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Today, shepard. now, a contact at fox turkey tells us that he actually had to go through two roadblocks before he got to the security point at the embassy where he blew himself up, and it's not clear how he got that far, but the state department is describing the point where the bomber detonated his vest as the first security point on the embassy compound. in any event, the guard was killed outside, but on the other side of that glass, two staffers were injured, not badly, and that particular point, shep, is about 20 yards from the main embassy compound. >> shepard: what more do we know about ...

Security guards tried to hold them off by firing into the air and protesters were unable to break in to the main embassy compound. according to a senior administration official, there has been good cooperation from the yemen government which is condemned the attacks and is working with the united states to maintain order and protect embassy facilities and the people inside. meanwhile, the u.s. has dispatched two war ships, armed with cruise missiles, closer to the libyan coast. the defense department says this is just a precautionary step. but 50 u.s. marines have also been dispatched to hel...