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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:31 PM Apr 2017

At least 100 killed after car bomb explodes near buses carrying Syrian evacuees

Source: CBS News

The Syrian opposition rescue service said at least 100 people were killed Saturday in an explosion that hit near buses carrying people evacuated from a besieged area controlled by government loyalists.

The explosion was caused by a car bomb in the area controlled by opposition fighters outside the city of Aleppo.

In footage aired on Syrian TV, bodies, including fighters, were seen lying alongside buses, some of which were charred and others gutted from the blast. Personal belongings could be seen dangling out of the windows. The state TV channel said the car was carrying food aid but a rebel spokesman said the car had been parked in the area and abandoned.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dozens-killed-after-car-bomb-explodes-near-buses-carrying-syrian-evacuees/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=36548656

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At least 100 killed after car bomb explodes near buses carrying Syrian evacuees (Original Post) oberliner Apr 2017 OP

... Skittles Apr 2017 #1

Me too :( Kittycow Apr 2017 #2

These were Shia refugees being transported back to Voltaire2 Apr 2017 #3

So when will glorious leader send tomahawks against them? MarcA Apr 2017 #6

By Sunni "freedom fighters" we are supporting in Syria, EL34x4 Apr 2017 #7

Tragic canetoad Apr 2017 #4

My first thought. spiderpig Apr 2017 #8

Why don't we have car bombs? trof Apr 2017 #5

If we wanted to kill random civilians DorothyG Apr 2017 #9

Wait'll we perfect driverless cars. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2017 #10

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

1. ...

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:40 PM

Apr 2017

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

2. Me too :(

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:51 PM

Apr 2017

Voltaire2

(13,079 posts)

3. These were Shia refugees being transported back to

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:57 PM

Apr 2017

government held regions - they were part of a Shia-Sunni exchange agreement. The attackers were most likely part of the glorious Sunni "freedom fighters" we are supporting in Syria.

MarcA

(2,195 posts)

6. So when will glorious leader send tomahawks against them?

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 07:42 PM

Apr 2017

Wouldn't he be interested in the injured or killed children and babies?

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)

7. By Sunni "freedom fighters" we are supporting in Syria,

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 08:48 PM

Apr 2017

do you mean al-Qaeda?

canetoad

(17,169 posts)

4. Tragic

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 06:53 PM

Apr 2017

Utterly tragic. I hope the irony is not lost that it killed three times as many people as the fucking MOAB.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)

8. My first thought.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 08:52 PM

Apr 2017

trof

(54,256 posts)

5. Why don't we have car bombs?

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 07:08 PM

Apr 2017

Jeez
We spend $16,000,000 on a damn MOAB and ISIS or the Taliban, or whoever, takes out even more people with a twelve dollar explosives pack?
Shit.
We're losing the bomb war.

DorothyG

(95 posts)

9. If we wanted to kill random civilians

Reply to trof (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:58 PM

Apr 2017

we could do it on the cheap also. Fortunately we are not.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,354 posts)

10. Wait'll we perfect driverless cars. nt

Reply to trof (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 16, 2017, 04:50 PM

Apr 2017

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