Turkey Bombing

A wounded woman is helped after an explosion outside of the British Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Explosions hit the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank and the British consulate, killing at least 25 people and wounding about 400, health officials said. The blasts came days after the city was hit by two synagogue bombings.

Smoke billows over the Beyoglu district, where the British Consulate is, after an explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Explosions hit the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank and the British consulate, killing at least 25 people and wounding about 400, health officials said. The blasts came days after the city was hit by two synagogue bombings.

A wounded Turkish woman arrives at an Istanbul hospital after after an explosion near the British Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Explosions hit the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank and the British consulate, killing at least 25 people and wounding about 400, health officials said.

Damaged cars are seen outside of the HSBC Bank building after an explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Explosions hit the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank and the British consulate, killing at least 25 people and wounding about 400, health officials said. The blasts came days after the city was hit by two synagogue bombings.

The explosion at the HSBC Bank building is seen in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003.

Pedestrians react after an explosion went off outside of the British Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Explosions hit the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank and the British consulate, killing at least 25 people and wounding about 400, health officials said.

The British Consulate building and its surroundings are seen after the explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Explosions hit the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank and the British consulate, killing at least 25 people and wounding about 400, health officials said. The blasts came days after the city was hit by two synagogue bombings.

A victim, caught in one of the explosions in Istanbul, is carried away by rescuers in this image made from television, Nov. 20, 2003.

The damaged HSBC bank in Istanbul, Turkey, is seen in this image made from television, Nov. 20, 2003, following an explosion.

A victim of one of the explosions in Istanbul is seen in this image made from television, Nov. 20, 2003.

Smoke billows from one of the HSBC Bank buildings after an explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 20, 2003. Explosions shook Istanbul, including blasts in front of the Turkish headquarters of HSBC bank in an affluent district and another in front of the British consulate.

A woman with blood on her face makes a call on a mobile phone near the HSBC bank in Istanbul, Turkey, in this image made from television, Nov. 20, 2003, following an explosion.

This photo shows the Aftermath of bomb blast in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 20, 2003.

Victims of one of the explosions in Istanbul are seen in this image made from television, Nov. 20, 2003.

Firefighters enter the damaged HSBC Bank building in this image made from television after an explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 20, 2003. Four explosions shook Istanbul, including blasts in front of the Turkish headquarters of HSBC bank in an affluent district and another in front of the British consulate.

The entrance of the HSBC Bank is seen after an explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 20, 2003. Explosions shook Istanbul, including blasts in front of the Turkish headquarters of HSBC bank in an affluent district and another in front of the British consulate.

People search among the rubble for victims of an explosion near the British Consulate in Istanbul, in this image made from television, Nov. 20, 2003.

People search around an overturned car and damaged buildings near the British Consulate in Istanbul, in this image made from television after an explosion, Nov. 20, 2003.

Smoke risies after bomb blast at the British Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 20, 2003.

The HSBC Bank building is seen in this image made from television after an explosion, in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 20, 2003. Four explosions shook Istanbul, including blasts in front of the Turkish headquarters of HSBC bank in an affluent district and another in front of the British consulate.