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US-backed gunmen stage massacre at Syrian TV station

US-backed gunmen stage massacre at Syrian TV station

US-backed gunmen stage massacre at Syrian TV station
By Bill Van Auken
28 June 2012
Gunmen stormed a pro-government television station in Syria Wednesday, slaughtering seven employees, wounding others and taking several people hostage. The attack came a day after President Bashar al-Assad declared Syria to be in “a real state of war.”

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