Iraq - 30 rockets and launcher found in street near Italian Embassy

AFP via Babelfish translation ^ | November 21, 2002

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Discovered of a rocket launcher close to the embassy of Italy (police force)

An artisanal rocket launcher with 30 rockets was discovered Friday morning in an adjacent street with the ambassadde from Italy in Baghdad, indicated to the AFP the General Ahmad Ibrahim, head of the Iraqi police force.

This advertisement intervenes whereas Nicolo Pollari, director of the Italian services of military information (SISMI), had considered to be "very high" the risks of attacks against the Italian interests in Iraq, Tuesday evening during a hearing before the parliamentary Committee of information (COPACO).

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APNewsAlert

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov 21, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Donkey cart with rockets found close to Italian Embassy, witnesses say.

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"now where did i leave those rockets? DOH!"

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Fox News is reporting tonight they caught one guy in a van and the back of the van was loaded with rockets. This happened near the hotels that were attacked this morning. Also they are saying that one of the rocket launchers in the back of a donkey cart was a homemade device and was buried under a bunch of fruit in the back of the cart.