DAMASCUS, Syria - Islamic militants tried to storm the U.S. Embassy in
Damascus on Tuesday using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least
one van rigged with explosives, the government said. Four people were
killed in the brazen attack, including three of the assailants, but no
Americans were hurt.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. An
al-Qaida offshoot group called Jund al-Sham was suspected, said Syria’s
ambassador to the United States, Imad Moustapha, in comments to CNN. The
radical fundamentalist group has been blamed for several attacks in
Syria in recent years, he said.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Syrian security agents for
repelling the attack, but added it was too early to know who may have
been behind it.

they said that the van was rigged but that another car actually blew up.
the embassies are always under attack over there, they said that a
couple days before the us embassy was attacked a group tried to attack
the canadian embessy. do you think the bombers got the wrong directions
lol

no..they were gonna hit the Canadian Embassy...but then they saw the
Canadastan sign

did you hear that a man at the chinese embassy got hit in the face with
shrapnel while he was standing on the roof of the garage watching
everything that was going on?