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Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 09:55 PM Apr 2012

Syria suicide bombing kills nine in Damascus

Source: Los Angeles Times

A bomber strikes outside a mosque in an opposition stronghold of Damascus, the Syrian capital. Bashar Assad's government blames terrorists, but the opposition accuses the government.

BEIRUT — Two weeks after a supposed cease-fire was meant to bring an end to violence in Syria, an explosion Friday ripped through the capital, Damascus, killing at least nine people and injuring almost 30.

A suicide bomber in the pro-opposition Midan neighborhood detonated an explosives belt near a school and the Zein Abidin mosque as worshipers were leaving Friday prayers, the Interior Ministry said. Those killed included civilians and law enforcement officers, state media said.

The ministry blamed "terrorist groups" for the attack, but opposition activists said the government was probably behind the blast.




Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-explosions-20120428,0,1769658.story



The bombing came two days after an explosion in the central city of Hama razed several homes and caused numerous deaths. Activists and the regime traded accusations in that attack as well.

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Syria suicide bombing kills nine in Damascus (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 OP
What is the death toll up to at this point? oberliner Apr 2012 #1
I can't imagine they even have an accurate count now Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #2
Getting to be like Iraq or Afghanistan oberliner Apr 2012 #3
Yes, it is, sounds terrifyingly out of control... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #4
K&R - very troubling!!! Cooley Hurd Apr 2012 #5

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
2. I can't imagine they even have an accurate count now
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 10:02 PM
Apr 2012

There is such chaos and the numbers are staggering, seems to be another attack pretty much everyday.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
3. Getting to be like Iraq or Afghanistan
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 10:04 PM
Apr 2012

Too many suicide bombings to keep track of in those cases.

They hardly make the news anymore.

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
4. Yes, it is, sounds terrifyingly out of control...
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 10:35 PM
Apr 2012

And there seems to be one horrible incident somewhere in the region so frequently, it's barely mentioned in the news. The last stupid thing Mittens/Boehner/McConnell said leads the news and the horrors of the daily tragedies for those in harm's way, including both of our unfinished wars, become a footnote, or only are reported in the print media.

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