Turkey suspects al-Qaida in attack on US consulate

Turkey suspects al-Qaida in attack on US consulate

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ISTANBUL, Turkey - Suspected al-Qaida militants armed with pistols and shotguns attacked a police guard post outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left three attackers and three officers dead.

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US again a target 3 officers lost..3 attackers killed

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This is disturbing on many fronts one of which I have a friend who is in Turkey for an archeology dig. Turkey one of our best allies seems to also have their share of terrorists.

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When siding with the U.S. Expect to have terrorists targeting you.

i would think given recent activity it was the PKK rather than any other group.

unless turkey are trying to get the PKK and al-qaeda identified as the same group....

The middle east is a powder keg anyway..and there are sparks flying around. Think about it
1) Iran war games
2) Iran threats
3) Isreal threats
4) Russia says an attack on Iran is an attack on us
5) Oil at record prices

This is scary situation

sounds more like guerilla warfare than terrorism! it was an attack on uniforms.. not civilians therefore not really terrorism... just to be nit picking!

Suspect caught.. anyone know if they waterboard in Turkey?

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We will find out if there are Al queda ties

The attack was on a turkish consulate.

They wanted to blow it up(they had a truck with explosives)

The officers instead of getting in the consulate behind cover fought to death basically while someone from the traffic police came behind the terrorists and killed them with his pistol while they had AK's.

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PKK then - theres a resurgence in activity recently in northern iraq/ southern turkey and western iran from these terrorists