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US embassy attackers killed
12/09/2006 10:31 - (SA)
Damascus - Four armed men stormed the United States embassy in Damascus on Tuesday, but the assault was repelled and Syrian officials said all diplomats were safe.
Smoke was seen rising from the diplomatic area in the Syrian
capital and heavy gunfire was heard.
A Syrian official said four men who tried to storm the
embassy were killed.
Witnesses said at least one Syrian guard was killed and a
Syrian official told Reuters all US diplomats were safe.
The embassy is in the Rawda area which also houses vital
security installations, the houses of senior Syrian officials
and other embassies.
'Operation by a small group'
The witnesses said Syrian security forces surrounded the
embassy building and sealed off the area.
Britain's ambassador to Syria Peter Ford told CNN that the
attack did not appear to be a "major al-Qaeda like operation,
but an operation by a small group".
The US state department in Washington said it was checking
the reports and had no immediate information.
- Reuters
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