Car blast shakes Syrian capital

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13 December, 2004

A suspected car bomb has exploded in a diplomatic quarter of Damascus wounding two people, Syrian officials say.

The car was quickly removed by security teams who collected debris on the street in the Mazze area, reports said.

One passer-by was reported to have been injured by shrapnel and a resident of the area hurt by flying glass.

The vehicle reportedly belonged to a member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Syria's interior minister blamed Israel for the blast.

"The group who carried out this act deals with the Israeli Mossad or perhaps it is Mossad itself," Ghazi Kanaan was quoted as saying.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4092775.stm

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1. "Damascus car bomb misses Hamas target"

Al Jazeera link
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/27EFDAFC-4493-4613-97A2-2F2509D51B54.htm

Three passers-by were injured in the blast and nearby buildings had their windows blown out.