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U.S. closes embassy as fighting rages in Syria
CNN ^ | February 6, 2012 | Holly Yan

Posted on 02/06/2012 7:45:52 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

(CNN) -- Intense blasts echoed through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs on Monday after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, local activists said.

"It is horrible. Especially today, it is horrible," said Abu Omar, a local activist who said the Syrian army was attacking without warning. "Usually they are using mortars. They are now using rockets in the sky. We can see them in the sky."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: embassy; syria

1 posted on 02/06/2012 7:46:04 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Ahhhhhhhhhh...the arab spring.


2 posted on 02/06/2012 8:05:14 AM PST by hal ogen (1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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