CIA, Mossad Backed Rebels Attack Syrian Television Station, Kill 7

Oliver Holmes
Reuters
June 27, 2012

Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said, in one of the boldest attacks yet on a symbol of the authoritarian state.

President Bashar al-Assad declared late on Tuesday that his country was “at war”. U.S. intelligence officials said the Syrian government was “holding fairly firm” and digging in for a long struggle against rebel forces who are getting stronger.

The dawn attack on Ikhbariya television’s offices, located 20 km (15 miles) south of the capital, as well as overnight fighting on the outskirts of Damascus showed 16 months of violence now rapidly encroaching on the capital.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 6:34 am

Tags: foreign affairs, terrorism, war

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