Comments on: Turkey: US Consulate Attack http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/07/10/turkey-us-consulate-attack/ News, Photography, Blogs & Analysis Thu, 24 May 2012 01:42:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Onnik http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/07/10/turkey-us-consulate-attack/#comment-7465 Onnik Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:04:09 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/07/10/turkey-us-consulate-attack/#comment-7465 <blockquote>Terrorists are at it again in Istanbul! This time the US Consulate in Istanbul was the target. Armed men opened fire from a vehicle, and six people, three assailants and three police officers, were killed. No American citizens or staff were hurt. The consulate is heavily guarded and at no time were the Americans or the people inside in any danger. The clash occurred at the entrance, which is about a 100 meters from the fortress-like compound, between the police and security guarding the facility, and the assailants. [...] Now for the question of the day: Were the terrorists going after the Turkish police, which I believe to be the case (with the U.S. as the secondary beneficiary), or was the attack aimed at the U.S.?</blockquote> http://www.talkturkey.us/2008/07/istanbul-terror.html

Terrorists are at it again in Istanbul! This time the US Consulate in Istanbul was the target. Armed men opened fire from a vehicle, and six people, three assailants and three police officers, were killed. No American citizens or staff were hurt. The consulate is heavily guarded and at no time were the Americans or the people inside in any danger. The clash occurred at the entrance, which is about a 100 meters from the fortress-like compound, between the police and security guarding the facility, and the assailants.

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Now for the question of the day: Were the terrorists going after the Turkish police, which I believe to be the case (with the U.S. as the secondary beneficiary), or was the attack aimed at the U.S.?

http://www.talkturkey.us/2008/07/istanbul-terror.html

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