Islamic Terrorists Attack US Embassy in Turkey

Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:55:23 am PDT

A terrorist attack on the US embassy in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL (AFP) - Three gunmen and three Turkish policemen were killed Wednesday in an attack on a guard post outside the well-fortified US consulate here that the United States and Turkey both labelled a “terrorist” act.

The assailants, armed with guns and rifles, “directly” targetted the police post outside the high-walled US consulate in the upscale district of Istinye, Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said.

Driving to the front of the consulate in a car, they emerged from the vehicle and opened fire at the post around 11:00am (0800 GMT), witnesses told NTV television, adding that they had also fired shots at the building. The security forces returned fire, killing all three gunmen. A fourth attacker escaped in the car after the shoot-out. ...

The attack was “an obvious act of terrorism” aimed at the United States, the US ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson, said in Ankara.