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  Iraqi armed group in missile claim
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Last EditedPenguin  Nov 01, 2006 07:44pm
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News DateFriday, November 3, 2006 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionIraq's Islamic Army has claimed that it has produced a surface-to-surface missile.

In a statement sent to Aljazeera.net, the armed group said it named the missile Abeer after Abeer Mahmoud al-Janabi, the Iraqi teenager who was raped and killed in Mahmoudiya by US soldiers.

The group vowed to take revenge on "her killers".

According to the statement, the missile can carry a 20kg warhead as far as 20km.
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