saying that the bombing Friday is "yet another stark
reminder of the constant terrorist threat against U.S. facilities, personnel
and interests abroad."

"Coming after Benghazi, it underscores the need for a comprehensive review of
security at our diplomatic posts," his statement said. "The committee stands
ready to assist the State Department in protecting our diplomats."

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Vice President Joe Biden, in Europe to discuss issues such as the Syria
conflict, spoke to reporters along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who
said she is "very sad that there was an assault on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara.
... I want to send my condolences to everyone involved."

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also condemned the attack and sent
condolences.

Biden said he appreciated the sympathy. "I don't have much detail to tell, but
it was characterized by our mission as a terrorist attack on our embassy in
Ankara," he said. "To the best of our knowledge, there were some injured. ...
We don't have the details yet."

Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the blast was an attack
"against the peace and welfare of our country."

Turkey has seen numerous acts of political violence in the past from groups
such as leftist anarchists, Kurdish separatists, Islamists and al Qaeda. Turkey
has also backed rebels in neighboring Syria, and some violence from that
conflict has spilled over the border.

The explosion occurred as about 400 U.S. military personnel are moving Patriot
missile defense batteries to Turkish locations as part of an effort to defend
the country from possible attack from Syria. The first battery became
operational last Saturday in the city of Adana, NATO said, and more arrived
Wednesday in the port city of Iskenderun.

The British Embassy in Ankara strongly urged citizens to avoid areas around the
U.S. Embassy.

The U.S. Embassy posted a message on its website thanking "the Turkish
government, the media, and members of the public for their expressions of
solidarity and outrage over the incident."

While the U.S. Embassy in Ankara has not seen this kind of incident in decades,
in 2008 three police officers died in a shootout with assailants outside the
U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.

Three attackers also died in the incident, which the U.S. ambassador at the
time called "an obvious act of terrorism."

One of the attackers in that incident was believed to have trained with al
Qaeda in Pakistan's Waziristan region.

[proletar] CNN: Suicide bomber kills one outside U.S. Embassy in Turkey

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