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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-08-11/syria-unrest/56965394/1
Blasts, Gunfire Hit Damascus; Iranian "Pilgrims" in Syria Are Revolutionary Guard Officers
(AP-USA Today) Brian Murphy - Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach the intense security near President Bashar Assad's power bases. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in Aleppo a helicopter gunship fired missiles on apartment buildings. Syrian rebels last week seized a bus carrying 48 Iranians, claiming the men are military personnel, while Iran says the group was Shiite pilgrims. The Paris-based Iranian opposition group People's Mujahedeen Organization claimed Saturday that at least seven of the captives were active members of the Revolutionary Guard, giving names and ranks - ranging from brigadier general to colonel.