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Armed groups fire missiles into Homs
[Iran Press TV] Terrorist groups have fired several missiles into Bab Amr district in the restive Syrian city of Homs, Press TV reports.

Heavy festivities have been reported in Homs since early on Monday.

Some reports suggest that the missiles hit a hospital in the Bab Amr district, resulting in casualties. An oil pipeline was also hit by an kaboom in the area.

Gunmen also attacked a bus carrying a group of workers in Homs, killing one and injuring six others.

According to the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 17 people have been killed in Homs on Monday.

Government troops have been fighting terrorist groups in Homs for several days.

Homs, one of the main focuses of terrorist groups fighting against the government of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
, has witnessed a number of acts of deadly violence since the beginning of the unrest in the country 11 months ago.

Meanwhile,
...back at the buffalo wallow, Tex and his new-found Indian friend were preparing a little surprise for the bandidos...
gangs have killed three Syrian troops and kidnapped several others in the northern city of Idlib.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March and many people have bit the dust in the violence.

The West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of killing protesters. But Damascus
...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world...
blames ''outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups'' for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.

Posted by: Fred 2012-02-07
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