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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 10:07 AM
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GRAD-missiles fired at Shiites in Karbala
"Three Grad missiles were fired towards Karbala, two fell into the desert and one in town," Khazali said.

Police initially said a mortar shell landed in a parking lot, causing no casualties.

"This is the first time that the terrorists used this type of missile," the governor said, adding that they were fired from the Musayyib region, about 20 kilometres (15 miles) away.

Karbala police chief General Razeq al-Tayi said the missiles were fired from a rural area, adding "we have no way of preventing such attacks as we have no aerial observation capabilities".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060319/ts_afp/iraq_060319132523
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:06 AM
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1. forgive my ignorance - what is a GRAD missile?
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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 07:13 PM
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2. it's basically a Russian multiple rocket launcher
Edited on Sun Mar-19-06 07:16 PM by tocqueville
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 07:18 PM
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3. One that has completed its undergraduate work
and is undertaking advanced study. :)
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