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2010-08-02 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by phil_b 2010-08-02 02:27|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Egypt: 'Impossible' that rockets were fired from Sinai

But we all know that denial flows through everything in Egypt.

Posted by phil_b 2010-08-02 06:46|| 2010-08-02 06:46|| Front Page Top

#2 They certainly are busy bees in Israel today. phil_b's article was posted at 12:26 Israeli time. Two hours later Jerusalem Post staff put up another article:
Jordan: 1 dead in rocket attack

Defense sources believe 6 Iranian-made Katyushas fired from Sinai.

Jordan condemned Monday the firing of a rocket that struck near the Intercontinental Hotel in Aqaba in which a Jordanian man was killed and four others were injured. The rocket was one of six which struck the area, including a second rocket in Jordan, one near Eilat, two in the Red Sea and one in the Sinai Peninsula.

The rockets were almost definitely fired from Sinai, according to sources in the defense establishment quoted by Israel Radio. The rockets were suspected to have been launched from the Sinai Peninsula by Islamic Jihad.

Eilat Police sappers said that the Grad-type Katyushas were Iranian-made, with a range of some 20 kilometers. The rockets reportedly weighed 6 kilograms each.

In April, two rockets fired landed in Eilat and the adjacent Jordanian port of Aqaba.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-08-02 11:26|| 2010-08-02 11:26|| Front Page Top

#3 subsequent analysis indicates

one rocket exploded in the Sinai
one or maybe two went into the sea near Aquba
zero or one landed in Israel near Eilat
the rest hit Jordan within or near Aquba

Posted by lord garth 2010-08-02 12:22|| 2010-08-02 12:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Local Officials are claiming the rockets that struck both ISRAEL + JORDAN appear to be IRANIAN-MADE???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-08-02 22:45|| 2010-08-02 22:45|| Front Page Top

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