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Bomb hits Iranian bus in Syria, six dead - Dec 3, 2009 - 6:49:18 AM

DAMASCUS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A bomb targeted at a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims near a major Shi'ite religious shrine in Damascus on Thursday killed at least six people, witnesses said. "Body parts are still scattered around the bus," one of the witnesses told Reuters. Several more people were wounded in the explosion in the Sayyeda Zainab area in Damascus. Syrian security forces deployed in the area, a popular destination for Shi'ites from Iran and Lebanon, and were investigating the blast. The bomb attack took place as Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, was visiting Damascus for meetings with Syrian officials.