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  • One killed, several wounded in Iranian ballistic missile attack on central Israel

    03/28/2026 12:00:40 PM PDT · by mac_truck · 21 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 3/38/2026 | Emanuel Fabian
    A man was killed and several others were wounded by an Iranian ballistic missile fired at central Israel late Friday, the sixth attack that Iran launched on the country throughout the day. The missile carried a cluster bomb warhead, spreading bomblets over a wide area. A bomblet impact in Tel Aviv killed a 52-year-old security guard who was not in a bomb shelter at the time. The victim was named as Vyacheslav Vidmant. Vidmant was employed by the Tel Aviv municipality to secure residential buildings that had been evacuated in the same location after a deadly Iranian attack on the...
  • It Is America First, Not Ukraine

    07/17/2023 7:03:28 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 51 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | July 17, 2023 | Jeff Crouere
    The war in Ukraine has been raging for over five hundred days, with no end in sight. In the first year of the war, the U.S. Congress approved over $113 billion in aid for Ukraine.
  • Unexploded bomblets a danger in Lebanon (Hezbollah meanwhile is not a problem)

    08/17/2006 4:34:54 PM PDT · by new yorker 77 · 14 replies · 443+ views
    The AP via Yahoo! News ^ | August 17, 2006 | Kathy Gannon
    Hamid Asan Hasan dropped his wallet, and as he stooped to pick it up he spotted the small round object. Curious, he picked that up too. It exploded and blew off part of his hand. The Lebanese army passed out leaflets Thursday to warn residents of south Lebanon to beware of just such weapons. It was too late for Hasan, who was injured Sunday, one day before the cease-fire took hold to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. "The place is full of unexploded ordnance, shells and mortars," said Chris Clark, program manager for the U.N. Mine Action Coordination center...