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By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent

Updated 2311 GMT (0711 HKT) September 26, 2013

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U.S. troops led the investigation of the site of a suicide car bombing and a gunfight near the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/13/world/asia/us-consulate-afghanistan-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_t2">U.S. consulate in Herat, Afghanistan</a>, on Friday, September 13. Taliban militants attacked the consulate using a car bomb and guns to battle security forces just outside the compound. An intercepted al Qaeda message led to the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/04/politics/us-embassies-close/index.html">closing of 22 embassies and consulates</a> across the Middle East and North Africa on August 4. Take a look at other attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites in recent years.

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Photos: Attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites – U.S. troops led the investigation of the site of a suicide car bombing and a gunfight near the U.S. consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, on Friday, September 13. Taliban militants attacked the consulate using a car bomb and guns to battle security forces just outside the compound. An intercepted al Qaeda message led to the closing of 22 embassies and consulates across the Middle East and North Africa on August 4. Take a look at other attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites in recent years.

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A suicide bomb goes off at the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/01/world/europe/turkey-embassy-explosion/index.html">U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey,</a> on February 1. A security guard was killed and a journalist was wounded in the attack. The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, took responsibility for the bombing.

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Attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites – A suicide bomb goes off at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on February 1. A security guard was killed and a journalist was wounded in the attack. The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, took responsibility for the bombing.

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Demonstrators set the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/world/africa/libya-benghazi-timeline/index.html">U.S. Consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya,</a> on fire on September 11, 2012. The U.S. ambassador and three other U.S. nationals were killed during the attack.

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Attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites – Demonstrators set the U.S. Consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, on fire on September 11, 2012. The U.S. ambassador and three other U.S. nationals were killed during the attack.

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People flee the scene of a Taliban attack on the <a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/13/u-s-embassy-in-afghanistan-attacked-taliban-claims-responsibility/">U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan,</a> on September 13, 2011. Three police officers and one civilian were killed. There were no reports of U.S. casualties.

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Attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites – People flee the scene of a Taliban attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 13, 2011. Three police officers and one civilian were killed. There were no reports of U.S. casualties.

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Officials examine the aftermath of a terrorist attack outside the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/pakistan.blast/index.html">U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan,</a> on April 5, 2010. The coordinated attack involved a vehicle suicide bomb and attackers who tried to enter the consulate by using grenades and weapons fire. Two consulate security guards and at least six others were killed.

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Attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites – Officials examine the aftermath of a terrorist attack outside the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 5, 2010. The coordinated attack involved a vehicle suicide bomb and attackers who tried to enter the consulate by using grenades and weapons fire. Two consulate security guards and at least six others were killed.

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Yemeni soldiers carry the coffin of a comrade during a funeral on September 25, 2008, in Sanaa. Heavily armed fighters attacked the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/17/yemen.blast/index.html">U.S. Embassy in Yemen</a> on September 17. A car bomb was detonated, killing 10 Yemeni police and civilians and six attackers.

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Attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites – Yemeni soldiers carry the coffin of a comrade during a funeral on September 25, 2008, in Sanaa. Heavily armed fighters attacked the U.S. Embassy in Yemen on September 17. A car bomb was detonated, killing 10 Yemeni police and civilians and six attackers.

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Relatives of slain police officers are comforted during a funeral in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 10, 2008, a day after the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7497049.stm" target="_blank">U.S. Consulate there </a>was attacked. Three police officers and three attackers were killed in what the American ambassador to the country called "an obvious act of terrorism" aimed at the U.S.

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