Worst Embassy Attacks

On Sept. 17, militants launched the worst attack on a U.S. embassy in a decade, killing 17 people with car bombs, machine gun fire and grenades. It's not the first time an embassy has been used to send a message to (or blackmail) a representative country and sadly, it probably won't be the last.
Kate Pickert

Diplomacy Under Fire

Danish Embassy in Pakistan

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June 2, 2008
After newspapers in Denmark published controversial cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed for a second time — including one that showed a bomb in his turban — al-Qaeda retaliated, exploding a car bomb in front of the Danish embassy. The powerful explosion killed six and left a massive crater in front of the embassy gates, shattering windows in the surrounding neighborhood.

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