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Iran connection: Why are Gaza rockets reaching so deep into Israel?
Christian Science Monitor ^ | July 9, 2014 | By Howard LaFranchi

Posted on 07/09/2014 2:44:40 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A recent United Nations report, still classified, confirms that Iran is implicated in exporting longer-range missiles to the region, such as the M-302 rockets launched from Gaza.

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — Evidence that Hamas is firing more sophisticated weapons at Israel – including longer-range rockets – than in past conflicts is focusing a new light on Iran’s role in arming the militant organization....

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: axisofevil; egypt; gaza; hamas; iran; israel; jordan; lebanon; russia; stih; syria; waronterror

1 posted on 07/09/2014 2:44:40 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I thought I heard about this a couple of years ago.

I guess they just decided to start shooting them off now. All of the folks over there are getting big heads, not that IS has a caliphate and everything.

Wait until they meet a “real” army/air force.


2 posted on 07/09/2014 2:46:49 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Just months ago, I was speaking to my Israeli friends and telling them that only 100% protection from missiles is safe. Iron Dome is better than nothing, but having a 90% accuracy rate in a nuclear world will not cut it.

Israel needs to sanitize Gaza and the West Bank if it wants an end to conflict.

3 posted on 07/09/2014 2:49:57 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Vermont Lt

Guess Hamas was smoking too much camel dung and finally decided on suicide by stupidity. How many times do you have to kick at the hornets nest until they become upset.


4 posted on 07/09/2014 2:51:43 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

finish the wall around Gaza and fill it with sea water


5 posted on 07/09/2014 2:55:13 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reminds me of the way the Nazis used the V2 against the Brits.


6 posted on 07/09/2014 2:59:13 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They have removed the payload according to the Times of Israel newspaper... per the IDF.


7 posted on 07/09/2014 3:21:02 PM PDT by Jumper
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