Insurgent Bombers strike Damascus, killing dozens

Syrian insurgents employ yet more Al Qaeda style tactics imported from Iraq. One cannot help but wonder whether the Western media will again attempt to portray these attacks as an attempt by the regime to discredit the 'peaceful' and 'unarmed activists' who would surely never be capable of such a thing.       


AP: DAMASCUS, Syria—Two alleged terrorist explosions struck security targets in the Syrian capital Saturday morning, killing a number of civilians and security forces, the state news agency said.

The report said preliminary information indicated the blasts were caused by car bombs that hit the aviation intelligence department and the criminal security department.

The state-run news agency, SANA, posted gruesome photographs of the scene, with mangled and charred corpses, bloodstains on the streets and twisted steel.

One year into the Syrian revolt, the fight to oust President Bashar Assad is transforming into a nascent civil war.

Syria has seen a string of suicide bombings, the last major one on Feb. 10, when twin blasts struck security compounds in the government stronghold city of Aleppo, killing 28 people...

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