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Car bomb targets Syria's Ruling Party Headquarters in Damascus
By Andrew Yadegar
Sunday, February 24, 13
Where is Damascus?Damascus is the Capital of Syria
Also Syria’s ruling party headquarters
Which is the Baath Party
Russian Embassy is also located in this city
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What Happened?
Happened on February 21, 2013
A Bomb was set off at a checkpoint
Authorities are not sure whether it was a suicide or a remote detonation
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Aftermath
53 People were killed
230 Were injured
17 Cars destroyed
Unfortunately most that were killed were civilians
Russian Embassy building was damaged
Radius of Damage went as far as a 1000 Feet
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Aftermath Cont.
The Baath Headquarters was only 65 feet away
No one at the Russian Embassy was hurt
The U.N. Reports that 70,000 people have died from the Civil war in Syria
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What could follow?
More Dead Civilians
Russia could remove their embassy from Syria
More riots causing more destruction
More destroyed cities
Possibly WWIII, Russia could set an ultimatum on Syria
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