Syrian nationals carried out U.S. embassy attack
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The four men who carried out Tuesday's   attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus were all Syrians, the   official SANA news agency said.
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A car bomb targeted a U.S. diplomatic vehicle in Beirut on Wednesday, killing at least three people, but the U.S. State Department said no Americans were hurt in the blast.
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Washington claims Revolutionary Guard were involved in attack that killed five Americans.
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The United States is sending a team   of federal agents to Syria to investigate a failed attack on   the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, a State Department spokeswoman   said on Tuesday.
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Lobbing grenades, militants invaded Jiddah's heavily guarded U.S. consulate on Monday, attacking staffers and others in the compound until Saudi security forces stormed in. Nine people, none American, were killed in a gunbattle that showed how vulnerable Saudi Arabia still is to Islamic extremist attacks.
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The bold attack on the U.S. Embassy has thrown new light on what President Bashar Assad calls the growing threat in Syria from Islamic extremists. But some critics say the regime is exaggerating the problem for its own political gain.
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The US embassy in Damascus is reported to have come under attack, with reports of heavy gunfire and explosions.
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Four men shouting Islamic slogans   tried to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Tuesday but   their plot was foiled after Syrian guards killed three of them   in a shootout.
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The U.S. Embassy here was closed to visitors Wednesday and security increased after officials received credible threats of an attack on the building, a spokesman said.
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A car bomb damaged a U.S. diplomatic vehicle in Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding 16, but the U.S. State Department said no Americans were hurt by the blast.
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(Baghdad, Iraq-AP) Nov. 1, 2004 - US Embassy officials are confirming that an American is among four foreigners abducted during a bloody assault at their office in Baghdad.
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Gunmen apparently blew up a car outside the American Embassy and exchanged fire with Syrian guards in a bold attack inside Damascus' diplomatic neighborhood Tuesday, a witness said.
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Attacks that have targeted prominent Lebanese, most of them opponents of Syria:
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi gunmen who stormed  the United States consulate in Jeddah had "scoped out" the  building ahead of their carefully planned attack, the U.S.  envoy to Saudi Arabia said Tuesday.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, and there were casualties, a senior Lebanese security official said.
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Four armed men attacked the United   States embassy in Damascus on Tuesday but the assault was   repelled and Syrian officials said all diplomats were safe.
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The United States and its Middle East   policies are to blame for a recent failed attack on the U.S.   embassy in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was   quoted on Sunday as saying in a German magazine.