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Al Qaeda in Syria? U.N. mission chief considers.

2012-05-18 16 Dailymotion

Twin suicide car bombs exploded in Damascus last week, killing 55 people.<br/> <br />The blasts come as the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March of 2011.<br/> <br />On Thursday, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he believed al Qaeda was behind the attacks.<br/> <br />The arrival of al Qaeda into the Syrian conflict would be worrying, the UN monitoring mission's head in Syria, Robert Mood says, but in his mind, it's not yet confirmed.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT MOOD, HEAD OF THE U.N. MONITORING MISSION, SAYING:<br/> <br />"This is the kind of violence that is obviously impossible at this stage to decide where it came from, by whom. But, there is a worrying incident on worrying trends related to these incidents. I can not confirm that we have groups in the country linked to those you mentioned, but I am concerned about the incidents where explosives, improvised devices are targeting innocent civilians, innocent people because it is not going to help the situation."<br/> <br />Unarmed U.N. monitors in Syria are currently observing an unraveling truce brokered by U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan.<br/> <br />Sarah Sheffer, Reuters

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