A suicide bomber attacked the gatehouse to the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey today, killing a security guard and sending debris around the area.
The suicide attacker was identified as Ecevit Sanli, a member of the Marxist Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, which is listed by the US State Department as a foreign terrorist organization since 2005.
The group opposes NATO and US involvement in Turkish affairs and accuses the Turkey government of being controlled by international forces. They have launched suicide attacks against Turkish police and the Interior Ministry in the past.
The White House says that the attack was “an act of terror,” while former US Ambassador James Jeffrey said that the group is not believed to have any ties to Islamists, but is rather affiliated with “guys with beards and coffee houses on the Rive Gauche in Paris.”
The only opposition to Turkey involvement in regard to Syria.., cooperation with Israel and NATO mostly are ones that are looking for a functional democracy in Turkey.., here there are those whom are from left, liberals, liberal social democrats and far left.., and communists from USSR era. Non of them have open voice nor they been allowed to have their voice to be heard openly by the present Turkish religious regime. Present Turkish regime is as dictatorial as when US EU backed military regime ruled Turkey, they just have changed to suite and ties and become the servant of Saudis wanting to present their social political view in Europe wanting to becoming the EU member.., having such vision force them to do everything for that RATMUSSEN of Denmark who is heading the EU – NATO militarism regime. Look: US have enough enemies as it is.., but dealing with them is not the priority of the us government, nor the regime is interested in diplomacy based on a mutual interests, nor us and eu is willing to compromise.., therefore the essence of democracy is not there nor presented by either governmental system.., Turkish regime is just another puppet doing the job for their masters lost in their elusions being a religious democracy…, this doesn't make any sense.., religion – democracy.., two different world of ideas in one regime.., there is something wrong.