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2006-03-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Islamic Jihad fires Russian-made missile at Israel

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Posted by Fred 2006-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Islamic Jihad fires Russian-made missile at Israel

Fatah: We have better missiles

[LAST DEC.]
Disturbing announcement: Senior al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades figure says group possesses longer range missile that could hit southern Israel communities previously immune to rocket threat

The military wing of the Fatah ruling party, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, claimed Monday it possesses "Grad" missiles with a range of 25 kilometers (about 15 miles.)

If until today Sderot residents have become used to Qassam fire on a daily basis, it seems residents of Ofakim, Netivot and Kiryat Gat will now also be within range of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
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I'm sure the concept of bio & chem agents are not lost on the IDF and other security assets in Israel.

time to open that can

Posted by RD 2006-03-29 01:08|| 2006-03-29 01:08|| Front Page Top

#2 DEBKAfile Exclusive:

The first missiles and rocket of Iranian manufacture in Palestinian hands struck targets in Ashkelon Tuesday morning

March 28, 2006, 8:41 PM (GMT+02:00)

Two missiles and a 122mm Katyusha rocket struck the military installation at the Ashkelon oil port and terminal of the Ashkelon-Eilat pipeline, causing damage but no casualties. DEBKAfiles military sources report the weapons were smuggled into the Gaza Strip through Egyptian Sinai following Israels pullout from the territory last year. Israels security authorities kept the attack under close wraps in the course of the days polling for the Knesset.

It was the second time the Palestinians hit a strategic target near Ashkelon after a missile damaged the big power station compound last month.

January 3, 2006, DEBKAfiles exclusive sources revealed that a shipment of Grad missiles supplied by Iran had been secreted into the Gaza Strip through Sinai to substantially upgrade the Palestinian terrorist armory. Their range is 30 km, three times that of the homemade Qassams. It enables them to hit the big Israeli port of Ashdod north of Ashkelon and Kiryat Gath in southern Israel.

The new hardware was delivered to the Fatah-al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

Posted by 3dc 2006-03-29 11:10|| 2006-03-29 11:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Why no counter battery fire?

Posted by 3dc 2006-03-29 11:10|| 2006-03-29 11:10|| Front Page Top

#4 This is serious. A ship load of this stuff was intercepted, what, a couple of years ago ? Now that entry ports in Gaza on the Egyptian border are available, the armaments are being brought in wholesale. I'm with 3dc, let Israel shell this whole goddamn area of Palestine, top to bottom, nonstop until everything is rubble. Only workable solution.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-03-29 13:30|| 2006-03-29 13:30|| Front Page Top

#5 That was the Karine A interception, when the Arafish was still big fish in the tank.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-03-29 20:35|| 2006-03-29 20:35|| Front Page Top

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