EUCOM personnel in Israel unharmed

EUCOM personnel in Israel unharmed
By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, December 31, 2008

STUTTGART, Germany — Hamas-backed militants continued to fire rockets into Israel on Monday, but the U.S. European Command military personnel stationed in the Jewish state are well removed from the areas being targeted, a EUCOM spokesman said.

Since September, a EUCOM team that includes soldiers, airmen and Marines has been working to help Israel set up an early warning radar system aimed at providing protection in the event of a missile attack from Iran.

EUCOM spokesman Lt. Col. John Dorrian said the troops, stationed at an Israeli air base, haven’t had any close encounters

"We don’t have any reports of any difficulties," Dorrian said.

Since Saturday, militants have fired more than 250 rockets and mortars into Israel, killing two people and wounding nearly two dozen more.


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