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| Gaza rockets hit southern Israel during Obama visit |
| 2013-03-21 |
| Two rockets fired by militants in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Thursday hit southern Israel as US President Barack Obama was visiting the Jewish state, police said. Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday for the first visit of the US president since being elected more than four years ago, and was expected in Ramallah on Thursday for talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. Israeli officials pointed the finger at Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, over the rocket attack. The group implicitly denied responsibility, but gave a guarded reaction to Israeli accusations. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that “one [rocket] exploded in the back yard of a house in Sderot, causing damage, and the second landed in a field,” referring to a town very close to the Gaza border, which was visited by Obama on a previous trip in 2008 when he was a senator. Military officials cited by army radio said they believed the attack was timed deliberately to coincide with Obama’s visit. (video) |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Well, he would but he's got "car trouble". Maybe next time... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-21 21:45 |
| #6 Obama urged the Israelis to put themselves in the Palestinians shoes. Maybe he should visit Sderot so he can stand in the Israelis shoes. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-03-21 21:43 |
| #5 The group implicitly denied responsibility Anybody doesn't think JFK was there early to coordinate this photo OP? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-03-21 12:25 |
| #4 Just like Hildebeast. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-21 11:12 |
| #3 Now Obama can claim that he's been shot at. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-21 11:11 |
| #2 There are no coincidences in international terrorism. Everything is carefully orchestrated and choreographed. I too agree a couple should have hit close enough for him to hear an explosion or two. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-03-21 10:10 |
| #1 Too bad they landed nowhere near him. Might've given him something to think about |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-03-21 09:27 |