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Roadside Bomb Hits Syrian Military Truck; 10 Wounded
A roadside bomb hit a Syrian military truck on Wednesday, just seconds after the head of the United Nations observer team drove by in a convoy, and demonstrated the fragility of the international plan to end the countrys bloodshed.The attack, which the government said wounded 10 Syrian soldiers, also emphasized the limits of the international communitys plan to use unarmed observers to monitor a cease-fire between government troops and rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad. The team of 70 military observers now in Syria is expected to grow to more than 100 in the coming days, but it is unclear when the full team of 300 will arrive. They are to oversee an internationally brokered cease-fire agreement that was intended to allow for talks on a political solution to the conflict but began fraying shortly after it was scheduled to take effect on April 12. Posted by: tipper 2012-05-10 |
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