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Gun attack on British embassy
icNewcastle ^ | September 09 2003

Posted on 09/09/2003 1:17:13 PM PDT by knighthawk

Shots have been fired at the British Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Nobody was hurt in the attack, in which three or four shots were fired at or near the embassy compound.

It is the second time in a week that the embassy has been targeted. In a similar incident on September 3, it came under fire from gunmen on motorcycles.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: embassy; iran; uk; ukembassy

1 posted on 09/09/2003 1:17:13 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: MizSterious; rebdov; Nix 2; green lantern; BeOSUser; Brad's Gramma; dreadme; Turk2; Squantos; ...
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2 posted on 09/09/2003 1:18:52 PM PDT by knighthawk (Full of power I'm spreading my wings, facing the storm that is gathering near)
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I like what a colonel in Iraq called these kind of attacks - miss and run.
3 posted on 09/09/2003 1:20:41 PM PDT by dirtboy (www.ArmorforCongress.com - because lawyers with a clue are rarer than truth-telling Democrats)
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To: dirtboy
Didn't the Brits close their embassy in Tehran?
4 posted on 09/09/2003 1:27:00 PM PDT by OldFriend ((Dems inhabit a parallel universe))
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