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rocket stories: 25 news summaries

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 Iraq Insurgents Gain
 Deadly New Weapon 

Rocket-bomb attacks can kill dozens at a time

Jul 10, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shiite insurgents in Iraq have been attacking US forces with a new weapon the military fears could kill dozens of troops at a time, reports the Washington Post. Rocket-propelled bombs, made of propane tanks packed with hundreds of pounds of explosives, have killed at least 21 people this year, including... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Baghdad • rocket attacks • IED • bomb • Shiite insurgents • rocket

 There's a New
 Space Race,
 and US Is Losing 

Rest of the world collaborates while fearful US falls behind

Jul 9, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - While the rest of the world cooperates incessantly on all matters extraterrestrial, the US, hampered by self-imposed regulations meant to keep weapons out of enemies' hands, is swiftly losing dominance of the final frontier, the Washington Post reports. The US’ military space program is still gargantuan, but the civil... More »

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China • NASA • space exploration • European Space Agency • space • space shuttle • satellite • rocket • space program

Lebanon Rocket Strikes Israel

Latest violence in advance of Bush visit

Jan 8, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A rocket launched from Lebanon exploded in northern Israel before dawn today, causing no injuries but serving as a potential harbinger of other attacks in advance of President Bush's three-day trip to Israel that begins tomorrow. Israeli authorities blamed the attack on the Jihadi Badr Brigades, which also attacked from... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Palestine • rocket attacks • rocket • Arab Israeli conflict

Castro: We Saved Reagan's Life

Dictator claims Cuba foiled an assassination attempt

Sep 13, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro says Cuba helped the US avert an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1984. An essay attributed to the ailing dictator says a Cuban posted to the UN tipped off an American official to the plot, which involved a presidential visit to North Carolina, the Telegraph reports. How... More »

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Pentagon • Fidel Castro • Cuba • September 11 • Ronald Reagan • assassination • rocket

Rocket Attack Wounds Scores of Israeli Troops

Predawn strike hits tent in Gaza boot camp

Sep 11, 07 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 66 Israeli soldiers were wounded by a Qassam rocket fired into Israeli territory from inside the Gaza strip early today. The missile struck a tent in an Israeli basic training camp in the northern Negev desert near the community of Kibbutz Zikkim, reports Ha'aretz. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility... More »

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Israel • Gaza • missile • IDF • Qassam • Islamic Jihad • Beit Hanun • Sderot • rocket • Kibbutz Zikkim

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