US Embassy Attacked in Turkey

[TheCommandTent]

ANKARA, Turkey –  A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital on Friday, killing himself and one other person, officials said.

U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardione told reporters that a guard at the gate was killed in the 1:15 p.m. blast, and a Turkish citizen was wounded.

The bomb appeared to have exploded inside the security checkpoint at the side entrance of the embassy, but did not do damage inside the embassy itself. Footage showed that the door had been blown off its hinges and debris littered the ground and across the road. An Associated Press journalist saw a body in the street in front of an embassy side entrance.

Police swarmed the area and several ambulances were dispatched. An AP journalist one woman who appeared to be seriously injured being carried into an ambulance.

The police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government rules, said police had examined security cameras around the embassy and had identified two people who could have been the suicide bomber.

The phones were not being answered at the embassy. "The US Embassy would like to thank the Turkish Government, the media, and members of the public for their expressions of solidarity and outrage over the incident," it said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/01/several-reportedly-injured-in-blast-near-us-embassy-in-turkish-capital/#ixzz2Jeck4o6q

[bayonetbrant]

was it an attack, a protest, a soccer riot, or just some random dude blowing shit up?

[GDS_Starfury]

at this point what difference does it make!?

[bayonetbrant]

at this point what difference does it make!?

you forgot the {sarcasm} tag

[Centurion40]

It will be interesting to find out if the bomber was a Turk, or an immigrant.  Then, if a Turk, what stripe of Turk.  Is this the tip of a wave radicalised Islamo-Turks, or a lone lunatic?

[LongBlade]

was it an attack, a protest, a soccer riot, or just some random dude blowing shit up?

YouTube video. I uploaded a video of the forum software upgrade and protests broke out.

[Longdan]

The President is behind this one.

[TheCommandTent]

It will be interesting to find out if the bomber was a Turk, or an immigrant.  Then, if a Turk, what stripe of Turk.  Is this the tip of a wave radicalised Islamo-Turks, or a lone lunatic?

Its seems like they are think it might be a leftist national.

The state-run Anadolu Agency identified the bomber as Ecevit Sanli. It said the 40-year-old Turkish man was a member of the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, which has claimed responsibility for assassinations and bombings since the 1970s. The group has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States but had been relatively quiet in recent years.

Still, Nuland said who was responsible for the attack was an open question, amid recent warnings that terror groups are looking to hit western targets. In Turkey, U.S. Patriot missiles were recently deployed to the border with Syria, along with some U.S. troops, to operate the missile-defense system inside Turkey.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/01/at-least-2-dead-in-terrorist-attack-outside-us-embassy-in-turkish-capital/?test=latestnews#ixzz2JhhaAmkQ

[Centurion40]

Suicide bombings aren't exactly SOP for leftists.

[Staggerwing]

Suicide bombings aren't exactly SOP for leftists.

Yeah but poor wiring skills are.

[Longdan]

It comes from that sinister left handed thing.
The world is designed for righties.