Car bombings remain the order of the day in the area around the Syrian capital city of Damascus today, with another round of bombings killing at least 24 civilians, including a large number of children.
The deadliest of today’s bombings was near an Army housing complex according to rebels, but the car was parking closer to a nearby elementary school, which bore the brunt of the blast.
So far no group has claimed credit for today’s bombings, but we can take a pretty good guess. Yesterday’s largest bombings, three blasts including car and suicide bombings near the Interior Ministry, has been claimed by the al-Nusra Front.
Al-Nusra, which the US says is simply another name for al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), has regularly launched suicide and car bombing attacks in recent months, causing major civilian casualties. The group has continued to grow in influence and is now seen as a “vital” part of the Syrian rebellion forces.
Al-Qaeda freedom fighters strike again. Just wait till out Jihadi allies in Al-Qaeda conquer Syria, then the fun begins. The Israeli press is claiming Al-Qaeda troops are within a few kilometers of a huge chemical weapons store. It appears that some of the Scud missiles that Syria fired were aimed at this force to stop their advance.
Gonna be a major blood bath on the way to the USA securing the safety of Syria's people.
Perhaps this is why U.S government is forced to call their friends a terrorist.., that's because they are.
Look: we said that long time ago, during Balkan and then Libya and start of Afghan war that U.S and EU governments have no other alternative but to help, support state sponsored terrorist as Israel, as kosovo government and Hashim Taci and lately direct support of tyrants and their terrorists, their illegitimate sons whom are sent from Europe Jordan trained there and then sent to Syria fighting the U.S and its tyrants war.
Very elaborated this passive manipulation writing of Jason Ditz:
"Car bombs kill …" What bad car bombs – somebody should tell them that this is not nice! 😉
or even more passive and abstract:
"Car bombings remain the order" The term order sparks the right associations: Calm down anything in order. The death children burned and cut in pieces are no longer present.
My headline would be "NATO-controlled terrorists killed 24 Syrian civilians, women and children near a school"
But nobody would pay for such a headline and many will wonder about the "NATO-controlled terrorists" since they do not know nothing about it and never will hear it here at "antiwar".
Summary: The killings of children is not questioned, not the forces behind them blamed, but in opposite, the president who tries to protect its people with the army is called a brutal dictator.
Great brainwash Jason !
Car bombs and suicide bombings of brainswashed Islam victims are the legitimate "work" of the Islamist US friends and "freedom fighters" to give them the freedom for repressing secular people and other religions under Sharia law.
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Where in the hell does the idea that Assad is a brutal dictator come from this all too thin story above? I haven't a clue. I do know that while standing in line today listening to some woman say "Where does Syria get these Scuds?" I had to roll my eyes! How ignorant can the American populace be? Plenty! How do you talk to intellectually challenged children cloaked in adult bodies?
Jason, usually you are fair in your reporting. The fair thing to report is no one claimed responsibility. It doesn't mean jabhat an nusrah was not to blame, however, they enjoy wide support among the people. If they are responsible for killing civilians this popularity will quickly diminish. They were placed on the terrorist list by the US as a way to undermine their support and popularity. Syrian government forces could've easily have been responsible for such an attack. the designation plays right in the hands of assad. syria has already said that they told the Us a long time ago that the rebels were just terrorists. i doubt this attack was carried out by jabhat an nusrah.
Rubbish.
BTW, they HAVE taken responsibility for this car bomb attack on the Interior Ministry (antiwar.com has a link). Also, site me a poll showing that "Jabhat an nusrah" enjoys "wide support among the people" who are being terroized to death by groups like this flocking into Syria.
I didn't discount the possibility that they were responsible. However, it is very difficult in such civil wars to really know who did what to whom. Even if it was them, many consider government facilities, especially the interior ministry, legitimate targets. You have America to thank for the jihadists expanding their field of operations. The US created more al qaeda supporters then alqaeda could have ever dreamed of creating by their own efforts. This is not to say that jabhat an nusrah is alqaeda. All Muslim and Nationalist groups in the Middle east have a beef with American occupation and intervention. What's so great is that America is unifying the islamists in a way no one was expecting. As to your claim about polls, suffice it to say that some were unsure what elections would bring in Egypt. There is no doubt that a post assad Syria will be dominated by islamists including jabahat an nusrah.
I wonder whether President Obama got choked-up when he heard of the deaths of these schoolchildren?