(AKI) - Syrian authorities said on Monday that a suicide bomber with links to a militant Islamist organisation was responsible for the bomb attack that killed 17 people and injured 14 others in Damascus.Oh, y'mean it wasn't the Mossad and the CIA?
Don't tell me we have someone competent manning the Middle East desk at Langley ...
The bomber entered Syria in a vehicle from a neighbouring Arab country the day before the blast, said the state-run news agency SANA on Monday. The report did not state from which country he had come.
My guess would be Iraq, maybe possibly Jordan. What would yours be?
Syria shares borders with Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. The 220 kilogrammes of explosives were reportedly packed in a large sports utility vehicle and detonated by the suicide bomber who had links to the 'Takfiri' ideology of Islam, some members of which were arrested earlier, claims SANA. The Takfiri ideology reportedly urges Sunni muslims to kill anyone who is thought to be an infidel or one who renounces his faith.
My guess, on no more evidence than that, would be remnants of Zarqawi's al-Tawhid...
The explosion took place at the junction between Damascus international airport and a popular Shia shrine frequented by Iranians, Iraqis and Lebanese, called Sayyida Zeinab. The blast was the deadliest in Syria since the 1980's by Islamist militants and was the third major attack this year.