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Turkey: Group Claims Responsibility for Attack on U.S. Consulate

HeadlineAug 11, 2015

In Turkey, a leftist group known as the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front has claimed responsibility for the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul. Two women from the group opened fire at the consulate on Monday. No one was killed in the attack. Meanwhile, the United States has sent six F-16 jets and 300 U.S. military personnel to Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base. Turkey opened up the airbase to the United States last month.

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