Security guard killed as bomber blows himself
up at diplomatic mission in Ankara, officials say.
A security guard has been killed after a suicide
bomber blew himself up outside the US embassy
in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the provincial
governor says.
"There were two dead in the suicide bombing, a
Turkish security guard and the bomber himself,"
Alaattin Yuksel told reporters, adding that a
woman was also wounded in Friday's blast in the
Cankaya neighbourhood.
The US ambassador to Turkey confirmed that
one of the embassy's Turkish staff was killed.
"We are very grateful to the Turkish state and
the police for the very prompt response,"
Ambassador Francis Ricciardone said. "We are
very sad of course that we lost one of our
Turkish guards at the gate."
Smoke rose from a side entrance to the embassy
after the doorway was damaged and debris sent
flying into the street. The bomb appeared to
have exploded near a security checkpoint at the
entrance of the visa section of the embassy.
"It was a huge explosion. I was sitting in my
shop when it happened. I saw what looked like a
body part on the ground,"
said travel agent Kamiyar Barnos whose shop
window was shattered around 100 metres away
from the blast.
Television footage showed a door blown out and
masonry from the wall around it scattered in
front of the entrance, although there did not
appear to be any more significant structural
damage. The explosion was heard more than a
kilometre away, reported Al Jazeera's Gonca
Senay from the scene.
Police cordoned off the street where many other
state institutions and embassies, including those
of Germany and France, are also located. A
police helicopter hovered in the air and armed
US Marines patrolled the embassy roof following
the attack.
Victoria Nuland, a US state department
spokesperson, said that investigations were
underway to find those responsible.
"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 in a statement.
In a statement made after the bombing,
Muammer Guler , the Turkish interior minister,
said that the bomber was about 30 years old,
and was a member of a far-left group.
"The attacks target the well-being and peace in
our country," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said in televised remarks. "We will
stand tall and we will stand together.. we will
get over these."
In July 2008, three gunmen and three Turkish
policemen were killed in an attack outside the
well-fortified US consulate in Istanbul.

Aljazeera.com

The United States of America verses the United Islamic States.

War without end.

The way these terrorist are hunting down america citizen is becoming something else. Are they nt tired of the bombing? The thing is,whenever any of them(both america and sucide bomber) strike, an innocent citizen will be the victim.