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    Syria TV: Twin suicide bombs shake capital

    By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM | Associated Press – Fri, Dec 23, 2011

    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) โ€” Twin explosions shook the heart of the Syrian capital Friday, and state TV blamed a double suicide car bombing that it said may have been the work of al-Qaida.

    The state TV report said a number of military personnel and civilians were killed in the blasts targeting the state security building and an intelligence building. It did not give a specific number, but said most of the dead were civilians.

    The blasts are the first such attack in the Syrian capital since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad in March and came a day after an advance team of Arab League observers arrived in the country on a mission to try to resolve the turmoil.

    The government has long depicted the uprising as the work of terrorists and armed gangs.

    The state TV report, about an hour after the blasts went off, said initial investigations showed involvement by the al-Qaida terrorist network. It showed footage of several mutilated and torn bodies on the ground, with rubble, twisted debris and burned cars littering the road. Bystanders and ambulance workers used blankets and stretchers to carry blood-stained bodies into vehicles.

    The explosions went off within minutes of each other, shaking residents around the city, in the morning Friday, a weekend day. They took place in the upscale Kfar Sousa district, and state TV said they targeted the state security building and a nearby intelligence building in the neighborhood.

    "The explosions shook the house, it was frightful," said Nidal Hamidi, 34, a Syrian journalist who lives in Kfar Sousa. He said gunfire was heard immediately following the explosion and said apartment windows in a radius area of 200 meters from the explosions o were shattered.

    The United Nations says more than 5,000 people have been killed in the crackdown waged since March by the Syrian regime against protesters. With the arrival of Arab observers, the government has been eager to make its case, saying Thursday that 2,000 of its security personnel and soldiers have been killed in the turmoil.

    ___

    Karam contributed from Beirut, Lebanon.

     

    6 comments

    • barry w
      barry w  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  5 mths ago
      i dunno what to think about this syria stuff at all. at first i thought it was the leader, but now car bombs killing people? i dunno.
      • ๏ผผ๏ผˆ๏ผพ ๏ผพ๏ผ‰๏ผ
        ๏ผผ๏ผˆ๏ผพ ๏ผพ๏ผ‰๏ผ 5 mths ago
        It's the opposition.. Not the leader.. the stupids posted it on facebook a couple of days ago that they were preparing a suicide boombers and were asking their followers in Damascus and Aleppo not to go near the gov buildings
    • expletive_xom
      expletive_xom  •  Surfside, California  •  5 mths ago
      islam = the religion of Peace LOL
    • InfidelHere
      InfidelHere  •  5 mths ago
      The work of al-Qaida?? Come now! This is the work of "good" muslims, not "bad" ones!! Our media LOVES to use terms like โ€˜radicalโ€™, โ€˜extremistโ€™, โ€˜fundamentalistโ€™ or โ€˜links to Al Qaidaโ€™ which in fact they are describing those "good" muslims that are carrying out the Koran's instructions to fight, punish, tax, and KILL Non-Muslims....and those "moderate" MUSLIMS. Think about it! When over 60% of their โ€˜holyโ€™ (cough-cough) Koran itself is dedicated to the specific treatment of Non-Muslims and those they deem "not-muslim-enough"โ€ฆwe really shouldnโ€™t be surprised by all of the cancer that continues to perpetuate from the ideology of Islam.

      Al Qaida is simply a term that the main stream media has adopted to identify what are in fact are "true" islamic terrorists. Since the media and PC cultures does not wish to use 'Muslim' or 'Islam in front of the word 'terrorist', โ€˜radicalโ€™ โ€˜extremistโ€™, etc, it is simply easier to lump all islamic terrorists and those that follow the absolute instructions of their terrorist muhammad into a term that means an international organization of loosely affiliated cells that carry out attacks and bombings in the attempt to disrupt the economies and influence of Western nations and advance ISLAMIC fundamentalism.

      Make no mistakeโ€ฆaccording to the Koran, the โ€œbestโ€ Muslims are those that fight for their allah while โ€œbadโ€ muslims who are considered โ€œmoderateโ€, โ€œpeacefulโ€ and โ€œnot-muslim-enoughโ€ have no room in the muslim world because the Koran calls for their death as well!

      Islam IS what it IS. Al Qaida would make muhammad proud!
    • MAD MUZZIE
      MAD MUZZIE  •  5 mths ago
      more good news from the middle east,,,,,,,YEAH DEADMUZZIES,,,,,go Islam
      the religion of PEACES
    • Larry Curly & Moe
      Larry Curly & Moe  •  5 mths ago
      begining of the end
    • Temujin
      Temujin  •  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  •  5 mths ago
      goodbye, Syria
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