Word: strellas
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...five insurgents are gathered in a muddy field outside Baghdad, their faces shrouded behind scarves and illuminated only by the light of a full moon. They brandish an assortment of rocket-propelled grenades, mortar tubes, Strella missile launchers and Kalashnikovs--weapons they say they intend to use against American soldiers. The leader of the group, who says his name is Khaled, 31, claims his men conduct "regular" attacks against U.S. forces. Saddam Hussein's capture has done nothing to quell their deadly ambitions, because they are fired not by loyalty to the old regime but by religious zeal...
...Tunnels dug 50 ft. below the sandy border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt have also served as conduits for arms. Israeli troops found two such tunnels last week and destroyed them. Last May Israel intercepted a boat headed to the Gaza Strip and discovered a haul that included Strella shoulder-launched ground-to-air missiles--the Russian equivalent of the Stinger. In case other Strellas have got through before or since, Israel's air-force helicopters are under orders to fly with massive floodlights trailing behind them whenever they are over the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The lights...
...Tunnels dug 50 ft. below the sandy border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt have also served as conduits for arms. Israeli troops found two such tunnels last week and destroyed them. Last May Israel intercepted a boat headed to the Gaza Strip and discovered a haul that included Strella shoulder-launched ground-to-air missiles--the Russian equivalent of the Stinger. In case other Strellas have got through before or since, Israel's air-force helicopters are under orders to fly with massive floodlights trailing behind them whenever they are over the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The lights...