U.S. ambassador to Syria accosted by pro-Assad mob in Damascus

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A tomato-hurling mob assaulted the U.S. ambassador to Syria and several aides Thursday as they arrived for a meeting with an opposition leader, an incident the State Department later said was deliberately staged by Syrian officials.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sharply condemned the attack on Ambassador Robert S. Ford, who U.S. officials say was trapped for more than an hour when the mob besieged the Damascus office building where the meeting occurred. No Americans were hurt, but several embassy cars were badly damaged.

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Ylan Q. Mui 30 Sep, 2011

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