(New York Times) Rod Norland and Hwaida Saad - Syrian insurgents struck at high-profile targets in the capital region on Thursday for the third time this week, demonstrating their increasing effectiveness and reach. The latest was a double bombing - one detonated in the parking garage of the Palace of Justice in downtown Damascus, and the other at a city police station. The day before, an attack destroyed a pro-government television station, and Monday the Free Syrian Army struck the barracks of the Republican Guard, next to Assad's palace.
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