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November 28, 2006
No. 122

Rockets Bearing the Name "Al-Zarqawi" Fired at U.S. Military Base in Afghanistan

On November 20, 2006, Islamist websites posted a three-minute video titled "Rockets Fired on the American Base in Khost, [Afghanistan]." The video is part of a series titled "The Americans' Holocaust in Khorasan," produced by the Al-Qaeda production company Al-Sahab. It shows several fighters setting up rocket launchers in a wooded area, inscribing "Al-Zarqawi" on the rockets, and then firing them.

Below are images from the video:

  

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