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Iterate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:45 PM
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11. NYT reports no aircraft was used, just more Grad missiles
Libya Strikes Fuel Supply in City Held by Rebels
By C. J. CHIVERS
Published: May 7, 2011

...

The impact craters and twisted remains of other ground-to-ground rockets were visible around the remaining tanks.

The tail section of one variant of a Grad rocket — a cold war-era munitions made in the 1980s in what is now Slovakia, and one of the most common fired on this city — was visibly stuck in the soil near the fire.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/world/middleeast/08libya.html?_r=1
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