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January 2008 Blog Posts (1)

January 2008 Rocket Attack on Ashkelon

Friday, January 11, 2008

Portland's Sister City Ashkelon hit by Rocket



A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, believed to be a Soviet-stype "Grad", landed near a hotel on the beach of Ashkelon, our sister city on Thursday morning. Claiming responsibility first was the Popular Front, then the Jihad's al-Quds Brigades and Salah a-Din Brigades, two other Islamic terrorist groups.

This is the third time that Ashkelon has been hit by a rocket from Gaza. Two other rockets landed in… Continue

Added by Nadene Fern Goldfoot on January 11, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

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