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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.
Photos: Photos: Attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites
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.
Photos: Photos: Attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites
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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