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  • Brazilian police find anti-tank rocket in Rio shantytown

    04/07/2006 4:45:55 PM PDT · by Kitten Festival · 2 replies · 567+ views
    Agencia EFE ^ | 7 April 2005 | Staff
    Rio de Janeiro, Apr 7 (EFE).- Brazilian authorities on Friday confiscated from a Rio de Janeiro shantytown an anti-tank rocket that members of a drug gang allegedly planned to use against police, officials said. The abandoned weapon was found on the roof of a home in Cidade de Deus, a western Rio shantytown that gained notoriety in a film by the same name about warring gangs of drug traffickers in the city's slums. The rocket was discovered by anti-drug police thanks to an anonymous tip. According to the tipster, the members of the drug-trafficking gang that controls Cidade de Deus...
  • Another Tank Blown Up; Three Soldiers Killed

    03/14/2002 3:15:47 PM PST · by Nachum · 52 replies · 226+ views
    Arutz 7 ^ | March 15, 2002 | staff
    Three Israeli soldiers were killed this morning near the Netzarim junction in Gaza. Terrorists hiding behind a building near the road detonated a powerful roadside bomb by remote control while the tank passed by. The names of two victims have been released: Sgt. Rotem Shani, 19, of Hod HaSharon, and Sgt. Matan Biderman, 21, of Karmiel. Two tank crewmen were wounded - one in moderate condition. Shlomo Kustiner of Netzarim told Arutz-7 that the explosive was similar in many ways to that which blew up a Merkavah tank last month, also killing three soldiers. When asked how is it that...