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Explosies en hevig geweervuur in Damascus
Uitgegeven: 27 april 2004 20:35 DAMASCUS - In de Syrische hoofdstad Damascus zijn dinsdagavond omstreeks 18.00 uur (Nederlandse tijd) zware explosies en hevig geweervuur gehoord. Dat hebben de Arabische nieuwszenders al-Jazeera en al-Arabiya en de BBC gemeld.De Syrische televisie meldde dat veiligheidsfunctionarissen met terroristen slaags waren geraakt. Volgens de eerste berichten hebben de explosies zich voorgedaan in het Al-Maza district, waar verscheidene westerse ambassades zijn gevestigd. Een woordvoerder van het Britse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken bevestigde dat ontploffingen en geweervuur zijn gehoord. Bronnen bij veiligheidsdiensten zeiden tegen de BBC dat de explosies door autobommen waren veroorzaakt. Een getuige repte voor al-Arabiya van zeker vijftien explosies. Inwoners van Damascus zeiden dat de politie het gebied heeft afgesloten en dat een ontploffing zich in de buurt van een winkelcentrum voordeed. http://nu.nl/news.jsp?n=315128&c=23 |
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Syrian security forces clash with 'terrorist band' in Damascus By The Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian security forces clashed with a "terrorist band" late Tuesday in Damascus, Syrian television reported after explosions and gunfire were heard in a neighborhood where foreign diplomats live and work. There was no immediate word on casualties. Syrian television, in a brief statement, said the "terrorist band" opened fire indiscriminately. Security forces gave chase and were in control of the situation. It gave no other details. Syria has not seen such violence in years. Residents of the area had reported explosions and gunfire in the Mazza neighborhood. Smoke was seen billowing from the area, which security forces sealed off, the residents said. A Saudi consulate, the British ambassador's home, offices of the Iranian state news agency, the Iranian Embassy and the Canadian Embassy are in Mazza, on the western edge of the city. In London, a British Foreign Office spokesman said an explosion and shooting was heard near the Iranian ambassador's residence and in the vicinity of the British ambassador's residence. "At the moment, there are no injuries to U.K. Embassy staff. Our staff are in the process of assessing the situation," the Foreign Office spokesman said on customary condition of anonymity. A Foreign Office spokeswoman, speaking on the same terms, later said, "We understand it was not aimed at the British ambassador's residence. An Iranian Embassy in Damascus, speaking to Lebanon's al-Manar television station which is run by the pro-Iranian guerrilla group Hezbollah, said the Iranian Embassy was not involved in any attack. Syrian political analyst Imad Shuaibi told The Associated Press he had learned that two men "attacked with hand grenades and gunfire near the Iranian and Canadian embassies." "One was killed and the other was captured," Shuaibi said. Al-Jazeera reported that car bombs were used in the attack and that heavy exchanges of gunfire were continuing late into the night. Al-Arabiya quoted a witness saying more than 15 explosions were heard. Syria has been on the U.S. State Department's list of terror-sponsoring nations for its support of groups like Hamas and Hezbollah that attack Israel. Syria, though, says the anti-Israeli groups are not terrorist, and that it has an interest in fighting Islamic extremist groups like al-Qaida. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Syria's hard-line government fought a fierce war with Islamic fundamentalists of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was blamed for a 1980 assassination attempt on President Hafez Assad, the country's authoritarian leader who died from natural causes in 2000. Assad was succeeded by his son, Bashar Assad. Assad suffered minor injuries after gunmen open fire with automatic weapons and grenades in the 1980 attack. Syrian special forces troops massacred some 1,000 Muslim Brotherhood members in Tadmur Military Prison near Palmyra to avenge the assassination attempt. In 1982, the Muslim Brotherhood staged a rebellion in the northern province of Hama. During the clashes, Syrian forces razed much of the city, killing as many as 10,000 people and finally crushing the Brotherhood after five-year war. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/420969.html (By The Associated Press) Laatst gewijzigd op 27-04-2004 om 20:04. |
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27-04-2004, 20:18 | ||
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is het enige gepaste antwoord hierop |
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aanslag op de VN zo lijkt het: 22:14 One terrorist killed, another wounded in attack on United Nations office in Damascus, says diplomatic source (Reuters) http://www.haaretz.com/
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27-04-2004, 20:25 | ||
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nee. Niet logisch.
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Syrian security forces clash with 'terrorist band' in Damascus By News Agencies Armed assailants set off an explosive device at a United Nations office in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday, killing one of the militants, wounding another and setting the building ablaze. "There were at least two terrorists. One was killed and another one injured after they detonated an explosive device that set the UN building on fire and destroyed at least three vehicles," a diplomatic source told Reuters. Syrian security forces clashed with a "terrorist band" late Tuesday in Damascus, Syrian television reported after explosions and gunfire were heard in a neighborhood where foreign diplomats live and work. Syrian television, in a brief statement, said the "terrorist band" opened fire indiscriminately. Security forces gave chase and were in control of the situation. It gave no other details. Syria has not seen such violence in years. Residents of the area had reported explosions and gunfire in the Mazza neighborhood. Smoke was seen billowing from the area, which security forces sealed off, the residents said. (...) http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/420969.html
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Ik roep Israelisch complot. |
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zeer goed onderbouwd moet ik zeggen, als je dan toch een topic opent om een discussie aan te gaan zou het wel zo fijn zijn als je een beetje meedoet |
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Als het daadwerkelijk een aanslag is op de Verenigde Naties is dit een waarschuwing naar buiten toe: no body fucks with die bepaalde organisaties. De VN is immers een soort van internationale gemeenschap en ze kijken vrijwel alleen maar toe zonder ook maar iets te doen (en te kunnen).
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