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Posted on 09/29/2002 3:56:03 PM PDT by knighthawk
THE Israeli army says it has found a makeshift Palestinian rocket, primed and aimed at a nearby Jewish settlement.
The rocket, already mounted on a launcher, was found in a field near the West Bank city of Nablus and armed with a 5kg warhead.
It was pointed at the Jewish settlement of Qedumim, to the south-west of the city, a military spokesman said.
The trademark weapon of the Islamic militant group Hamas, the Qassam rocket is produced in underground metal workshops in the Palestinian territories and has a range of up to 8km.
Israeli sappers exploded the device.
During routine search operations in the West Bank today, Israeli troops also found two explosive belts of the type used by suicide bombers and a suitcase jammed with explosives, the spokesman said.
The devices, found in the village of Harbata, west of Ramallah, were destroyed in a controlled explosion.
Sounds like some more bulldozer/backhoe work needs to be done.
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