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To: one_less who wrote (663)	9/12/2006 5:00:06 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 10087

Attacks attributed to Jund al-Sham Major violence claimed by the suspected al-Qaida-linked group Jund al-Sham or blamed on them by officials: - Sept. 12, 2006: Gunmen attacked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus with automatic weapons and grenades but were repulsed by Syrian guards in a battle that killed three assailants and one Syrian anti-terrorism officer. - June 2, 2006: A battle between Syrian security forces and militants near the Defense Ministry in Damascus killed four militants and a police officer. - March 14, 2006: Syrian anti-terrorism forces killed a top member of the group, Mohammad Ali Nasif, and his bodyguard in a battle northwest of Damascus. - June 9, 2005: Syrian forces raided a suspected terrorist hideout near Damascus, killing two men, arresting a third and foiling alleged bombing plots that targeted the nation's Justice Palace. - March, 2005: Jund al-Sham claimed responsibility for three bombings in the Christian quarter of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killing three and wounding three. - March 19, 2005: Jund al-Sham claimed responsibility for a bombing outside an international school in Doha, capital of the Gulf nation of Qatar. The attack killed one and wounded 12. - July 19, 2004: Jund al-Sham claimed responsibility for a car bomb that killed a Hezbollah official.