Blasts hit security HQs in Syrian city Aleppo

(10 Feb 2012) SHOTLIST PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE PICTURES WERE FILMED UNDER THE STRICT SUPERVISION OF THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT. AP TELEVISION CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S VERSION OF EVENTS 1. Journalists disembarking from Syrian government-chartered plane at Aleppo International Airport 2. Wide of Aleppo International Airport 3. Crater in ground caused by explosion at Security Preservation forces barracks in Aleppo 4. Wide of rubble and damaged vehicle at explosion site 5. Pan of destruction 6. Vehicle overturned in explosion 7. Helmets belonging to security personnel on ground with rubble, pan to blood on ground 8. Pan of damage to office interior at security compound 9. Tilt down of Military Intelligence Directorate where second explosion took place 10. Pan of damage to exterior of military building 11. Journalists walking across rubble to enter military building 12. Wreckage inside military building 13. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Dr Imad Mohammad, Brigadier General: "A mini bus was stopped at the gate and while being checked by members of the information desks the blast took place. The first toll was 13 dead and about 17 injured." 14. Injured man with head bandaged inside Alrazi Hospital, civilian hospital in Aleppo 15. Injured soldier in Alrazi Hospital 16. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) No name given, Intensive Care Doctor at Alrazi Hospital: "We have three casualties in the Intensive Care Unit. One of them is a 65-year-old civilian who was injured in the neck, and the two other injured are young soldiers. They were hit in the head and their skulls are badly injured. The two young men are from Hanano neighbourhood and they are both in a critical condition." 17. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) No name given, soldier with Security Preservation forces: "As usual, we went out for the morning assembly. Suddenly the explosion took place, some of my colleagues were killed and I was injured. I was hit by fragments in the head." 18. Injured civilian in hospital bed STORYLINE Two suicide car bombers struck security compounds in Aleppo on Friday, killing 28 people, Syrian officials said, bringing significant violence for the first time to an industrial centre that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad during the 11-month uprising against his rule. Anti-Assad activists denied any involvement and accused the regime of setting off the blasts to smear the opposition as government forces pummel rebels in one of their main strongholds, Homs. State media touted the bombings as proof the regime faces a campaign by "terrorists", not a popular uprising. The morning blasts in Aleppo, Syria's most populous city, apparently ripped apart the facades of the local headquarters of the Military Intelligence Directorate and a barracks of the Security Preservation forces. At the Directorate, windows were shattered and there was a large crater in the pavement outside the entrance. Foreign media were flown to Aleppo on a government-chartered plane to view the damage, closely monitored by government officials. Footage filmed by AP Television showed blood on the ground, and helmets that officials said belonged to Syrian security forces in amongst the rubble. Security officials said suicide bombers in explosives-packed vehicles tried to smash through the entrances of both sites. At the barracks, Brigadier General Dr Imad Mohammad told an Associated Press reporter on the government-guided visit that the vehicle made it through one roadblock before detonating near the gates. A head lay on the ground and security officials said it belonged to a suicide attacker. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...