2012年5月10日星期四

The Syrian capital of the morning rush hour explosions caused 55 dead and 372 injured

The people handling the remains of the victims at the scene of the explosion.
The classification oversight regiment Maud to the site to view
The explosion blasted road pit.
The Syrian capital of Damascus on the 10th traffic peak hours earlier suffered a series of explosions, causing heavy casualties. Syrian state television identified the "terrorist" attacks. Key opposition "National Committee" to identify the government bombings in order to force the United Nations observers to leave. United Nations Monitoring Mission in Syria, head of the Norwegian Major General Robert Maude day to the scene of the explosion view, called on the parties to the conflict to stop violence.
Two explosions caused heavy casualties
Syrian state television reported that at 8:00 on the 10th about the "terrorists" created in two bomb attacks, is located out of the city of Damascus the eastern gateway to the northern city of Homs highway. Time of the incident, students and office workers rushed to the school and office locations.
Nearby residents describe the blast shattered glass, site Jumping smoke.
Xinhua reporter saw the scene smoke billowing, ambulances and fire engines arrived and carried out the rescue. More than 30 cars and trucks were destroyed and covered with stumps and blood. Which an explosion blasted a diameter of about 4 meters, 2 meters deep pit on the road.
Parties on the statement of the number of casualties differ. The private world television quoted Minister of Health, Hale Ji then reported that the explosion caused at least 29 people were killed and more than 103 people were injured. Classification national television to say, more than 40 people were killed and 170 injured.
Classification Ministry of the Interior issued a statement later on the 10th two bomb attacks has resulted in 55 people were killed and 372 injured.
Site condemned the head of the Monitoring Mission
UK-based Syrian Human Rights Watch, said the explosion location near the National Security Administration branch office, at least in an explosion caused by a car bomb.
AFP reporters on the scene saw, office wall severely damaged, but the main structure is intact, the vicinity of residential buildings damaged to varying degrees.
Maude, head of the the United Nations Monitoring Mission in Syria, to the scene. He issued a statement condemning the two bomb attacks, called on the parties to the conflict to stop the violence. "This is violence bear the pain of yet another example of the Syrian people and the Syrian people, I appeal to every man inside and outside of Syria to stop the violence to lend a helping hand."
Maude led the team suffered a bomb attack on the 9th in the southern city of De La, a number of Syrian soldiers were injured, but the observers were no casualties, the vehicle is not damaged.
Ban Ki-moon warned limited opportunities
Key opposition "national committee" means a recognized government to manufacture a bomb attack on the 10th. Na Shaer, a member of the Executive Committee of the National Committee, told Agence France-Presse reporter bombings by the Government to remind the United Nations observers are in danger, thus forcing them to leave.
United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on April 21, decided to establish the United Nations Mission of Syrian supervision, supervision of the parties to the conflict cease-fire. April 16, the classification oversight group in the classification tasks, the current classification reached 70 people, including 39 military observers.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement, saying that violence continues to cast a shadow over the efforts of the monitoring mission to oversee the cease-fire. Ban Ki-moon called on the classification parties to support, protect, and cooperate with the United Nations Monitoring Mission in classification. He said that the parties to the conflict must be aware of the short window of time to stop the violence, limited access to the political process ". He warned that if you do not stop the violence, "Syria is a possible outbreak of civil war, a disastrous impact.
Former United Nations Secretary-General, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Syria crisis, Kofi Annan today called on the parties to the conflict to an effective ceasefire. Said his spokesman, Annan plans a few weeks to return to Syria, the trip will depend on the situation on the ground.
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Syria major attacks
Since the outbreak of large-scale public protests in March 2011, the classification the situation remained turbulent, continuous bombing attacks, including major bombing attacks, including:
☆ 2011
December 23, Damascus two bombings against Syrian security agencies, resulting in at least 44 people were killed and 166 injured.
☆ 2012
January 6 Damascus city center Maidan district police station suicide bombing attacks, 25 people were killed and 46 people were injured, most of them civilians.
February 10, the classification the second largest city of Aleppo there were two terrorist bombings, killing at least 28 people were killed and 235 wounded.
March 17, Damascus urban area have occurred in two car bomb attacks against Syrian security agencies, resulting in 27 deaths and 140 injured.
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The United States to extend sanctions on the classification
U.S. President Barack Obama on the 9th in order to continue to constitute a "unique and extraordinary threat" to U.S. national security grounds, announced a one-year extension of the existing sanctions measures against Syria.
The United States further pressure
Obama presented to Congress in the 9th, a notice accused the Syrian government for "obstructing the Lebanese government to perform its functions effectively, seeking biological and chemical weapons, at the same time providing support to terrorist organizations. He also said that the Syrian government for its own people to use violence, may lead to greater instability in the region. He again urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in order to achieve the political transition.
He said that in view of the Syrian government to continue on U.S. national security, diplomatic and economic constitute a "unique and extraordinary threat", he decided to extend the state of emergency for the Syria.
The United States a state of emergency on Syria since May 2004, at the same time taken to freeze the personal assets and limit the export of certain commodities to Syria sanctions. Since then, the United States continues to extend this state of emergency and expand the range of sanctions, also announced in May last year, Bashar al-Assad and his senior aides to impose sanctions.
Classification curve of food imports
At present, Syria via neighboring Lebanon a lot of food imports to safeguard the supply response to Western sanctions.
An unnamed European traders told Reuters reporters on the 9th, the use classification number of the offices located in Lebanon "to deal with written materials, act as the initial buyers, buying massive amounts of food. Then, the dealer in Lebanon to re-orders, cargo ships then be diverted toward the Syrian port ".
Implementation of several rounds of sanctions on the classification domestic political situation, the United Nations, European Union, the United States on the classification, involving financial, oil and other fields. However, while food imports not subject to sanctions, restrictions, subject to the impact of the banking sanctions, imports affected.
"Last week, Syria, multiple buyers require the purchase of 10,000 tons of barley and 10,000 tons of corn, but my bank account in Germany and Switzerland to provide financial services, I can not be traded with the Syrian side," one trader said, " normal to the Syrian side of the grain trade has been stopped, that is another Iran. "



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