Breaking: Syria suffers massive car bombing

[Brian4Liberty]

A terrible tragedy.

"Syria suffered its worst terrorist attack since the start of the uprising when 55 people were reported killed and nearly 400 injured in twin suicide car bomb blasts near a government intelligence building in Damascus.
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The death toll was the biggest in Damascus since the start of the uprising in March 2011. It was sophisticated and carefully co-ordinated. Witnesses said the first blast, at rush hour peak, was quickly followed by a second, larger one, maximising casualties, damage and terror. Most of the victims were reported to be civilians.

"Two booby-trapped cars loaded with more than 1,000kg of explosives and driven by suicide bombers carried out the terrorist blasts," said a statement by the interior ministry. The explosions left two large craters.

Syrian state TV showed bodies lying in the street amid smouldering vehicles. The official health ministry tally of the dead and 372 injured included a reference to "15 bags of body parts."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...?newsfeed=true

[Brian4Liberty]

And you will not believe this. It's bizzaro world. These people have no shame. Hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Shepard Smith was reporting on this attack on Fox News. He actually mocked the description of this as a "terrorist" attack. Gee, this was simply the actions of "opposition fighters". No doubt Shepard would like to send in American reinforcements to help these "opposition fighters" who are blowing up innocent men, women, and children.

Shepard Smith: “The massive blast killed dozens of people and reportedly hurt nearly 400 others...the attack happened in the Syrian Capitol of Damascus, the very heart of the brutal regime...Syrian Officials called it the work of terrorists, as they always do, the government's label of choice for opposition fighters.”

[thoughtomator]

Which Western intel agency authorized this one?

[ExPatPaki]

The opposition fighters are blaming the Assad government.

[Demigod]

The badly armed opposition somehow managed to get 2 cars packed with explosives in front of the intelligence building in Damascus ,yea right.

They are going to turn the entire region into a blood bath,the Alawi and Christians hold almost all positions in the Syrian army + the Kurds have a deal with the government.If the government somehow loses power there will be the Alawi,Christians and Kurds on one side and the Arabs on the other the result will be carnage for the next decade that will probably drag both Turkey,Iraq and Jordan into war.

[Lafayette]

Which Western intel agency authorized this one?

This is the question that should always be asked.

As Michael Scheuer says "Wherever there is trouble, you'll find the agency."

[Brian4Liberty]

Two things we can be sure of, fingers will pointed in all directions, and we will never know the actual truth.

[ExPatPaki]

This isn't about this attack, but regarding attack that happened before:

US blames al-Qaida of Iraq for Syrian bombings

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said bombings against security and intelligence targets in Damascus and Aleppo bear 'all the earmarks of an al-Qaida-like attack,' leading the US intelligence community to believe the Iraqi militant branch is extending its reach into Syria.

He added that Syrian opposition groups may have been infiltrated by al-Qaida, likely without their knowledge. Clapper said the lack of a unified opposition group could leave a power vacuum that extremists could fill if the Syrian government falls, a potential development he called "troubling," because Syria has an extensive network of chemical weapons sites.

Sweet, al-Qaida could potentially be armed with chemical weapons. Yay freedom!!

[thequietkid10]

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[thequietkid10]

Am I the only one who thinks this whole "how could they have done this all by themselves, there MUST be a western agency pulling the strings" line of thinking reaks of racism?

Why are the Syrian rebels so incompetence that they can't collect enough explosive material to fill two cars over the course of a year long rebellion. Tim McVeigh and Terry Nicols did it by themselves. Why would they feel the need to ask the west for permission first?