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U.S. consulate in Casablanca closed after bombing
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The incident came four days after three people blew themselves up and a fourth was shot dead during a police raid on suspected militants in the city. (article 1)
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Hours after the two men blew themselves up, police arrested the leader and deputy leader of a group behind the 11 March attack and the ones earlier this week, security sources and local media said. (article 1)
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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 4)
On Saturday, United States officials here told their employees to stay home, warning that the potential for violence against Americans " remains high. (article 4)
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 3)
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 2)
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 2)
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One woman passer-by was injured in the blasts, which happened near the US consulate and its cultural centre. (article 1)
The two bombers - identified by police as brothers - blew themselves up in Boulevard Moulay Youssef in the city's central district. (article 1)
One of the two bombers asked a policeman for access to the American cultural centre and when questioned further the pair blew themselves up, security officials told the French news agency AFP. (article 1)
The BBC's Richard Hamilton in Rabat said Moroccan police have been searching for members of an alleged terrorist cell that was planning what they say was a massive bombing campaign against tourist resorts and foreign-owned ships. (article 1)
BBC Arab affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi says the recent foiled suicide attempts in Morocco, coupled with recent explosions in neighbouring Algiers have raised fears of a new surge of radical Islamist violence in North Africa. (article 1)
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- New suicide attacks hit Morocco (BBC News, 04/14/2007, 393 words)
- 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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- New suicide attacks hit Morocco (BBC News, 04/14/2007, 393 words)
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Casablanca, suicide, bombers, Algiers, consulate |
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