Large explosion shakes Syrian capital Damascus sending up cloud of smoke visible in much of the city -

Three mortars or rockets also reportedly have hit Jahez Park in #Damascus.

sorry OP don't want to go OT but i think it's better to have all damascus infos in one thread

Last Edited by Ger_reG on 02/21/2013 06:02 AM

Russian diplomats haven’t been hit by an explosion near the country’s embassy in Syria that rocked central Damascus district of Mazraa earlier today. The hit wave smashed all windows in the building, embassy’s press attaché Timur Pechatnikov said.


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ptb will proberly round that up to 33 by the end of the day lol

So Damascus under attack? Perhaps thread title should be updated.

wouldn't go that far, 2 mortars here, 3 mortars there, isn't that unusual

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We're living in the days of prophecies being fulfilled. Read Isaiah 17 about Damascus.

Two mortars were fired at a military headquarters in the Syrian capital shortly after a powerful car bomb exploded near the Baath party headquarters.

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Sorry overreacted thought the mortars were still happening. Getting off twitter.........................................now.

You didn't get my point.
Of course nobody will stop them.
The problems will come later.
It will be Afghanistan again for them, and there is no common border with Russia.

At least 31 people have been killed in a massive car bomb blast that's hit the Syrian capital Damascus, with the explosion happening on a square where pro-government rallies are usually staged.

RT Arabic reported that 30 people died in the blast, and over 50 were wounded.

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Hmm, that's a pretty big jar!

edit: wrong thread

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Al Arabiya English ‏@AlArabiya_Eng
#BreakingNews: Palestinian leader Nayef Hawatma was injured in Damascus’s bombing: AFP

I'm so glad Islam is the religion of peace...can you imagine if they were a violent bunch!

Death toll in Damascus bombing rises to at least 35

At least 35 people have been killed in a car bomb attack targeting the Baath Party headquarters in the Syrian capital Damascus, state television says.

State media now put the toll at 35, with 237 injured. Some of the injured were in critical condition, the news agency said.


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This site auto-updates frequently, so if I told you what was at the top of the page - in five minutes what I told you would be wrong:

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Shooting sticks of dynamite with a slingshot?? What's up with that??

With the condemnation of this act as being a 'war crime' by both Assad and the opposition it sure smells when the US vetoes that at the UN. That would only make sense if it was an Israeli munition homing in on a target.
(in part)
International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that a devastating bomb blast in the Syrian capital was a "war crime" that had left about 100 people dead.

The toll given by Brahimi was grimly higher than the 61 dead given by Syrian activists after a suicide bomber staged the attack Thursday near the entrance to President Bashar Assad's ruling party offices.

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(in part)
MOSCOW/NEW YORK, (SANA) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said the US vetoing a Security Council statement condemning the terrorist bombing which hit Damascus on Thursday stresses that it deals with double standards towards terrorism.

Following his talks with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, Lavrov voiced Moscow's frustration with the fact that all member states of the UNSC without exception were until recently inclined towards the position of condemning any attacks regardless of their perpetrators, place and motives.

He noted that the terrorist bombing took place near the Russian Embassy in Damascus and caused damage to the building and claimed a very large number of victims among the Syrians.

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Would any of the Russian women and children removed just very recently have been in the area that was targeted?

According to Miko Peled that is what Israel did when cast lead started, do it just as school is being let out so it maximizes the number of kids that will be killed in the opening round. Litter bigger than the US would have liked but this would be Israel's chance to do some strutting in front of Russia. If Russia stays cool it just reinforces outside help is called for and the target is the rebels rather than the Gov and Russia will be the one in the area with UN authorization. Turkey blew that by letting NATO use her to be an active player in the undeclared war, aka terrorism and heard by a court that does not allow vetoes.