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September 29, 2008

17 Killed in Syrian Car Bombing
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In Syria, a car bomb in a suburb of Damascus killed at least seventeen
civilians on Saturday. The bombing occurred near a Shiite shrine
frequently visited by Iranian and Iraqi pilgrims. Earlier today, at
least five people died in a suspected car bomb attack on a military bus
carrying soldiers in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.



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