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Mystery rocket explodes in Jordan |
2010-04-22 |
A rocket has exploded near the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba, damaging a warehouse but causing no casualties. The rocket was one of two fired early on Thursday which landed in Jordanian territory - the other fell into the Red Sea. There are conflicting reports as to where the rockets were launched. Egyptian officials denied Israeli reports they had come from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Jordan's PM said they had not been launched from his country. "We are 100% sure that the rocket which hit a warehouse in Aqaba was not fired from Jordanian territory, but from beyond our borders," Prime Minister Samir Rifai told AFP news agency. He added that the missile had been a Russian-designed Grad. Earlier police said they had found the remains of a Katyusha rocket. Your guess is as good as mine. |
Posted by:Thing From Snowy Mountain |
#4 Grad missile range - 24 kilometers Distance from Aqaba to Egypt Sinai - 12 kilometers Almost certainly aimed at Eilat and overshot. |
Posted by: phil_b 2010-04-22 22:41 |
#3 Testing from a sea vessel? Iranian war games are also going on and Hezbollah and Hamas have shown a willingness to join forces. |
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-04-22 17:56 |
#2 Arafat tried to overthrow the King's father. Maybe Hamas is thinking of following in Abu-AIDS' footsteps. |
Posted by: lex 2010-04-22 14:50 |
#1 It's the Universe's way of telling the little king to zip up. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-04-22 14:22 |