You better watch out...here I come.
Posted on 11/14/2004 11:08:34 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
The Al-Aksa Brigades terror group, which has just been renamed the "Arafat Brigades," unveiled a new weapon today: the “Yasser" rocket. It can hit the fuel refineries on the Ashkelon coast.
The new weapon is appropriately named for the deceased arch-terrorist who founded Fatah.
The Yasser has a range of 15 kilometers (9 miles), putting the populous Israeli city of Ashkelon within striking distance of Gaza-launched missiles. It is said to be almost ready for activation.
Members of the terror gang paraded through the streets of Gaza City today, displaying the new rocket and declaring their intention to begin firing the rocket at Ashkelon - within Israel's pre-1967 borders. They marched towards the mourning tent set up in honor of Arafat, and announced that the rocket would help "fulfill Yasser Arafat’s dream.”
The Ynet internet site reported that the Fatah terrorists are also working on the development of an additional rocket capable of striking targets at a distance of 18 kilometers. The terrorists are competing with Hamas’ Kassam rockets, which have been used to bombard the city of Sderot, within Israel’s pre-1967 borders, as well as Jewish towns in Gush Katif.
Last August, terrorists fired a Kassam rocket at Ashkelon, hitting an industrial zone in the southern part of the city only 100 meters from a fuel refinery. Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz attempted recently to mollify Ashkelon residents, saying, “There is no reason to worry about an increased [rocket] range after the disengagement. I can’t specify what we are doing, but I can only say that the general situation of the residents of Ashkelon will be much better with regard to security.”
Ashkelon’s mayor, Roni Mahatzri, isn’t taking any chances. He told Ynet that his city was preparing for the worst, and has asked the IDF’s Homefront Command for help in establishing an emergency center.
These guys are truly frightening-----and insane.
Islam---the religion of peace!
Locate the manufacturing facilities and destroy them.. ASAP..
Man, that must be one ugly rocket. It'll probably blow up on the launch pad.
Must be one of those "Rockets of Peace"...
Isn't this kind of behavior, like, an act of war or something?
Idiots are going to start a war, Not to worry, the UN will be there.
...Just a "nuisance" by those opressed "insurgents."
Well, get some captured Katyusha launchers (I remember reading that Israelis have quite a few). Train them in the general direction of Kassams' and Arafat's sources. And then reply to each launch with a good salvo, obliterating a square mile at a time. This would be true reply in kind.
You better watch out...here I come.
Screw that. Tell them hit the refinery and we nuke Gaza, period!
I like you style!
Clear and imminent danger. Take them out now.
Do they lunatics really think Isreal will just stand by and tolerate this development? This "Yasar Brigade" is cruisin' for a bruisin'.
I was thinking while watching the funeral ( circus) that it would have been an interseting place to drop a MOAB.
must use spell check
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