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             Turkey Points Finger at Syria for Deadly Car Bombings

   Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Turkey has the right to
   "take every kind of measure" in response to twin car bombings it blames
   on Syria.
   The blasts Saturday killed 43 and wounded more than 100.
   Two car bombs exploded Saturday in the town of Reyhanli, just a few
   kilometers from a Syrian border crossing in Hatay province.
   No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings. But Deputy Prime
   Minister Bulent Arinsaid calls the government of Syrian President
   Bashar al-Assad "the usual suspect." Hatay hosts a large number of
   Syrian refugees from the civil war. Arinsaid says theyhave become
   targets for the regime in Damascus.
   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the bombings are "awful" news
   and that the United States stands with Turkey.
   United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemns the attacks and
   says no cause or grievance ever justifies targeting civilians.
   In addition to tensions involving Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Recep
   Tayyip Erdogan indicated the blasts also may have been related to his
   government`s peace talks with Kurdish rebels, an effort aimed at ending
   nearly 30 years of conflict.
   Mr. Erdogan said "Hatay is also a very sensitive province," home to
   20,000 to 25,000 refugees. He suggested, "There may be those who want
   to agitate these sensitivities."
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