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An Associated Press now believed to be al- Qaida-linked militants has become fraught with election-year politics as Republicans accuse administration officials of dissembling in the early aftermath on what they knew about the perpetra- tors and for lax security at the diplomatic mission in a lawless part of post-rev- olution Libya. Two House Republican leaders this week accused the administration of denying repeated requests for extra security at the Benghazi consulate, where Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. A five-member accountability review board appointed by Clin- ton will begin this week looking at whether securi- ty at the consulate was adequate and whether proper procedures were followed before, during and immediately after the attack. 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Lawmakers divided on post-9/11 Investigators have been looking into at least three different products used for the back injections that could have been taint- ed by the fungus that appears to be behind the illnesses. None of the products have been ruled out. However, the primary suspicion is on steroid medication, which is commonly used for back pain. Turkey fires artillery at Thursday, October 4, 2012 – Daily News 5A Bond girls reflect The administration strongly disagrees with the report's findings, and leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee are distancing themselves from the report. The review criti- cized the multibillion- dollar network of ''fusion centers'' as ineffective in fighting terrorism and risky to civil liberties. The political maneu- Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civil- ians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbors and prompting NATO to convene an emergency meeting. ''Our armed forces at the border region responded to this atro- cious attack with artillery fire on points in Syria that were detected with radar, in line with the rules of engagement,'' the Turkish government said in a statement from the prime minister's office. Syria BEIRUT (AP) — The artillery fire capped a day that began with four bombs tearing through a government- held district in Syria's commercial and cultural capital of Aleppo, killing more than 30 people and reducing buildings to rub- ble. der, a shell fired from inside Syria landed on a home in the Turkish vil- lage of Akcakale, killing five civilians, including some children, and wounding a dozen others according to Turkish media. Along the volatile bor- vering by Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, is unusual because the bipartisan report was issued by their own sub- committee. department's security efforts. Iran tries to halt currency nosedive TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities used aggressive sures Wednesday in an attempt to halt the nose- dive of the country's currency, The intelligence reports reviewed by the subcommittee were pro- duced by officials in the Homeland Security Department's Intelli- gence and Analysis divi- sion, which was created after the Sept. 11 attacks with the hope of con- necting the dots to pre- vent the next terrorist strike. This division has never lived up to what Congress initially hoped for. Lieberman and Collins were the driving forces behind the cre- ation of the department. 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