shrapnel shells
対政府派と政府軍の戦いが首都ダマスカスで繰り広げられています。第一次世界大戦中に開発されたshrapnel弾（榴散弾）が使われているとのこと。これは目標物の頭上で炸裂し、多数の散弾が拡散する怖ろしい武器です。（UG）
Rebels battle in Assad stronghold of Damascus
BEIRUT (AP) - Bullets and shrapnel shells smashed into homes in the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight as troops battled rebels in the streets, a show of boldness for rebels taking their fight against President Bashar Assad to the center of his power. For nearly 12 hours of fighting that lasted into the early hours Saturday, rebels armed mainly with assault rifles fought Syrian forces in the heaviest fighting in the Assad stronghold since the 15-month-old uprising began. U.N. observers said rebels fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the local power plant, damaging parts of it and reducing six buses to charred shells, according to video the observers took of the scene.
