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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Syrian defense minister and deputy killed by suicide bomber in Damascas
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
The deputy is Assad's brother in law.
Analysts say this could be end of the Assad regime.
