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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Suicide Bombers Blow Up Two Cars in Central Damascus
2013-10-14
[An Nahar] Two cars laden with explosives and driven by jacket wallahs blew up in the center of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday night, state media reported.

"Two terrorist boom-mobiles driven by suicide bombers detonated at the entrance of Ummayed Square," the official SANA news agency and state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported, without specifying if there were any casualties.

The blasts went off near the building of the national broadcaster, with a state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
news hound on the ground saying a concrete barrier outside it had been damaged but the facility was largely intact.

Footage of the scene broadcast by the government-run Al-Ikhbariya TV showed fires burning and smoke rising over the site as firefighters worked to put them out.

The news hound made no mention of any injuries in the blast, saying only that "there were some human remains at the scene, likely those of a suicide bomber."

The kabooms occurred only a few kilometers from the hotel where a team of international experts from the Organization from the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
are staying.
Posted by:Fred

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