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I'm guessing the battle is between Syrians and/or embassy guards and an Al Queda cell . . .

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perhaps some faction in the Syrian government has aligned with AQ to oust Assad. Assad was perhaps becoming weak, unreliable on this WMD front, he might need to go.

its too bad we have an election coming up, its the perfect time for a blitzkrieg like strike by US forces in Iraq against Syria.