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U.S. consulate in Casablanca closed after bombing
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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With the Moroccan police tightening security around the consulate and other foreign consulates here, the closing underscored American concerns expressed here and in Algeria about further attacks and possible dangers to Americans. (article 3)
On Saturday, United States officials here told their employees to stay home, warning that the potential for violence against Americans " remains high. (article 3)
BERLIN, April 14 Suicide bombers struck in North Africa on Saturday for the third time in a week, targeting the U.S. Consulate and an American cultural center in the Moroccan port city of Casablanca. (article 2)
A statement from the U.S. embassy in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, did not say when the consulate would resume its services to the public. (article 1)
The bombing took place seconds after another suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt nearly two meters (yards) away from the U.S. cultural centre on the same street. (article 1)
Saturday's targeted attacks in Casablanca were the first in Morocco since 2003 when suicide bombings killed 45 people in the North African country's commercial capital. (article 1)
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria on Sunday denounced a U.S. embassy alert about possible imminent attacks in the capital, Algiers, saying it had caused panic in a city already on edge after three suicide bombings. (article 4)
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Casablanca, suicide, bombers, Algiers, consulate |
Source articles
- U.S. consulate in Casablanca closed after bombing (Washington Post, 04/15/2007, 322 words)
- Suicide Bombers Strike N. Africa Again (Washington Post, 04/15/2007, 809 words)
- U.S. Consulate Closes in Morocco Over Security Concerns (nytimes.com, 04/16/2007, 772 words)
- Algeria summons U.S. envoy to protest at alert (Washington Post, 04/15/2007, 517 words)
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