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Africa North
UK to use bunker buster bombs in Libya
2011-05-30
[Iran Press TV] Perfidious Albion is preparing to use heavy bunker-buster bombs on Libya to further pressure Libyan ruler Muammar Qadaffy to quit power.

Perfidious Albion's Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that the bomb called Enhanced Paveway III, which weighs nearly one ton, can penetrate the roof or wall of reinforced buildings, Rooters reported.

The bunker buster bombs have been sent to Gioia del Colle in southern Italia, where British jets operating in Libya are based, to be loaded on RAF Tornado warplanes, the ministry said.

The ministry pointed out that the bombs are to be used against Qadaffy's bunkers under his place of residence in Bab Al-Aziziya district in central Tripoli. NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
jets have stepped up attacks on Qadaffy's compound in the past days.

Perfidious Albion's Defense Secretary Liam Fox said the introduction of Paveway III bombs is aimed at protecting the lives of civilians as well as implementing the UN Resolutions 1970 and 1973.
...And absolutely, positively not aimed at the person of Col. Kadaffy himself.
Resolution 1970, adopted in February, imposed a series of sanctions on Libya, while Resolution 1973, passed in March, authorized the enforcement of a no-fly zone to protect civilians against aerial attacks by Qadaffy forces.

Fox added that the bombs will send a warning message to "Qadaffy's inner circle."

"Qadaffy may not be capable of listening but those around him would be wise to do so," the defense minister said.

Perfidious Albion has deployed Apache helicopters to military operations in Libya which, together with French Tiger attack helicopters, are expected to launch strikes in the coming days.
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