2008 Damascus car bombing

Terrorist incident in Syria February 2024 2008 Damascus car bomb Damascus-map.png Damascus highlighted within Syria Damascus, Syria 27 September 2008 8:45 a.m.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/27/content_10122565.htm Syria condemns Damascus car bombing as "cowardly terrorist act" 27 September 2008 Xinhua 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080930035838/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/27/content_10122565.htm 30 September 2008 dead Local time 17 14http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gp6gZV75vZLGdxlDQK2jDP-8LPHQD93F8RD80 Car bomb kills 17 in tightly controlled Syria Aji Albert Mroue, Bassem 27 September 2008 Associated Press 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081001071852/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gp6gZV75vZLGdxlDQK2jDP-8LPHQD93F8RD80 1 October 2008 dead Car bomb Seventeen killed in Syrian car bomb blast The 2008 Damascus car bombing was a car bombing that occurred on 27 September 2008 in the Syrian capital of Damascus. The explosion left 17 people dead and 14 injured.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7639137.stm Syrian 'car bomb' blast kills 17 BBC News 27 September 2008 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080927065128/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7639137.stm 27 September 2008 live A car, laden with 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of explosives detonated in the Sidi Kadad suburb of the capital, at approximately 8:45am.Car Bomb Kills 17 in Syria Near Intelligence Office The New York Times 27 September 2008 29 September 2008 Worth Robert F. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/world/middleeast/28syria.html?ref=middleeasthttp://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyDq5I4mxhpAEpJABoAW9jrKpPXA 17 killed by bomb in Damascus: Syrian TV AFP 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081009135913/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyDq5I4mxhpAEpJABoAW9jrKpPXA 9 October 2008 dead The blast occurred roughly 100 metres from a security installation on the road to Damascus International Airport at an intersection leading to the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, popular with Shia pilgrims from Iran and Lebanon. Security forces cordoned off the area.https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE48Q16320080927 Damascus car bomb blast kills 17: Syrian TV Reuters 27 September 2008 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080930044756/https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE48Q16320080927 30 September 2008 livehttp://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/world/10000321.asp?gid=244&sz=4887 ANALYSIS – Damascus car bomb another blow to Syrian security Ladki Nadim Nakhoul, Samia Hurriyet 28 September 2008 It was the first major explosion in Syria since the car bomb assassination of Imad Mughniyah, a high-ranking military commander in Hezbollah in February 2008,https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1024836.html Car Bomb – Damascus Haaretz 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080929012006/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1024836.html 29 September 2008 dead and also the most lethal bomb attack in Syria since 1996.https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awKezODudySg&refer=home Damascus Car Bomb Kills 17 Near Pilgrimage Shrine Chmaytelli Maher 27 September 2008 Bloomberg L.P. 27 September 2008 It was the deadliest since a spate of attacks in the 1980s blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood left nearly 150 dead.http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLdfYwXkqY779ZgcPI-Yc-bRrSBQ Syria hunts for Damascus car bombers 28 September 2008 AFP 29 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081206072616/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLdfYwXkqY779ZgcPI-Yc-bRrSBQ 6 December 2008 dead No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/09/200892764254693881.html Several killed in Damascus bombing Al Jazeera 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080927070714/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/09/200892764254693881.html 27 September 2008 live At the time, such attacks were rare in Syria and the blast was seen as the worst threat to national security in many years.Syrian car bomb attack kills 17 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7639137.stm 27 September 2008 27 September 2008 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080927065128/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7639137.stm 27 September 2008 live Background The attack followed two politically motivated assassinations in Syria that occurred in 2008. The first took place when Hezbollah member Imad Moughniyah was killed by a car bomb in February 2008. The second occurred only a month before the car bombing in Damascus, when General Mohammed Suleiman, a high-ranking aide to President Bashar al-AssadTV Car bomb explosion in Damascus kills 17 people SouthernLedger 27 September 2008 29 September 2008 http://www.southernledger.com/ap/178027/TV_Car_bomb_explosion_in_Damascus_kills_17_people https://web.archive.org/web/20081002130520/http://www.southernledger.com/ap/178027/TV_Car_bomb_explosion_in_Damascus_kills_17_people 2 October 2008 dead was killed in Tartous.Damascus car bomb blast kills 17 Makdessi Marwan 27 September 2008 29 September 2008 Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/09/27/damascus-car-bomb-blast-kills-17-115875-20755869/ Syria also experienced riots at a prison near Damascus earlier in the year. These events were all highly irregular, as Syria maintains a generally well-held grip on internal security. Target Though the blast was believed to be targeted towards a senior intelligence official,http://www.monstersandcritics.com/articles/article_1433413.php/Car_bomb_targeted_senior_senior_security_official_-_report__3rd_Lead__ Car bomb targeted senior senior security official – report (3rd Lead) 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081003014004/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/articles/article_1433413.php/Car_bomb_targeted_senior_senior_security_official_-_report__3rd_Lead__ 3 October 2008 dead only civilians were killed. Others, including a traffic policeman, were harmed in the attack.http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-syria_28int.ART.State.Edition1.274f91c.html Syrian car bomb kills 17 28 September 2008 The Dallas Morning News 28 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080928211256/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-syria_28int.ART.State.Edition1.274f91c.html 28 September 2008 dead Asharq Alawsat reported that a brigadier-general was killed, and that the building was used by the Palestine branch of Syrian Military Intelligence.Top Syrian officer among bomb victims http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017413324&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull The Jerusalem Post 28 September 2008 28 September 2008 26 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140426201339/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017413324&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull dead The official SANA news agency said authorities were conducting DNA tests to identify the attacker and that several people have been detained in connection with the attack. According to their report, the attacker belonged to a Muslim extremist group and that the car crossed into Syria from a neighbouring Arab country. A witness had told the Reform Party of Syria that the blast occurred after the car pulled out of a car depot belonging to the Palestine Branch, a group that is part of Syrian Intelligence. Sources have said the car was fitted with the explosives while inside the depot, leading to speculation the explosion was a 'work accident.' The party reported on their website that most of those killed in the bombing were intelligence officials, contrary to government claims that all of the casualties were civilian.https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025405.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081001211033/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025405.html dead 1 October 2008 Car bomb rocks north Lebanon city of Tripoli, killing at least five 29 September 2008 Haaretz.com 15 November 2014 Perpetrators In November 2008, Syrian television aired the purported confessions of 10 radicals for their role in the bombing. They were all members of the Fatah al-Islam group, an al-Qaeda-inspired organisation based in northern Lebanon. Among them was Wafa Abssi, daughter of Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker al-Abssi.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/11/syria-tv-confes.html Los Angeles Times Babylon & Beyond 7 November 2008 7 November 2008 The programme also said the suicide bomber was a Saudi national.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/11/2008116213423317560.html Syrian TV airs 'blast confessions' Al Jazeera 15 November 2014 Reactions Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majeed condemned the car bombing as a "cowardly terrorist act.", and also said on state television that "we cannot accuse any party. There are ongoing investigations that will lead us to those who carried it out." Foreign secretary David Miliband of the United Kingdom said, "Such acts of terrorism can have no justification, and must be condemned without reservation. My condolences and sympathies go out to all those who have suffered as a result of these atrocities."http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_PuXVXzptSZXFEp-gYujnXWOMLg Britain condemns Damascus and New Delhi blasts 27 September 2008 AFP 27 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080929104434/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_PuXVXzptSZXFEp-gYujnXWOMLg 29 September 2008 dead Russia, France and the United States also condemned the bombing.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/28/syria.lebanon.bombing Damascus car bomb kills 17 Prothero Mitchell Beaumont, Peter 28 September 2008 The Guardian 28 September 2008 London https://web.archive.org/web/20080930070714/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/28/syria.lebanon.bombing 30 September 2008 live Saudi Arabia, which has long had a tense relationship with Syria, is the only country in the Arab world which has not condemned the bombing.http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/09/syria_signs_of.php Syria: Signs of trouble seen before bombing Ya Libnan Lebanon News Live from Beirut 11 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081002065413/http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/09/syria_signs_of.php 2 October 2008 dead http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JJ08Ak01.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081122011810/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JJ08Ak01.html unfit 22 November 2008 Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs 15 November 2014 See also List of terrorist incidents in 2008 References External links Terrorism Comes to Damascus: Syria Faces its Own Islamist Threat Syria Category:Car and truck bombings in 2008 Category:September 2008 in Syria Category:Car and truck bombings in Syria Category:2008 mass murders Category:2000s in Damascus Category:Terrorist incidents in Syria in 2008 Category:2008 murders in Syria Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Damascus Category:21st-century mass murders in Syria Category:2008 road incidents Category:2000s road incidents in Asia Category:September 2008 crimes in Asia Category:Mass murders in Damascus Category:Terrorist incidents by unknown perpetrators Category:Road incidents in Syria