WARNING: CONTAINS DISTURBING IMAGES<br/> Bodies are carried away from the site of a blast in the Syrian capital Damascus.<br/> State TV reports 40 were killed and 100 wounded when two booby-trapped cars blew up at security sites.<br/> This is the worst violence to hit Syria's capital during nine months of unrest over the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.<br/> Al Manar news channel described the attack as a suicide bombing and said initial inquiries indicated al Qaeda was behind it.<br/> They say most of the casualties were civilians.<br/> The attack comes a day after the arrival of Arab League officials to prepare for a monitoring team that will check whether Assad is implementing a plan to end the bloodshed.<br/> The escalating violence on both sides has raised fears that the country is slipping towards civil war.<br/> Lily Grimes, Reuters
