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Israel gets attack #4 - Eitan Vazani.
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Last night we had another missile attack. Again, it was a single
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missile (like on the day before). But this time - surprise - the
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Patriot missiles successfully intercepted the Scud. The Scud missile
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was meant for Haifa (Israel 3rd large city, in the North). Not one
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person was hurt, only some windows broke because of the explosion.
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We feel better now, knowing that the Patriots can protect us, but it
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can also drive the Iraqis mad, and they will try to launch many
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missiles at once, enough for us to run out of Patriots. And it is
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not clear what happens when a Patriot intercepts a Scud with a chemical
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warhead - this can prove a real trouble.
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But we were glad anyway.
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.
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Yesterday, I went to look at the place were the missile had landed the
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night before (attack #3). This was the first time I see something like
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this in my own eyes, and now it seems like I had a bad dream.
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This is a simplified drawing of the area:
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+---------+ +---------+
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Partially | #| | |
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collapsed-> | ######| |#########| <-Completely destroyed &
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+---------+ ***|#########| <-collapsed, disappeared.
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+---------+
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+---------+ +---------+
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Damaged but | ###| | | <-This part is being built-
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in 1 piece->| | |---------| didn't get a scratch!
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+---------+ +---------+
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Each block is a building, the "***" is where the missile hit the ground.
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The "##" represent severely damaged building.
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All buildings are 2 stories high, but the lower-left one, which is 3.
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The place is 5 minutes walk from my office. Air distance is about
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500 yards. When I walked there, it was very easy to locate. At 400
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yards away, I saw the first broken windows, only a few of them.
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As I approached, there were more broken windows, piled under each
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building. As I approached more, the piles became bigger, and contained
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not only glass, plastics and wood, but also pieces of all kinds of
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stuff you find in every house.
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Police tried to prevent crowding around the place, but many people came
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to see what a Scud can do. The police blocked the nearby streets about
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120 yards away, but I sneaked in a bit more, to about 60 yards away.
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Closer than that, only reporters, army and VIP could get.
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There is no point in describing what I saw, since you can see it on TV.
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But the point is in the strange feelings. Suddenly, a place I know
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so well, which used to be like an average living quarter of every other
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city, looks like a big pile of broken glass, plastic, wood and iron.
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Those who live around are wandering around confused, shocked. This is
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not a sight we are used to, (I repeat: Israel is a safe place!).
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It made me imagine hot it should look if a missile hit MY house.
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Something that I used to see on TV, in an action file or in a news
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report from constant-war places like Lebanon, becomes a real thing.
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I stood there for an hour, and I could not get my eyes off. It is not
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only the sight of the crashed building that strikes (I could barely see
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it), but the damage around. The signs of destructions that are so
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clearly visible all around, the piles of debris, the TV crews, the
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police, the army, the confused neighbors, the government agents
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estimating the damage.
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A strange feeling.
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Thinking about it later, the Scuds are not very effective. Only a
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direct hit can destroy a building, and only if this is an old one.
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New buildings, built by modern standards, won't break down. It is
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easily proven: The building next to the crashed one is being built,
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and it was not at all damaged.
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Later, I heard from my father, that a friend from his work has an aunt
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that LIVED IN THE CRASHED BUILDING, and she was NOT WOUNDED AT ALL,
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except for the regular scratches and cuts.
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This is amazing.
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2 of the 3 people who died that night, died because of heart attack.
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On of them lived more than a mile away. The third died because of the
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impact and the pressure of the walls that covered her.
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All three were more than 60 years old.
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Another point: the destructive missile was successfully intercepted
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by a Patriot missile, launched by Israeli crew. Unfortunately, only
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the rear part of the missile was destructed, while the explosive
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warhead continued on its path of death.
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But, as I mentioned before, a Patriot destroyed the last missile, and
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the mood is better.
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I have to wait a few more days before I can try to figure out Iraq's
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"policy" of launching missiles, so I will stop here.
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Bye,
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Eitan Vazani,
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Israel.
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