http://mideastmedia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/09/23/anxiety-over-syrian-border-deployment-varying-interpretations/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://mideastmedia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/09/23/anxiety-over-syrian-border-deployment-varying-interpretations/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Middle East Media » Blog Archive » Today’s bombing in Damascus, a convenient threat? Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:13:30 +0000 http://mideastmedia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/09/23/anxiety-over-syrian-border-deployment-varying-interpretations/#comment-639 [...] Today’s car bombing in Damascus was the first of its kind in Syria since the 1980s. This circumstance, in conjunction with the recent deployment of Syrian troops to the country’s border with Lebanon and the alleged involvement of an extremist group in the attack, may have some conspiracy theorists wandering if the incident will be used as a pretext for Syrian action in northern Lebanon. [...] [...] Today’s car bombing in Damascus was the first of its kind in Syria since the 1980s. This circumstance, in conjunction with the recent deployment of Syrian troops to the country’s border with Lebanon and the alleged involvement of an extremist group in the attack, may have some conspiracy theorists wandering if the incident will be used as a pretext for Syrian action in northern Lebanon. [...]

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