Damascus car bombs kill 34  12:10 PM, Nov 28, 2012   |  
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hour bombings in the suburb of Jaramana, just few kilometers
(miles) southeast of Damascus, were the latest to hit the
overwhelmingly pro-regime town. The twin blasts appeared
designed to maximize damage and casualties and bore the
hallmarks of radical Muslim groups fighting alongside other
rebel units in Syria.  Witnesses said the second explosion went
off after people rushed in to help those injured from the first
blast, a tactic often used by al-Qaida in Iraq and elsewhere.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings,
but Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida-inspired extremist group that
has become one of Syria's most potent and organized rebel
groups, has claimed numerous suicide bombings in the past,
mostly targeting regime forces and security installations.
Wednesday's bombs went off in a parking lot near commercial
buildings as groups of laborers and employees were arri