Twelve killed in car bombing of funeral at Druze cemetery in Damascus

[UnrepentantLiberal]

Source: Reuters



August 28, 2012

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed and dozens wounded when a car bomb exploded on Tuesday at a funeral in Damascus, state television reported, in an attack that an activist group said had targeted supporters of President Bashar al-Assad.

Witnesses said the bomb exploded at the entrance to a Druze cemetery in the Jaramana district of southeast Damascus, hitting the funeral procession of two men killed in bombings a day earlier.

One witness said as many as 150 people had been wounded. Another said she saw charred bodies including children. Syrian television said 48 people had been wounded in the "terrorist car bombing".

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based opposition body which monitors the violence in Syria, said the two men being buried on Tuesday were supporters of Assad, who is fighting to crush a 17-month-old uprising against his rule.

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[Sand Wind]

1. The big bang troops in Syria Damascus (video)

The big bang troops in Syria Damascus


http://shur.in/video/the-big-bang-troops-in-syria-damascus-allahu-akbar.html

[Xithras]

2. So much for the "freedom fighters" meme.

Killing kids at a funeral. Way to win support for your cause.

Syria has devolved into a war between Sunni fundamentalists and a totalitarian regime. No matter how this ends, the people of Syria are screwed.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

4. I've come to the conclusion you're probably right.

If I was a Christian I wouldn't hang around to find out.

[riderinthestorm]

3. Another report of a religious minority under attack in Syria

by the Sunni led "freedom fighters".

Another in a long line over the past 18 months (and probably for the next 18 months and beyond.)

[UnrepentantLiberal]

5. It looks like they've moved from Iraq to Syria.

And here they'll be bordering Israel.