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ellisonz

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4. I find it hard to believe that even the extremist Islamist groups...

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:26 AM

Jan 2013

...would devote resources away from fighting Assad to target university students.

Based on the video via the BBC story I would say it was something that came from the air - the apparent blast cloud is very vertical and the crater is substantial.

Al Jazeera Coverage: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/01/2013115135151522535.html

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