The phrase "cause of the attack" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to explain why something happened, as in: "The company had to close its doors permanently cause of the attack."
White House officials dispute that the press secretary, Jay Carney, cited the anti-Muhammad video as the cause of the attack in Benghazi.
The cause of the attack was not jealousy of American power and wealth but a deep resentment of what is perceived as American bullying and arrogance in international affairs.
Mr Woodward said that while it was too early to speculate, the most likely cause of the attack would be a so-called "spear fishing attack", where hackers specifically targetted Carphone Warehouse's system administrators.
Rice's widely debunked remarks that cited protests over an anti-Islam video as the cause of the attack fueled the criticism of the administration and later cost her a chance at becoming secretary of state.
Gov. Mitt Romney and Congressional Republicans have sharply criticized Ms. Rice's comments and the administration's shifting public positions on the cause of the attack, criticisms that Mr. Romney will probably reprise in the final presidential debate on Monday night.
Mr. Anders, whose deeds that day won him the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart, recalled in a 1989 interview that at first, "the Japanese government said bad visibility was the cause" of the attack on the Panay, but that the assault "was deliberate and planned".
I asked him to identify the cause of the attacks on America.
My boyfriend and I disagreed about the cause of the attacks: despair (me) versus money (him).
Secondary headaches are those in which attacks occur due to a recognisable cause or disease, which itself represents the primary cause of the attacks.
A September investigation by AP said intelligence services remain baffled by the cause of the attacks, particularly as the range of injuries and circumstances vary wildly.
The museum sprinkles religious terminology in its permanent exhibition like salt or like potpourri, potentially (and possibly intentionally given its leadership) reinforcing impressions that Islam itself was the cause of the attacks, and that Muslims are inherently violent and dangerous.
