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  • Biden authorizes the shipment of antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in latest about-face

    11/20/2024 8:49:19 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 40 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/19/2024 | Victor Nava
    President Biden has given the Pentagon the green light to ship antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine — a policy the commander in chief once called “reckless.” “While we have provided anti-tank mines throughout the conflict, the Biden-Harris Administration will soon provide Ukraine with non-persistent antipersonnel land mines (APLs) as well,” a US official told The Post. The official noted that the explosive devices differ from the ones Russia is using because they become “inert after a pre-set period of time (anywhere from 4 hours to 2 weeks)” and will not detonate when their battery power runs out, theoretically making them...
  • Florida man arrested after discovery of more than 2 dozen pipe bombs: Police

    08/13/2020 12:39:31 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 35 replies
    ktla ^ | 08/13/2020
    Florida police have arrested a man after finding more than two dozen pipe bombs, including some that contained nails, screws and metal pellets. Police had been called after an explosion and found several bombs near a street and others in a trash bin. After officers identified Haasze as a suspect, he approached officers and surrendered. The 34-year-old told them he made the bombs for celebrations and to remove tree stumps and that he never intended to hurt anyone.
  • Shrapnel-filled rockets used on civilians

    08/31/2006 8:44:57 PM PDT · by jdm · 29 replies · 863+ views
    WND ^ | August 31, 2006 | Jerome R. Corsi
    TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND Shrapnel-filled rockets used on civilians Israel documents civilian-targeted weapons from Syria, Iran Posted: August 31, 20065:00 p.m. Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com School-zone sign in northern Israel shows evidence of lethal metal balls from Hezbollah rockets (photo: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Steel balls and other lethal fragments were encased in rockets from Syria and Iran that were used by Hezbollah on Israeli civilian areas during the recent war, the Israeli Ministry of Defense confirmed to WND today. Photographs of the anti-personnel "flying metal" damage done by Syrian-made 220-mm rockets fired by Hezbollah...