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Rocket fired from Egypt hits Israeli city of Eilat [Bibi:Sinai now a terror zone]
BBC ^ | 5 April 2012 Last updated at 02:04 ET | BBC

Posted on 04/05/2012 5:29:00 AM PDT by DCBryan1

A Grad rocket has landed in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, but has caused no damage or injuries, Israeli security officials said.

District police chief Ron Gertner told Israeli radio the rocket had been fired from Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

He said it struck a construction site close to a residential area shortly after midnight (21:00 GMT).

The blast took place as thousands congregated in the resort town for the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Rocket attacks from Egyptian soil are uncommon. Attacks on Eilat and the nearby Jordanian town of Aqaba in 2010 killed one person and injured another four.

Sinai unrest

Eilat Mayor Meir Yitzhak-Halevy told the Jerusalem Post that the city would function as normal despite the attack.

A wave of unrest has hit the restive Sinai peninsula recently.

Israel says militants have become active in the region since former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February 2011.

In August 2011, an armed group crossed the border into Israel from the Sinai peninsula and killed eight Israelis.

Israel blamed Palestinian militants but five Egyptian policemen were killed as Israeli forces pursued the gunmen, sparking a diplomatic row between the two countries.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; egyptmb; eilat; israel; muslimbrotherhood; netanyahu; sinai; sinaiterrorzone
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To: DCBryan1

Apologies for the excessive response. I thought the safety was on. Honest.


41 posted on 04/05/2012 10:59:27 AM PDT by MurrietaMadman
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
The class slept though WW III. We lost almost 100,000 KIA in that one.
42 posted on 04/05/2012 11:25:22 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
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To: Westbrook

Springtime for arabs, and tyranny...
Winter for Israel and Friends.


43 posted on 04/05/2012 12:06:49 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Cheney/Rumsfeld 2012)
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To: DCBryan1
Imagine ATF giving Mexican cartel's MLRS systems and rockets raining down on El Paso or San Diego from Mexico!

Don't give them any ideas.

44 posted on 04/05/2012 12:24:39 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Jeff Head

There’s a couple of “stans” that need to be red.


45 posted on 04/05/2012 12:28:37 PM PDT by bgill
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To: MurrietaMadman
>"will take legal action against the peace treaty with the Zionist entity,"

According to the queeranus, "by any means possible" their law allows them to MURDER any one in any way!

It is an abomination that causes desolation!

46 posted on 04/05/2012 1:12:10 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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Aren’t the Grad rockets typically launched singly by the terrorists as opposed to out of the standard tube launchers?


47 posted on 04/05/2012 1:58:02 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: DCBryan1

Psalm 83 is getting closer every day.


48 posted on 04/05/2012 3:22:47 PM PDT by ducttape45
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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49 posted on 04/05/2012 4:52:18 PM PDT by SJackson (As a black man, you know, Barack could get shot going to the gas station, M Obama)
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To: DAC21

We must form a Jewish Brotherhood. You must form a Christian Brotherhood. If we commit enough heinous acts in the names of our respective religions while using the word “Brotherhood,” Obama might start welcoming and respecting us, too.


50 posted on 04/05/2012 5:37:44 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: MurrietaMadman
Or now feel they don't have to.

Sheesh. Three times and I still got it wrong

51 posted on 04/05/2012 10:19:47 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman
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To: DAC21

Now is the time to clear out Gaza and march all the terrorists to Sinai. Then wall off Sinai, open up Gaza to Jewish settlements and in front of the UN declare that any rocket attack from Sinai will be considered an attack from Egypt.

Then as a show of force, at the next Bruthahood meeting, level the place and give the country to the Egyptian military.

Problem solved.


52 posted on 04/07/2012 1:25:18 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Solyent Pink is Sheeple!!!!)
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