Rupanya Hammas sudah memakai roket Qassam sejak lama, dan semakin kemari semakin sering, bisa juga semakin akurat.
sur. Qassam rockets are named after the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed branch of Hamas, itself named after an Islamic Mojahed Izz ad-Din al-Qassam who led a Palestinian group during the 1930s. According to Hamas, the Qassam rocket was first developed by Nidal Fat'hi Rabah Farahat and Mohamed Khaled and produced under the direction of Adnan al-Ghoul, the "Father of the Qassam", who was killed by the Israeli army on October 22, 2004. Qassams were first fired at Israeli civil areas in October 2001. The first Qassam to hit Israeli territory was launched on February 10, 2002. The first time an Israeli city was hit was on March 5, 2002, when two rockets struck Sderot. Some rockets have hit as far as the edge of Ashkelon. The total number of Qassam rockets launched exceeded 1,000 by June 9, 2006. During the year 2006 alone, 1,000+ rockets were launched. As of May 2008, over 3,000 rockets had been launched[2] and 15 people have been killed by Qassam rockets[3] (see: List of Qassam rocket attacks). The introduction of the Qassam rocket took Israeli politicians and military experts by surprise.[4] Reactions have been mixed.[5] In 2006 the Israeli Ministry of Defense viewed the Qassams as "more a psychological than physical threat."[6] The rockets are fired largely at civilian populations. Although they rarely kill, they are designed to do so, are indiscriminate, and have on occasion been fired at times coinciding with children's journeys to school.[7] The Israel Defence Force has reacted to the deployment of the Qassam rockets by deploying the Red Color early warning system in Sderot, Ashkelon and other at-risk targets. The system consists of an advanced radar that detects rockets as they are being launched. Loudspeakers warn civilians to take cover approximately fifteen seconds before impact in an attempt to minimize the threat posed by the rockets. A system called Iron Dome, designed to intercept the rockets before they can hit their targets, is currently under development and is expected to be operational by 2010. One of the rockets hit the electricity station in Ashkelon and caused electricity shortages in several areas. In another attack, a rocket similar to a Qassam hit an army basic training camp and injured more than 70 Israeli soldiers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "utusan.allah" <utusan.al...@yahoo.co.uk> ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
