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| Iraq |
| Just Too Late: Huge U.S. Bomb |
| 2003-04-30 |
| By THE NEW YORK TIMES UWAIT, April 28 — The Pentagon sent two of its new 21,500-pound bombs to the Persian Gulf but they arrived too late to be used in the Iraq war, an allied official said today. Two of the massive weapons, the largest conventional bombs in the American arsenal, were dispatched to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in early April, the official said. At the direction of Gen. Tommy R. Franks, the allied commander in the Persian Gulf, military planners even picked out half a dozen possible targets, mostly Iraqi Republican Guard forces in northern Iraq. But by the time the bombs arrived, the allied official said, "it would have looked like piling on to use them." The weapon is officially called the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, but the initials have also been used to refer to it as the Mother of All Bombs. It is so big that it must be dropped from the rear of a cargo plane. |
| Posted by:George |
| #11 Take your head out of the sand biggus,it's kill or be killed time.Since when is Hamas,Islamic jihad,et al considered to be nice folks. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-05-01 10:08:45 |
| #10 Biggus: is your wife's name Incontenentia? |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2003-05-01 02:48:42 |
| #9 Yeah, Biggus? Maybe we'll come up with a bus bomb like the Pali "freedom fighters". Would that be okay with you? Run along now. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-04-30 20:36:36 |
| #8 Jeez, what's with the trolls? It sure isn't the full moon that's bringing them out, so WTF??? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-30 20:19:59 |
| #7 that's right biggus if we don't hurt them, they won't hurt us.... er... won't they? sorry pal, unless you are willing to see Israel pushed into the sea and millions of people killed and convert to Islam then they will come for you. Hamas are best delt with by a MOAB to the head. |
| Posted by: anon1 2003-04-30 19:12:47 |
| #6 nice one Cyber Sarge . perhaps yor dumbass violent thoughts will quell others hatred . Then again ... maybe not |
| Posted by: Biggus 2003-04-30 18:15:31 |
| #5 Since we have them in the region.....Lebenon is just a quick plane ride away. We could drop them on the HQs of Hamas and Hezballah. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2003-04-30 18:12:22 |
| #4 just another WMD to me :( |
| Posted by: Biggus 2003-04-30 18:09:44 |
| #3 Chuck wrote: On the other hand, just read a report that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Afleck intend to star in a remake of "Casablanca", so we may have a use for it after all. No need for a MOAB. An Affleck/Lopez remake of Casablanca will be a big enough bomb on its own. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2003-04-30 16:24:09 |
| #2 I think the proposed marriage contract will do just fine! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-04-30 15:27:42 |
| #1 On the other hand, just read a report that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Afleck intend to star in a remake of "Casablanca", so we may have a use for it after all. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-04-30 15:16:31 |